{"id":9434,"date":"2014-09-19T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=9434"},"modified":"2017-09-05T18:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T01:39:05","slug":"weekly-links-9192014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2014\/09\/19\/weekly-links-9192014\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (9\/19\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Truly biblical friendship is embodied in the Trinity, empowered by Jesus Christ, and intended as a spiritual discipline among God\u2019s people for the purpose of glorifying him. This is the heart of the matter\u2014 not hobbies and horticulture, sports and scrapbooking, but Jesus Christ. (Jonathan Holmes, <span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\">The Company We Keep: In Search of Biblical Friendship, <\/span>pp. 41-42)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>by Cesar Vigil-Ruiz<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\">Feliz Friday! This one is biblical counseling heavy, so let\u2019s get pumped!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a new series on conflict resolution and church restoration, Judy Dabler explains her counseling experience of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/2014\/09\/11\/the-discipline-of-the-lord\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">discipline of the Lord<\/span><\/a>, Robert Cheong casts a <a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/blogs\/2014\/09\/15\/casting-a-vision-of-the-sea-for-church-discipline\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">vision that rewires our understanding of church discipline<\/span><\/a>, and Ernie Baker addresses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/2014\/09\/16\/leadership-styles-and-the-heart-of-conflict\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">intersection between leadership style, the heart, and conflict<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s some advice for the youth: <a href=\"http:\/\/teampyro.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/a-word-of-advice-young-feller.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">serve the church<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(you thought I was going to write, \u2018respect your elders,\u2019 huh? Well, that\u2019s in there, too).<\/li>\n<li>Has \u2018gospel-centered\u2019 become another throwaway term that Christians use without thinking about its meaning? Dane Ortlund has some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/whats-all-this-gospel-centered-talk-about\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">good thoughts<\/span><\/a> about this term, and even applies it to dating. Interested now?<\/li>\n<li>How does biblical theology address the current sexuality crisis facing the church? Al Mohler <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2014\/09\/16\/biblical-theology-and-the-sexuality-crisis\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">weighs in<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>John MacArthur continues his series on psychology and biblical counseling, continuing his previous article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/blog\/B140910\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">insufficiency of psychology to deal with heart problems<\/span><\/a>, then moves to the sufficiency of Scripture (parts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/blog\/B140912\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">one<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/blog\/B140915\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">two<\/span><\/a>, then gets into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gty.org\/blog\/B140917\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">role of the Holy Spirit and counseling<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Complementary to what was just linked, Heath Lambert answers a typical objection expressed in the question, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/2014\/09\/04\/who-is-saying-medicine-is-unimportant\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Who is saying medicine is unimportant?<\/span><\/a>\u201d. He then gives some ideas as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/2014\/09\/17\/who-is-saying-medicine-is-unimportant-part-2\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">why people think biblical counselors do consider medicine unimportant<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>R.C. Sproul gives some gems of wisdom in answering the question, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ligonier.org\/blog\/what-does-repentance-look\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">What does repentance look like?<\/span><\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>As schools are starting up, what tips would you give college students in performing well in their studies, especially in practical ways that will glorify God? David Murray has been attempting to do that with student tips that I\u2019m personally enjoying and have implemented already. His newest tip is on <a href=\"http:\/\/headhearthand.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/17\/new-student-tip-12-memorizing\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">memorizing<\/span><\/a>, which includes links to the previous tips and recommended books. Students, don\u2019t miss out on this series!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019ll do it for this week! Please pray that the Czech Missions Report Night this coming Saturday will be honoring to our Lord in showing how He\u2019s working over there, and that on Sunday the preaching of the Word will enter our hearts to motivate us to change, all to His glory!<\/p>\n<p><i>Soli Deo Gloria<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truly biblical friendship is embodied in the Trinity, empowered by Jesus Christ, and intended as a spiritual discipline among God\u2019s people for the purpose of glorifying him. This is the heart of the matter\u2014 not hobbies and horticulture, sports and scrapbooking, but Jesus Christ. 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