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James MacDonald

God’s Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.

bible, objectivity

James MacDonald

All the stories and poems and letters and oracles and wisdom verses of God’s Word, like individual instruments in a great orchestra, serve THE WHOLE story.

James MacDonald

If we are to use the Bible effectively, then we must use it the way God wrote it – in narrative form. Our team rejects the notion that the Bible is simply an encyclopedia of disconnected Bible verses. God’s Word is less like a cookbook and more like a novel.

bible, exposition

James MacDonald

A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.

bible, discipleship, exposition

James MacDonald

The marquee scrolling across our minds trying to reinterpret life reads: “God-Against-Us.” This becomes the dominant lens through which our flesh interprets life. We no longer give our loving Father the benefit of the doubt. Instead, we view every event as conclusive proof that God is against us.

spiritual-wisdom, thinking

James MacDonald

In counseling, we don’t simply help people to change one thought; we help people to understand the pattern of their thinking – their mindsets.

James MacDonald

We must rip the foundations out from under all the bastions of human reasoning that say, “I don’t need God!” We must demolish every non-God story of life. We must pulverize every God-is-not-good life narrative.

pride, self-sufficiency, thinking

James MacDonald

What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.

aspirations, dreams, emotions, thinking

James MacDonald

Pride rises above and against the knowledge of God, acting as if He is unworthy to be retained in our thoughts.

James MacDonald

Who we are is not a question we can ask without seeking to understand the context in which we live. Biblical counselors seek to understand the influences that shape the responses of the human heart.

assumptions, culture

James MacDonald

While the United States is becoming the most culturally diverse nation in the world, less than 5.5% of Christian congregations are multiethnic.

culture, engagement, evangelism

James MacDonald

The biblical counselor must always remember that the ROOT problem is deeper than skin; it is sin. The ultimate cure is not culture, but Christ.

counseling, culture, multiculturalism