So often, we are self-saboteurs. We want peace in our homes but snap at everyone around us. We desire close friendship but are easily offended. We want our husbands to love us, but we walk around with a contemptuous spirit. Our mouths speak out of the abundance of the heart (Luke 6:45), as does our…
Discernment has fallen on hard times. In our times, it seems that anything goes, even within the Church. Sadly, many Christians don’t understand discernment or how to practice and grow it. Perhaps some of us even have negative connotations with the word, thanks to “discernment bloggers.” And yet, discernment is something every Christian is called…
As biblical counselors, we don’t often think of our counseling as a ministry of hospitality, but it’s a defining characteristic! We have the unique privilege and role of welcoming strangers and the estranged into friendship with the Lord, a costly yet joyful ministry…Continue reading at the Biblical Counseling Coalition.
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 At the outset of the year, setting resolutions or goals ambitiously is…
I originally wrote this post in 2010. I’m republishing it because it’s a pertinent topic that I hope will gain more traction in conversations among Christians! I want to be consistent across the board. If all of Christ is for all of life, I want to see Christ glorified in every realm of my life. …
One of the Tarr kids’ favorite pastimes is “hang riding” up the driveway. We have a long gravel driveway, and if it’s been a while since grading, crater-like divots develop, and it’s a real wild, bumpy ride. My kids call these divots speed bumps, and the faster I go over them, the better because one…
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2 (ESV) Etched in my mind is RC Sproul’s voice saying, “Chili con carne,” quite forcefully as he taught what…
How many times in the last year and a half since this universal trial we’re all facing called COVID and global unrest has been upon us have you found yourself anxious, angry, scared, or fighting against it in your heart? Or, have you responded to it all with a tranquil heart—one that is at rest, trusting…
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure” (Psalm 147:5). Lord, when I read this verse, I’m confronted with reality. The question is, how will I respond? Will I believe it or reject it? When I look at the earthly powers that be, in our nation and beyond,…
I thought I knew Elisabeth Elliot well. I’ve read many of her books and have listened to her talks, enough to think I had a handle on her life experiences, her personality, her struggles, and even quirks. But I could not put down Ellen Vaughn’s biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot. I know her so much…
If you sat across from me right now, you’d probably smile and wonder why I, a woman who can count only one or two gray hairs on my head, feels the liberty to tell you to “be the gray hair” that you want. Admittedly, I lack gray hair (I hear it may be due…
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Pr. 22:6). I don’t believe this verse is a promise. If I am faithful and do all the right things as a parent, my children may still reject the Lord. I believe that all…
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