Pastor Shaun Marksbury

“ Unified in Prayer” ( James 5:13–18) Series:               “James: True Faith Works” #25      Text:                 James 5:13–18 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                May 18, 2025 Venue:             Living Water Baptist Church            Occasion:          PM Service   I.             ...

Death and the Glory of God ( John 1 1:1–6) Series:               “John: Life in Christ’s Name”          Text:                 John 11:1–6 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                December 10, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church            Occasion:             AM Service   I.    ...

I found these books while cleaning up, and I recommend neither of them.  Still, they illustrate perhaps equal and opposite errors. The first book is The Psychology of Counseling: professional techniques for pastors, teachers, youth leaders, and all who are engaged in the incomparable art of counseling b y Clyde Narramore.  I've marked this book bad theology because the author helped craft the Christian psychology movement and believes a degree in psychology is necessary for counseling. He said so during an interview on the 700 Club where he was asked about Jay Adams. We believe, rather, that scripture is sufficient for all life and godliness, and much of the disease model of the mind is either exaggerated or insufficiently addresses the root causes of problems.  This places far too much faith in the methods of man.  (If you need biblical counseling and you are not in our church, I recommend visiting the website for the Association of Biblical Counselors,...

This was originally posted at my old blog, July 19, 2008, "We Need to Correct Our Bent:" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- We just came back from vacation in Florida, visiting the kin folk. Overall, it was a wonderful visit. Some stories I began to hear, however, made me quite uneasy. For instance, my ears perked up while visiting our home church when a gal began praising the Lakeland Revival -- to the approval of the pastor and congregation. I was told by others that several people from the church had gone to the visit the supposed outpouring. Having only recently heard of Todd Bentley, and the reports were unsavory from a biblical perspective, I looked for videos on our pal, YouTube. Here are some of the search results: Todd Bentley hears the "audible voice of God" and discovers he was demon possessed [EDIT: at a Charismatic Catholic mass!] after his profession of faith ( video ). Bentley announces the physical app...