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How to Choose a Biblical Counselor

How to Choose a Biblical Counselor

article - David Powlison

You might not be able to come to Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation for counseling, but we would like to help you find a biblical counselor in your area. These guidelines can help you make wise decisions in choosing a biblical counselor. A counselor should be someone who: loves people, perseveres through tough times, and is confident that Jesus works in his needy people believes that God’s Word is designed and provided by God to provide sufficient counsel for all of life’s issues (2 Pet. 1:2-4; Heb. 4:12; 2 Tim. 3:16-17) gives clear evidence of a vital personal relationship with …

How Much Will Rewards Really Matter on the New Earth?

article - Randy Alcorn

Question from a reader: The New Earth is going to be so amazing, wonderful, beautiful, breath-taking, tangible, relational, joy-filled (the list goes on and on) and is also void of pain, suffering, death, sin, and grief. In light of all that, how much will rewards really matter?

How Long Does It Take You to Create a Fictional Character?

article - Randy Alcorn

Minor characters come quickly, usually, as they may have only a few distinguishable features. You usually don’t need to develop them too much, though you can certainly make them memorable. Major characters are different, because they must be complex, with depth and substance. You don’t want them to disappear when they turn sideways. The bad guys must be in some ways sympathetic, the good guys must be flawed.

Loving God and Trusting in His Promises

Loving God and Trusting in His Promises

article - Joni Eareckson Tada

If you want to increase your desire for God, then get to know him in a deeper way.

Street Boy Becomes Academic Dean (How Do You Treat the Poor and the Orphan?)

Street Boy Becomes Academic Dean (How Do You Treat the Poor and the Orphan?)

article - Doug Nichols

Sometimes there may be a subtle slight in the way we treat the poor, the needy, and the orphan. Although we would never knowingly oppress orphans, are we gracious to them?

Questions About Heaven

article - Randy Alcorn

As I say in the introduction to Heaven, readers should carefully examine God’s Word and evaluate the book’s claims accordingly (Acts 17:11). If they do, I believe they will discover that the great majority of the book is solidly grounded in Scripture.

What Does Romans 8:28 Really Mean?

article - Randy Alcorn

When you use this powerfully explosive verse (and you should use it), handle it with care.

Rethinking Our Beliefs About Heaven

article - Randy Alcorn

Some of the portrayals of Heaven in my novels Deadline and Dominion are surprising and unconventional.

Endorsements and Book Reviews of The Treasure Principle

article - Multiple Readers

"Supercharged with stunning, divine truth! Lightning struck over and over as I read it.” —John Piper

Response to Reading "The 39 Major ProChoice Arguments and Their Refutations"

Response to Reading "The 39 Major ProChoice Arguments and Their Refutations"

article - Cathy Ramey

You raised a point, ability to experience physical pain, that is sometimes used as part of the prolife argument against abortion, but not by most.

Readers' Responses to Does The Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions?

article - Multiple Readers

Family physician stops prescribing all forms of hormonal contraception. I am a family physician in Canada and a follower of Jesus Christ. I was recently given a copy of Does the Birth Control Pill cause Abortions? I was trained in the 1980s and believed that the pill worked by preventing ovulation. After a month of study and prayer, I have decided to stop prescribing all forms of hormonal contraception.

Endorsements and Book Reviews of The Purity Principle

article - Multiple Readers

The Purity Principle is a short book full of wise advice, straight to the point stating the obvious but often overlooked message that ‘Purity is smart and Impurity is stupid’—can it get any simpler than that?”

Response to Peter Singer's Ethics

Response to Peter Singer's Ethics

article - Randy Alcorn

Peter Singer, the Princeton professor, wrote in his ethics textbook, “The life of a fetus is of no greater value than the life of a nonhuman animal at a similar level of rationality, self-consciousness, awareness, capacity to feel, etc.”

Deception Question and Answer

article - Randy Alcorn

Deception had been on my mind, off and on the back burner, for ten years.

How Do Medications for Bipolar Disorder Affect Pregnancy?

article - William L. Toffler M.D.

have severe bipolar disorder and am unable to go off my medication if I become pregnant. How do medications for this disorder affect pregnancy, or should I even consider having children? The situation you describe is obviously anguishing for you. I can well imagine that the advice doctors may have given you was based on their concern that any medicine you take for your bipolar disorder would cause birth defects or irreparable harm to a pregnancy.