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Category Archives: Love

Never Pray for Patience

You may have said (or heard someone say): “I made the mistake and prayed for patience this morning and got stuck in traffic for two hours today. I learned a very valuable lesson today: never pray for patience!” That’s often the way we think about patience, but what does the Bible say about patience and impatience? Continue reading

Topics: Love, Methodology, Patience, People in Need of Care, People Who Offer Care, People Who Train Caregivers | Tags: , , , ,

The BCC Weekend Media Resource: 37 Ways to Love One Another

This weekend’s resource is an example of that. Pastor Paul Tautges shares one of his blog posts: 37 Ways to Love One Another. This is so timeless that we asked Pastor Paul if we could maintain a copy of it on our BCC site as a free resource so our readers could be encouraged and edified by it. Continue reading

Topics: Christian Living, Faith, Love, People in Need of Care, People Who Offer Care, People Who Train Caregivers | Tags: , , ,

Like Mother, Like Father

God’s attention to His children is stronger than that of a mother to her infant child. As a new mother, I can tell you that that might be the highest level of attention imaginable! Continue reading

Topics: Faith, Love, Men/Husbands, Parenting, People in Need of Care, Women/Wives | Tags: , , , , , ,

Toy Story, Proverbs and Friendship

The Proverbs are a great place to start for learning about friendship. They provide a rich portrait of biblical friendship. Over the balance of the book, four distinct qualities of biblical friendship come to the forefront: constancy, carefulness, candor, and counsel. Continue reading

Topics: Communication, Friendships, Love, People in Need of Care, People Who Offer Care, People Who Train Caregivers | Tags: , , ,

Counseling the Un-submissive Husband

There are three questions that need to be asked to this husband when you meet with the couple: How are you loving your wife? How are you leading her? How do you show long-suffering? Continue reading

Topics: Conflict, Gender Roles, Love, Men/Husbands, People Who Offer Care, People Who Train Caregivers | Tags: , , , , ,

Vows, Promises, and the Problem of Love

Wedding vows are much more than a declaration of the spouse’s attempt to be decent. Couples should make these vow and promises in awareness of their inability to fulfill them in their own strength, yet believing that God will enable them to do so. It is in light of this reality that they can profess their love for each other. Continue reading

Topics: Christian Living, Grace, Love, Men/Husbands, People in Need of Care, Women/Wives | Tags: , , , ,

“Why Bother? He’ll Never Change!”

BCC Staff Note: You’re reading Part Three in a multi-part BCC Grace & Truth blog mini-series by women biblical counselors. Read Part One: Real Women and Their Real Savior, and Part Two: Little Trials or Big? Thoughts on Submission, Passivity, and … Continue reading

Topics: Biblical Counseling, Conflict, Love, People in Need of Care, People Who Offer Care, People Who Train Caregivers, Women/Wives | Tags: , , , , , ,

Why Am I Not Enough For Him?

“Why am I not enough for him?” This is a question that I’ve heard from every wife I’ve counseled whose husband is involved with pornography. Some of these wives knew about the porn before marriage, but naively believed that they … Continue reading

Topics: Intimacy, Love, People in Need of Care, People Who Offer Care, People Who Train Caregivers, Pornography, Sexual Purity, Sin, Women/Wives | Tags: , ,

Divine Motivation for Husbands

God has graciously provided a massive incentive for the Christian husband to learn to love and honor his wife. Peter makes this unmistakably clear: Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as … Continue reading

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Gracious Candor: A Tutorial in Speaking Truth in Love

Katherine is a wonderful woman in our congregation who loves Jesus, stays at home with her kids, and is trying to be a faithful wife to her husband. A few weeks ago Katherine and I had a conversation. She shared … Continue reading

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