March 10, 2023
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
By now you know that Harvest Church is hosting a special conference this spring called “Caring for One Another” (Friday-Saturday, April 21-22), featuring Dr. Ed Welch. Perhaps you’ve wondered, “Why should I attend this conference?” Great question! Here’s offering several reasons for your prayerful consideration:
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January 13, 2023
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
At the heart of biblical change is a relational transaction: the real you engages the real God in the midst of real trouble. When someone seeks my pastoral counsel, this is one key principle that I try to help the person understand in the early stages of the counseling process.
Of course, grasping this concept is one thing; putting it into practice is another. Inevita...
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August 5, 2022
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
| Tags: wisdom, counseling, Wise, James, CCEF, Conference
Clearly, the needs for wise care within the church far exceed the capacity of any pastor, and clearly, the solution is to multiply wise helpers within the church through training. “How?” is the million-dollar question! The Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) is a biblical counseling ministry that God is using worldwide to help pastors like me answer th...
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June 17, 2022
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
| Tags: Proverbs, the tongue
Here’s inviting you to join me in assessing and redressing a small but important slice of daily life: the words we speak to the people around us.
But first some context to orient you. Two weeks ago, I preached from Proverbs 9. In the preceding chapters, we overhear a father counseling his young, soon-to-be-launched-into-the-world son by means of a series of ten father...
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March 12, 2022
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
“How do I act right when my spouse acts wrong?” That’s a great question! Let me recommend one resource that works out biblically-wise answers in ways that are practical and true to life: "How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong" by Biblical counselor Leslie Vernick.
In what follows, I’ve tried to summarize what Vernick says in 200 pages. If you find yourse...
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February 4, 2022
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
How do you get FROM Big Ben TO Buckingham Palace? Or more generally, how do you get FROM any point A TO any point B within a six-mile radius from the center of downtown London? You’ll find no better guides than the drivers of the Black Cab. The reason? As Gregory Hudson puts it, “Cabbies are famed for possessing a detailed understanding of the city.” First comes a fe...
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June 18, 2021
by Greg Norfleet
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Category:
Counseling
In recent years, there’s been a lot of talk in the news about government surveillance. I know little to nothing about this earthly sort of intelligence gathering, but I have come to know something about the unearthly sort of personal monitoring revealed in the Bible: “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the...
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November 6, 2020
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Category:
Counseling
At the heart of biblical change is a relational transaction: the real you engages the real God in the midst of real trouble. When someone seeks my pastoral counsel, this is one key principle that I try to help the person understand in the early stages of the counseling process....
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