Counseling… Counseling Doesn’t Replace God: How Divine Absoluteness Protects Counseling from Becoming a God-Substitute 4 Feb 20264 Feb 2026 In Christian counseling, it is possible to speak often about God while quietly asking counseling to do what only God can do. When theology is thin and psychological categories become…
Counseling… Relational Because Absolute: Why God’s Eternal Being Is the Only Ground for Lasting Comfort 3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026 We have come to the constructive turn in this series. We cannot merely critique other views, we must clearly articulate how a strong doctrine of Divine Absoluteness provides lasting comfort…
Counseling… When Relational Theology Goes Too Far: Learning From Karl Barth (Part 3) 2 Feb 20262 Feb 2026 Perhaps at this point in the series you are wondering: what does Karl Barth have to do with Biblical Counseling? Why do his theological developments matter? Barth’s theology has taken…
Church History… When Relational Theology Goes Too Far: Learning From Karl Barth (Part 2) 29 Jan 202629 Jan 2026 We have seen how Barth developed a theology of divine relationality that offered real value to theological discussion—and, in turn, to Christian counseling. Yet this movement also came with a…
Church History… When Relational Theology Goes Too Far: Learning from Karl Barth (Part 1) 28 Jan 202628 Jan 2026 God is relational but how we ground this theological truth matters greatly, as we have seen. Much of modern theology affirms a God whose relational identity is articulated primarily through…
Counseling… Relational, But Absolute: Why Counseling Must Get God’s Relational Identity Right 27 Jan 202627 Jan 2026 Is God relational because He meets us - or does He meet us because He is eternally relational? This is a profoundly important question in Christian theology and therefore in…
Counseling… The Absoluteness of God and Biblical Counseling 26 Jan 202626 Jan 2026 God is from Himself, dependent on nothing, unchanging, and ultimate in being and authority. That's the message you will pick up on if you read the Scriptures. God needs nothing outside of Himself. This…
Old Testament… Even in Judgment God Shows Mercy 19 Jun 2023 What is your instinctual thought about God's character? What is the first thing that comes to mind? How we think about the character God may reveal important things about our…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? (Part 5) 15 Jun 2022 Tradition often gets a bad wrap among Protestants, but in truth we can't escape it. We are all part of a larger tradition of theology and interpretation, and we sit…
Theology Why Do We Disagree? (Part 4) 14 Jun 2022 It's tempting to think about theology as a purely intellectual and academic exercise. What you feel about a doctrine is irrelevant, we may say. In truth, however, our emotions often…
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