Counseling… Love Requires Humility: A Pauline Principle 13 Jul 202313 Jul 2023 Loving someone else requires humility. We know instinctively that arrogant people don't really love others, but love is not just the absence of pride. Love requires that we cultivate the…
Books A Review of “Death to Deconstruction” by Joshua Porter 10 Jul 2023 I confess that I picked up this book out of curiosity. It is written by the former frontman to one of my favorite Christian art-punk bands, Showbread. Joshua Porter is…
Books A Review of “I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis” by Edward Welch 3 Jul 2023 When it comes to helping Christians and Biblical Counselors think carefully and holistically about mental health issues there are few better guides than Edward Welch. As a contributor to this…
Books A Review of “Reading While Black” by Esau McCaulley 29 Jun 2023 Does our cultural context shape how we read and understand Scripture? Absolutely. This can, of course, be bad because it means that we allow our perceptions, biases, and perspectives to…
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…
Counseling… A Biblically Robust Approach to Depression 25 Apr 202325 Apr 2023 In this series we are seeking to explore how the Scriptures provide us with robust frameworks for life's problems. A framework is more than just a series of Bible verses…
Books A Review of “On Getting Out of Bed” by Alan Noble 24 Apr 2023 "Why should we get out of bed?" This is the pressing question that compelled Alan Noble to write. If it seems like an odd question, or one not worth the…
Anxiety… A Biblically Robust Approach to Anxiety 18 Apr 202318 Apr 2023 In this series we are attempting to develop a robust application of Scripture to various troubles. To begin with we are going to explore what is perhaps the most (or…
Counseling Developing A Robust Use of Scripture in Counseling 14 Apr 202317 Apr 2023 I am persuaded that far too often Christians have a bumper sticker approach to Biblical application. We tend to use the Bible as a collection of little platitudes that we…
Books A Review of “Help! Someone I Love Is A Hoarder” by Todd Sorrell 27 Mar 2023 It's not easy to write a good booklet. There are indeed some really excellent ones out there, but for the most parts booklets can tend to either over simplify the…
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