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08/07/2025

I was recently interviewed by my church's podcast, The LIFETalks podcast, on the topic of shame. Here is the third and final episode - Redeeming Shame

Back in our mini series on shame, Christian counselor, Mike Kozlinski, joins Pastor Dan Burrell in the studio for a conversation on how to turn shame into so...

08/05/2025

Here is the second episode on Shame from my interview on The LIFETalks Podcast:

Episode 2: Mishandling Shame

*** Should I be concerned that this is Episode 666??? ***

Shame is messy, it's delicate, it's undesirable, yet every human juggles it in life. Pastor Dan Burrell and guest counselor, Mike Kozlinski, come to the resc...

08/04/2025

I was recently interviewed on my church's podcast on the topic of Shame. Here is Episode 1: We are All in the Shame Boat!

Pastor Dan Burrell sits down with LIFE's Christian counselor, Mike Kozlinski, for a special episode discussing humans and the powerful and prominent emotion ...

05/02/2025

Tomorrow morning (Saturday May 3) at 7 am, I will be speaking at the Men's Meeting at LIFE Fellowship Church on the topic:

"We Are All in the Shame Boat: Navigating Shame Redemptively".

If you are in the area (Cornelius, NC) and want to come out, we would love to have you. There will be plenty of coffee and donuts.

04/25/2025

The 3rd and final interview on The Fruit of the Salvation

Biblical counselor and LIFETalks Guest Mike Kozlinski is back in the studio to sit down with Pastor Dan Burrell and delve into this pressing question that many Christians ask in their lifetime.

04/23/2025

Here is the second episode of my recent interview on The LIFETalks Podcast about the signs that a person is a Christian.

Pastor Dan Burrell is back with guest Mike Kozlinski to continue addressing the pressing question that most Christians wonder throughout their life.

04/23/2025

I am grateful to have been interviewed on my church's podcast on the topic of the fruit of salvation. Here is the first episode.

Pastor Dan Burrell sits down with guest biblical counselor, Mike Kozlinski, to address and answer a very common question that Christians ask to themselves and to others.

06/27/2024

Philippians 2:1-2 - Christian Truth Provokes Christian Unity

Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

Paul here uses the term "if", but it is better understood as "since". SINCE there is encouragement in Christ, since there is consolation of love, since there is fellowship of the Spirit, since there is affection and compassion. In other words, since Christ and His Spirit provide encouragement, consolation, fellowship, affection and compassion...

As a result, Christian people are to be united -> same mind, love, spirit and purpose.

Such as response by the Philippians would make Paul's joy complete.

Since Christianity is true, then Christians should be united. Since Christians should be united, then we should be joyous about it.

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06/27/2024

PSA: God created and designed you for His purposes. Fulfillment literally comes from fulfilling the purposes for which He made you.

It is logically impossible to create or design yourself. Therefore, pursuing your own purposes is irrational.

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06/25/2024

PSA: Worship God, not yourself/your feelings.

On this distinction, pretty much all of our societal divisions and ills rest.

06/24/2024

Philippians 1:27-30 - How to Live

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Paul urges the believers at Philippi to do the following:

1. Conduct themselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ - the gospel as immense value and those who receive it have a remarkably high calling, which is to show itself in how they live

2. Paul wants them to have unity in their faith no matter what

3. Paul points out that their behavior and the behavior of their opponents reveal the truth about them and their respective destinies

4. Paul wants them to be willing to follow Jesus, even if they suffer, to the degree that they likewise recognize "to live is Christ, and to die is gain"

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06/22/2024

Philippians 1:21-24 - Personal Benefit vs Serving Others

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.

While death is always a tragedy, Paul recognizes that, for the Christian, it is better to be with Jesus in heaven that on earth. However, his devotion to minister to others, such as the people at the church in Philippi, is also a strong passion.

Christian - may we love and minister to people, but keep Jesus as our first love knowing that heaven is our home.

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