Women Helping Women Study Guide

This study guide is written by my wife, Kimberly Lorenzini, as a supplement for personal or group study of the book on biblical counseling called Women Helping Women edited by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Carol Cornish. The various authors bring their experience and wisdom of Scripture to help us be prepared to counsel women that God brings into our lives. Biblical counseling is the process in which one believer (the counselor) verbally communicates with another believer (the counselee) with the intent of helping her overcome personal sin and grow in the Christian life according to God’s Word.

This study covers how to biblically counsel from God’s Word those who face such difficulties as struggling marriages, infertility, divorce, addictions, life dominating sins, singleness, dietary habits, rebellious teens, single parenthood, marriage to unbelievers, facing death, and more.

You can order a print copy or download a e-book version here: http://www.lulu.com/content/2278938.

By the way, in the last couple of weeks I've also added a student version of the Witnessing Without Fear evangelism training manual and the study of Mark's Gospel. You can check out all the different books here: http://stores.lulu.com/massimobooks.

Sow God's Word into the Heart of Your Child

If you are a Christian parent or grandparent, no doubt you are always on the lookout for resources to teach God's Word to kids. Something I have found effective is to have my girls listen to audio Bibles or Bible stories, usually at bedtime. I have found two that are very good and recommend to you. The first is a series of Bible stories read by a grandmotherly lady. These are basically paraphrases of the Bible text. Not only is the quality superb, but the price is even better--FREE! Yes, free. You can download the mp3 files here: http://www.ccwonline.org/joelee.html. If you have the slightest bit of computer skills or willingness to try, you can easily download these files and burn them to an audio CD to play on any CD player (I used Windows Media Player to do it). The mp3 can play on a computer or mp3 player (some newer CD players can now play mp3 files also).


Another resource I really like is the Kidz Bible (mp3) produced by Hosanna. These are fully dramatized and are word-for-word readings of the NIrV Bible. The New International Readers Version is the NIV with shorter sentences and limited vocabulary designed for young readers or those who are learning English as a second language. This resource has most of the Bible with the gospels harmonized. The quality is outstanding with different voices for the different characters and songs thrown in occassionally that are related to the text. This resource is not yet on their web site but you can visit it to find ordering information (sorry this one is not free, but it is worth it nonetheless): http://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/faith-comes-hearing-network.

We have a responsibility to pass on our faith by teaching the Word of God to our children. Audio Bibles are one way that can create a love for God's Word in your child. Make the effort to get these resources and use them consistently.

The word of God is living and active. It is sharper than any sword that has
two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate
joints from bones. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart (Hebrews
4:12, NIrV).

Funny Vids

If you need a good laugh, check these out.

glumbert - The Man Cold

New Catechism Book

I managed to publish one more book. Here's the description I gave it on the store front:

To “catechize” means to teach biblical truth in an orderly way. This book
contains a revision I did of “The Baptist Catechism” first published by Baptists in 1693 in London, England. It is patterned after the well-known reformed Westminster Shorter Catechism. Also included is a lengthy and detailed confession of faith and a theology-driven philosophy of ministry. This book is sent forth with the prayer that God would use it to establish contemporary Christians in the foundational doctrines of biblical faith and practice.

You can preview or order the book here: http://www.lulu.com/content/2101505. I also lowered the prices on the other previous books which you can find at: http://stores.lulu.com/massimobooks.

I wrote a lengthy and detailed introduction to the catechism that includes an apologetic for the use of the catechism. You can find this introduction online here: www.frontlinemin.org/valcat.asp.