Counseling Establishing Clear Goals in Counseling 20 Jan 2016 I almost never counsel people over the phone. I get lots of calls during the week asking for some insight, help, or advice. I am often happy to help people,…
Counseling Augustine on Biblical Counseling 13 Jan 2016 I love it when Church history validates some of our contemporary concerns and issues. Biblical Counseling is a young movement. It's also a controversial one, even among Christians. Yet the…
Counseling Hopelessness and the Denial of the Resurrection 10 Dec 201510 Dec 2015 This fallen world sometimes falls on us. It can be easy to be overwhelmed with all that's wrong in our world. Watch the news and you'll be hit with one…
Counseling Destructive Themes of the Heart: Fear 18 Nov 2015 It seems strange to call fear a destructive theme of the heart. At one level fear is so natural, sometimes even good. So, fear of being audited motivates me to…
Counseling Destructive Themes of the Heart: Evil 11 Nov 2015 Every human heart is bent towards sin. The Bible tells us that we are all sinners (Rom. 3:23), and we all sin against God and against others. At one level…
Counseling Destructive Themes of the Heart: Laziness 4 Nov 2015 How can laziness be destructive? It's so passive, so inactive. Too disinterested to really be vicious. The book of Proverbs, however, says otherwise. It speaks of a lazy person as…
Counseling Destructive Themes of the Heart: Selfishness 28 Oct 2015 At one level we might speak of many sins as selfishness. Certainly anger and envy fall under that heading. Yet, there is something about selfishness that warrants examining this theme…
Counseling Destructive Themes of the Heart: Envy 21 Oct 2015 I am convinced we’ve misunderstood the poison that is envy. We tend to think of envy simply as a desire to have what we do not already possess. I want…
Anger… Destructive Themes of the Heart: Anger 14 Oct 201519 Oct 2016 Anger can come in many forms, but all anger will destroy relationships. As a destructive theme in our hearts anger targets people, dominates a person’s thoughts, and fuels sinful…
Counseling Destructive Themes of the Heart: Pride 7 Oct 2015 Destructive relationships are not merely failures of behavior and response. Destructive relationships arise from sinful themes in our hearts. "Destructive behavior," says Leslie Vernick, "is merely the outward fruit of a…
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