Counseling Grace Blockers: Control 27 Jul 2016 Tim (not his real name) was not interested in change. I had a strong sense that this was the case early on, but when he started telling me what our…
Counseling Grace Blockers: Addiction 13 Jul 2016 I didn't know about her drinking problem. When Jenny (not her real name) came to see me she was depressed, frustrated, and spiritually dry. She was trying to do all…
Counseling Grace Blockers: Guilt and Shame 7 Jul 2016 I love Tim (not his real name). He has struggled with a serious drug addiction for many years. He is making some effort to change, to give up his drugs…
Counseling Grace Blockers: Bitterness 29 Jun 2016 Bitterness, the say, is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. Bitterness is never really satisfying, and yet it seems slightly more satisfying than forgiveness. In…
Counseling Grace Blockers: Introduction 23 Jun 2016 Jim (not his real name) had done everything that I had asked him to do, and still his personal spiritual growth was frustrated. He seemed legitimately stuck, unable to get…
Counseling What Biblical Counseling Is NOT: Sin-Obsessed 26 Apr 201626 Apr 2016 I have been looking at some of the characterizations of Biblical Counseling over the last several weeks. There are many to consider, but I have limited myself to the most…
Counseling What Biblical Counseling Is NOT: Simply Spiritual 19 Apr 2016 At some level all our problems are theological. A more controversial statement cannot be made in the realm of counseling, but it's a statement that I truly believe. Since we…
Counseling What Biblical Counseling Is NOT: Anti-Medicine 12 Apr 2016 I am a counselor. I spend most of my day working with others to evaluate their problems, strategize for change, and seek wisdom from God’s Word. I love what I…
Counseling Legalism and Porn 25 Feb 20161 Mar 2016 Pornography is an epidemic, not just in the world but in the church too. 64% of Christian men and 15% of Christian women admit to looking at porn once a…
Counseling The World is Not Formless and Void 27 Jan 201628 Jan 2016 In the beginning, we are told, the world was “formless and void.” That is, the creation had no shape, no boundary, no definition. But God spoke and order came from…
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