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Oct 4, 2024 | 
biblicalcounselingcoalition.org | Jim Newheiser
In an era when many are choosing not to have children, believers stand out as those who choose to fulfill the creation mandate to “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen. 1:28). When many see children as expensive inconveniences, we regard our children to be a blessing from God (Ps. 127). We have high hopes for our children. Even before we were married, Caroline and I eagerly anticipated the blessing of raising offspring who would serve the Lord.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Kevin DeYoung |Justin Taylor |Jim Newheiser |Jared Kennedy
Abstract: In 1788, American Presbyterians meeting in Philadelphia approved a revised version of the Westminster Confession of Faith. The most significant change to the original 1646 version concerned the doctrine of the civil magistrate in chapter 23. In the century and a half following the Westminster Assembly, many Presbyterians grew wary of granting coercive powers to the civil magistrate and were drawn to more robust notions of religious liberty.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Louis Markos |Justin Taylor |Jim Newheiser |Jared Kennedy
Christians would do well to read the pagan classics of ancient Greece and Rome. These classics include the epics of Homer, Virgil, and Ovid; the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; the histories of Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy, and Plutarch; and the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero. Though they certainly cannot replace Scripture, the epics, tragedies, histories, and philosophy from the ancient world provide glimpses into real human wisdom.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Alex Duke |David Cassidy |Jim Newheiser |Justin Taylor
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” (Heb. 10:23–25)My family and I lived for two years as one of the few white families in Flushing, New York.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Brett McCracken |David Cassidy |Jim Newheiser |Justin Taylor
Editors’ note: TGC’s critical theological engagement with art and media should not be construed as endorsement or recommendation. TGC often discusses movies, TV shows, and other forms of art primarily because they have explanatory power in helping us understand the culture we’re trying to reach. Before you make a decision to watch any piece of media, we recommend reading “Should I Watch This?” and checking out a content guide.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Brett McCracken |David Cassidy |Jen Wilkin |Jim Newheiser
While most of America’s attention this week has been focused on major national political headlines, a newly enshrined law in California has passed under the radar. But its significance for Christian parents everywhere shouldn’t be ignored. On Monday, California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1955—a first-in-nation bill that bans California school districts from requiring staff to disclose to parents if their child starts using different pronouns or identifying as a different gender.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jim Newheiser |Joe Carter |Jen Wilkin |Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Carol, a young wife with an infant son, discovered her husband Ryan, a police officer, was in an adulterous relationship with a female coworker. When Carol confronted Ryan, he went into a rage, waving his police handgun and pointing it first at himself then at Carol and their baby. Carol fled for safety then came into the church office a week later. “Do I have to stay in this marriage?” Carol asked.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
biblicalcounselingcoalition.org | Jim Newheiser
When I first started biblical counseling over forty years ago, the common practice was to assign books for counselees to read as homework. Sadly, we often would have counselees come back the following week without having read a single page. As our movement grew, various series of mini-books were published on various counseling topics. We passed these out with great expectations that they would be read. Some were used, but many counselees still didn’t get through them.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
biblicalcounselingcoalition.org | Jim Newheiser
Editor’s Note:Our February 2024 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of parenting in an LGBTQ+ culture. In this final article, Jim Newheiser offers guidance to parents whose children come out as LGBTQ.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
biblicalcounselingcoalition.org | Jim Newheiser
It is well known that from the earliest days of their ministry together, Billy Graham and his team made a rule not to be alone with a woman to whom they were not married—for example, in a car or in a restaurant. This rule was both to maintain their purity and their reputation. Just as in our day, they were aware of many Christian leaders whose ministry had been ruined through falling into sexual immorality.
