Tag: David Powlison

My New Article: Anger, The Image of Satan

Posted on February 18, 2009

You don’t have to be an “angry person” to have a problem with anger. Even complaining can be a form of sinful anger. This new article honestly explores everything from everyday anger to explosive anger, attempting to get at the angry root that makes us look more like Satan than Jesus. I hope you’ll read Anger, The Image of Satan and find gospel resources to grow in grace.

Great Book on Raising Teens

Posted on January 23, 2009

If you are looking for a book on raising teens, Get Outta My Face comes highly recommended. It sold 1000 copies in less than 48 hours over at Westminster Books. There are 500 left at an intro price of $4.88!

“Rick Horne knows from life experience how to do what seems impossible—how to connect with teens. If you care about teenagers, if you work with teens, if you live with a teen, this book will help you reach their hearts.”
– David Powlison, Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary

Friendship Counseling – 2

Posted on October 3, 2008

Powlison continues his series on Friendship Counseling. In part two he makes the point that the two key questions we should be aksing our friends are the same questions we should be asking the Bible:

  • What are you facing?
  • What about God is relevant to you and your situation?

He notes that the Bible is not primary systematic or biblical theology, but practical theology dealing with everyday life in everyday stories. So, he tells us to:

“Live your life within God’s Story. But the Bible itself is neither a storybook nor the grand story of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. The Bible is some other kind of thing.” The Bible is a book communicating a multitude of ways that God intersects life. If I had to pick one descriptive term, I’d say that the Bible as a whole is practical theology happening in real time. We see and hear God revealing Himself into particular struggles and tensions of actual human lives.

Here is an example of how to do this to better counsel yourself and others.