Forgiving Grace: A Word to Single Women Struggling with Sexual Sin
Thomas and Samantha were sleeping together. On the surface, they looked like the perfect Christian couple. But problems lurked behind closed doors. He met her in church and they started dating almost...
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BCC Staff Note: Today’s blog is the third article of a four-part series on the BCC Grace and Truth website on the topic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Monday, Greg Gifford addressed the importance...
View ArticleGod Uses Damaged Goods
One day I found myself sitting on the bedroom floor looking at divorce papers with tears running down my face. I couldn’t wrap my brain around the fact that I was now a divorced Christian and a single...
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Book Review of Helping Children with Shame: Resting in God’s Approval by...
Shame is a junction we have all crossed more times than we would like to remember. The mere recollection of the peculiar season of life called middle school is all the tinder one might need to revive...
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The Silent Pain and Secret Shame in Our Churches
This week’s mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of prodigal children. In this first article, Paul Tautges encourages us to break the silence in our churches and surround...
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How to Overcome a Defeatist Attitude and Find Victory Over a Porn Addiction
This week’s mini-series on the Grace and Truth Blog addresses the issue of pornography. In our first article, Deepak Reju encourages believers in how to overcome a defeatist attitude and find victory...
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Why Biblical Counseling Won’t Work in Some Churches
A culture of caring for one another through biblical counseling thrives in many different churches. It has a life-changing impact on the churches that commit to loving one another through...
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Escapism and the False Narrative of Shame
Escapist behavior is often pursued in response to the presence of shame in one’s life. In this article, we will consider how shame (the false narrative of exposure and condemnation) informs escapism,...
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The Trap of Comparison
We all compare ourselves to others. When we do so, we are robbed of joy. Why? Because one of two things happens. Either we feel inferior to the people of comparison—resulting in some combination of...
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Turn to Jesus When You Feel Rejected
We cannot talk about shame without talking about other people. Shame in its essence has a relational aspect. Yes, our relationship with God has everything to do with our journeys through shame. He will...
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