by Mark MildrenWhen I was in seminary at Southern Methodist University, Pastoral Care and Counseling was a
required year-long class. That was a very practical course for me. I chose to do an additional counseling class in Marriage and Family Counseling. I supposed that would be a very practical class in preparation for ministry. I was right. During my ministry, I learned that the...
When I was a young Christian, I thought the Christian life was mostly about the things I didn’t do. You know how it goes: Good Christians don’t_____________(fill in the blank). Some have called this kind of thinking “the gospel of sin management.” That is, we think Christian living is about trying to sin less and finding ways to manage our sin.
Galatians 5 teaches us...
Sloppy agapē (sacrificial love) characterizes incidents when in the name of love, and hoping to keep the peace, we refuse to address seemingly impenetrable...
