The Burdened Life Life after Genesis 3 has its fill of conflict, sorrow, pain, suffering, and troubles piled upon troubles. The Bible does not hide this reality. King David expresses a melody of vexation in Psalm 6:6-7: I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears. My eye has wasted away...
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Featuring: We have accepted the categories of our secular cultures view of problems. A need to re-categorize our problems as spiritual issues, and churches as a haven. We have changed the roles of pastors into business managers. A need to re-categorize a pastors role as a shepherd. The Gospel is...
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This week on the podcast, we are dipping into our mailbag. We have been asking for our listeners to send in questions and we are addressing one of those very specific questions today. How do we as a counseling ministry focus on ministry toward our community, and what do we do...
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As state governments continue to encroach upon the religious liberties of individuals and groups, ACBC recognizes that this is particularly noticeable within the discipline and practice of counseling. As Christians, we affirm that it is inconsistent to withhold biblical morality and mandates in counseling and soul care, in deference to...
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Featuring: - How biblical counseling differs from secular counseling in ministering to the family - Challenges in ministering to family members - The ministry of presence. - From child to friend Below is a transcript that has been edited for readability. Dr. Dale Johnson: This week on the podcast I am delighted to welcome Dr. Sam...
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Dale Johnson: This week on the podcast, our Communications Coordinator, Taron Defevers, was able to catch up with pastor Mike Fabarez. Mike is the founding pastor of Compass Bible Church in South Orange County, California, and he's been in pastoral ministry for more than twenty-five years. Mike is going to address...
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“The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.” Every night, I tuck my children into bed and pray with them. After we pray, without fail, we sing this memorable children’s song. We have followed this same routine for years. The...
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Last month Joshua Harris announced that he and his wife Shannon were separating. There had to be more to the story. Days later, he announced that he was “deconstructing” or, in biblical terminology, “falling away.” He apologized to LGBT couples for excluding them, for not affirming them, for teaching what...
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Dale Johnson: This week on the podcast, I am delighted to have with us Dr. Owen Strachan. Dr. Strachan teaches theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I'm delighted that he's now one of my colleagues and we get to share some time together. We talk about the Scriptures and life and...
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Dale Johnson: This week we have Dr. Stephen Yuille joining us to talk about the Puritans, the physicians of the soul. It's hard in our modern context to think about the role of a minister as a physician. Dr. Yuille, can you describe a little bit about how the Puritans took...
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