Counseling The Sufficiency of Scripture and Scientific Communication 8 Oct 2014 “Are you a psychologist?” When I tell others that I am a counselor they almost always follow up with this question. At the level of popular culture there is an…
Counseling Defeating Sin Through Thankfulness 18 Sep 2014 “Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.” I don’t know how accurate Karl Barth was with that statement, but over the years I have certainly seen a relationship between…
Counseling… When Perfectionism Is Sin 17 Sep 201418 Sep 2014 We give sin such cute labels. It’s not “adultery,” it’s a “tryst”. It’s not “arrogance,” but “confidence.” It’s not “greed,” it’s “fiscal responsibility.” We have all sorts of ways of…
Counseling Re-framing Stories in Biblical Counseling 19 Aug 2014 The Bible is a storybook. That is to say, the Bible tells the story of God’s plan to redeem the world. There is an unfolding narrative that tells us of…
Counseling When Responding Biblically in Trials Becomes a Chore 5 Aug 20145 Aug 2014 If obeying Jesus has never felt hard then you’re probably not doing it. The reality of following Christ is that it comes with a cost (Matt. 16:24). That cost is…
Counseling He Bore our Sicknesses 29 Jul 201429 Jul 2014 The vandalizing of shalom has brought with it the ravaging of our bodies. We experience in our bodies the effects of the curse of sin on our world. Sickness is…
Counseling Living with Fear and Following Jesus 15 Jul 2014 Fear can be absolutely crippling. Dan Wickert tells the story of a counselee he had years ago who was so afraid of contracting AIDS that she couldn't even sit on…
Counseling Case-Specific Counseling 3 Jul 2014 Counselors can do significant damage to those they seek to help by treating the counseling process like it’s a formula. “Take two verses and call me in the morning.” Biblical…
Counseling Living In A World That God Did Not Create 26 Jun 201426 Jun 2014 You are not God. If that seems like basic Christianity 101, I’d agree, and yet I find myself reiterating that exact truth often. Both in counseling myself and helping others…
Counseling… God Can Be Trusted With Death 12 Jun 2014 It’s hard to describe how I felt when I finally got news that my dad had died. At the moment my emotions all felt so tangible, flooding over me with…
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