The Biblical Counseling movement started through Jay Adams' discontentment with the influence of secular psychology on seminary curriculum for pastors. While Biblical Counseling as a movement is relatively young, Christian pastoral care has existed since the days of the early church. In the spirit of historical questions such as "where was justification by faith before …

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As I pulled onto the historic Elizabethtown College campus in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, after my multi-day, 750+ mile journey, I was hit with an odd nervousness. I had signed up to attend the Banner of Truth conference on the mere knowledge of their reputation as a publishing company and the speakers who would set to address …

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Many things about my seminary experience would fall into the category of "non-traditional." I remember receiving counsel at the beginning of my seminary education about starting slow. "Consider three classes the equivalent of a full-time job." "If you are a full-time student, consider limiting your outside work to 25 hours a week." Well, the need …

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"The recovery of the gospel in the Reformation was ultimately a worship war--a war against the idols, a war for the pure worship of God." (49) "Reformation Worship", a new title compiled by Jonathan Gibson and Mark Earngey, presents a fresh look at the liturgies of the Reformation period. As the true gospel was recovered …

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For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. (Colossians 1:16) Everything that exists originated in eternity past as a thought in the mind of God. Everything. The heavens, stars, bugs, molecules, iPhones, …

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