Image Bearers Counseling Ministries

Election results are in…well for the most part…actually – well actually we just don’t know what happened. This is the plight of the wicked. They live in chaos. James says of this very problem: “For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice” (Jas 3:16). That about sums it… Continue reading The Lament of the Wicked

God sent bands of enemies against Judah according to his word because of all the evil Manasseh had committed against God “and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.” from 2 Kings 24:2-4 Last Friday morning the Supreme Court overruled… Continue reading His Mercy is More

This morning I woke up grumpy. I had no reason to be grumpy (although I would have produced several). I simply felt grumpy. Perhaps you have had a similar heart attitude when you opened your eyes on any given morning. I’d like to help you (and me) change your thinking regarding the effect this heart… Continue reading Overcoming the Grumpies (and other stinky heart attitudes)

Who is righteous among us? There is none – no not one! (Psalms 14, 53 and Romans 10) What makes us righteous? If you have been in the church for any amount of time you know the Sunday School answer is ‘Jesus.’ Yet we seek to create our own righteousness in the way we live.… Continue reading The (Self-Righteous) Fear of Disorder

We have a good God who does good. Psalm 145 tells us: The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. Psalm 145:10 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing. Psalm 145:16 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all… Continue reading Christmas Grief

As you serve our great nation in the military are you embracing your career choice or questioning it? Maybe you’re asking; is this the right branch, the right MOS? How did I land at this duty station, or in this platoon? My brothers and sisters in Christ, I am writing to assure you that you… Continue reading Guardrails from Heaven

I must confess that I have been behaving badly through this election cycle. Oh, come on, why do we minimize our sin? Both in the attitude of my heart and the words that flowed out of it I have sinned against the LORD God through grumbling and complaining during this election cycle. The election isn’t… Continue reading The LORD’s Good Hand in All Our Troubles

I recently listened to a trusted broadcast that spoke of President Donald Trump being the first president to ‘change his faith’ since Dwight David Eisenhower. What do those words mean?.. “Change his faith.” This statement was made by a Christian publication. That’s important. And it is a very popular Christian publication. It is important, because… Continue reading Faith is a [Biblical] Five Letter Word

Have you ever wondered why life can be exceedingly hard? In the most despairing season of my life I more than once sinfully raised angry fists shaking them at God crying out, “Why did you give me this woman!?!” (For the record, twenty-nine years later we are happily married, and I adore her more and… Continue reading Discipline: Punishment, or Something Else?

Romans 12:1-2 talks about being transformed by the renewing of our minds. Here, Paul is talking about a principle of living. Romans 12:1-2 begins the ‘so what?’ of this letter that up to this point has systematically taught us the gospel. This short passage tells us how to respond to the gospel as a believer. I would like to briefly state what… Continue reading Christ’s Divine Gift of Living