The Culture of Biblical Counseling in the Christian School—Part 1
Truth in Love 528
Applying Scripture to the lives of students creates a culture of care and biblical counseling in the life of the Christian School.
The Use of Extra-Biblical Methods in Counseling
TIL 527
The conversation of incorporating extra-biblical material in counseling has changed over the years, and yet there is still a distinction between changing circumstances and incorporating methodology.
Public Apology to Dr. Welch
As Executive Director of ACBC, I want to extend a public apology to Dr. Ed Welch for an editorial mistake made by us in the […]
The Self-Sufficiency of God in Counseling
Truth in Love 526
The self-sufficiency of God shapes the way we, as biblical counselors, shepherd and love counselees unconditionally, without need of affirmation or validation.
Empiricism and Psychological Diagnoses
Truth in Love 525
“Empiricism cannot capture all of these variables—an experiment cannot capture all these variables, when we’re talking about why people think, act and feel the way they do.”
How To Handle Despair
Truth in Love 524
In a fallen world, we are bound to face despair at some point in our lives. The Bible helps us to understand our despair and lay our cares before a God that cares for us.
God Glorifying Change
Truth in Love 523
“We’re actually trying to get at the motivation. Until the person we’re discipling learns to adopt these new God-honoring motivations, then we could say our shepherding work isn’t done”
Potential Pitfalls of Gospel Centered Counseling
Truth in Love 522
The Biblical Counselor needs to use the gospel in a way that is faithful to all of Scripture and carries out the ultimate goal of God’s glory through sanctification.
A Heart of Discontentment
Truth in Love 521
Discontentment is a silent killer; It kills the person who’s discontent first, and then by association and extension, it affects everybody else in that person’s circle.
Does the Body Keep the Score?
Truth in Love 520
Dale Johnson: Today on the podcast, I have with me Dr. Francine Tan. She’s a biblical counselor from Malaysia. She’s been certified with ACBC since […]
Complex Trauma
Truth in Love 519
The Biblical Counselor can discern what is behind popular theories in psychology, such as the framework of repressed memories that drive concepts like Complex Trauma and EMDR—which many secularists deny as valid.
Lies My Therapist Told Me— Part 2
Truth in Love 518
The secular therapeutic world will label anxiety and depression as illnesses, of the inmaterial mind. Instead, search the Bible for the clarity and hope found in how God sees us and our problems.
