Tag: counsel

John Ames' Advice Against Defensiveness

Good advice is gold. That is, it’s as rare as it is precious. Unfortunately, the church is often a sanctuary for bad advice. In the same way that fugitives of...

5 Reasons Christians Give Bad Advice

A couple of months back I posted a miscellany of bad advice offered by Christians. Most of the examples in that article weren’t singular or specific, but common enough to...

Pre-Fabricated Advice is Usually Bad Advice

About a month back I posted a miscellany of bad Christian advice. In response to some of the criticisms I received regarding that post, let me say two things. Firstly,...

A Miscellany of Bad Advice Offered by Christians

A few weeks back, Tim Challies put together what became a very popular article: 40 Random Pieces of Advice for the Christian Life. His rationale for writing it was that,...