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Mental Health Counseling and the Church
If John the Baptist walked into your church next Sunday morning, would he be welcomed, or would his apparent lack of mental stability frighten the body, and cause noses to be turned up toward the sky?I...
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5 Reasons Why Your Church Should Embrace Biblical Counseling
Here are five reasons why every local church ought to be embracing biblical counseling ministry:The underlying foundations of secular psychology, to which the church has turned for healing of mental...
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Encourage the Fainthearted
Gérôme, The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, 1863In 1 Thessalonians 5:14, the apostle Paul instructed his readers to, "...admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with...
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Book Review: Gospel Centered Counseling
The biblical counseling movement is drawing more attention these days than ever before, and deservedly so. As the American church leans into a post-Christian culture, where the church as we’ve known it...
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Book Review: Scripture and Counseling: Introduction
The following is part one of a chapter-by-chapter review of "Scripture and Counseling: God's Word for Life in a Broken World." The book is the latest publication from the Biblical Counseling Coalition...
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I Want to Change, but How?
Every counseling effort, at some level, and in some way aims at producing or accomplishing change in the life of the counselee. The question that Christians must ask is not simply if or how change was...
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Christmas, Gospel, and the Gift of Adoption
It's Christmas Eve, and families all over are making their final preparations for Christmas morning. Those families that know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior recognize that among other things,...
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Book Review: Scripture and Counseling: Part Two: The Richness and Relevance...
The following is part two of my chapter-by-chapter review and interaction with the individual parts of Scripture and Counseling, the newest offering from the Biblical Counseling Coalition, and...
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Benedict Arnold and the Putting Off of Sin
"Let me die in this old uniform in which I fought my battles. May God forgive me for having ever put on another." Benedict ArnoldThose are the unverifiable, now legendary, said-to-be last words of one...
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Savoring Christ in the Sacredness of Sex
In his Introduction to "Sex and the Supremacy of Christ," Justin Taylor quotes author Bruce Marshall, who wrote, "The young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God.”...
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Promoting Sound Structures for Adoption and Reunification
Karis and Liam Waulk, Adopted for Life Dr. Russell Moore, President of the ERLC, and himself an adoptive dad, recently wrote an article published at the Washington Post on some of the more difficult...
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Navigating the Intersection of Science and Scripture
“Scripture serves as the only reliable resource for the Christian counselor’s diagnostic terminology and remedy.” John Street, CounselingAs biblical counseling begins to have a helping influence in the...
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The Futility of Our Fig Leaves
Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach"Don't tell me what the Bible says! Just give me the application!"These are not entirely uncommon words in the biblical counseling realm. People make their way to...
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Trusting God in Life's Deep Water
Several weeks ago, I began a chronological reading of the Bible via the YouVersion Bible app for iPhone. It's been fun to see the grand story of Scripture materialize in this way. I highly recommend...
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Bad Doctrine Corrupts Good Morals
You've heard it said: Don't drink. Don't smoke. Don't chew. And, don't go with girls that do. But, I say to you, disconnected from the person of Jesus Christ, good morals are ultimately a pitiful...
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A Theory for Counseling Biblically
On occasion, someone will either ask in counseling or approach me in some other setting to ask about my personal theory of counseling. They won't ask in those exact words, but at bottom, this is the...
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New Stats on Suicide Underscore Need for Biblical Counseling
Suicide rates in Florida and in Tampa Bay are rising.This is the conclusion of a newly published report by the Florida Department of Health. According to the report, outcomes for men and women...
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