Common Grace in Debate: A Response to Edward T. Welch’s “Common Grace, Knowing People, and the Biblical Counselor”
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
Can Non-Believers Discover True Things?Almost twenty years ago, Jay Adams published “Is All Truth God’s Truth?” to examine the implications of this axiom regarding whether […]
The Trauma-Informed Mind: EMDR and the Rise of Scientism
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
Introduction Counseling victims who have painful, traumatic memories can often be overwhelming, leaving the counselor to question the best kind of care they can offer. […]
Christian Ministry and the Mental Health Counseling Complex: Understanding Missions, Counseling, and Biblical Structures of Care
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
Introduction The idea that Christian counselors should be considered as missionaries within the mental health professions has been popularized in various circles for years; however, […]
The First Use of the Law in Biblical Counseling
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
IntroductionEarly in John Bunyan’s venerable classic, The Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian encounters one Worldly Wiseman who invites him to entertain his counsel.1John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress […]
Praying the Psalms
From the depths of despair to the heights of praise, the Psalms teach us how to communicate with our Creator in every season of life.
Toward a Biblical Understanding of Neurodiversity
How should we make sense of the buzzword “neurodiversity” as biblical counselors?
An Analysis of the Celebrate Recovery Addictions Program
As far as a Christ-centered, biblically based program, CR falls significantly short.
Biblical Sexual Ethics in the Local Church: A Necessary Course of Instruction
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
Counseling Church Conflict from 1 Corinthians 5: “Purge the Evil Person from Among You”
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
A Critical Evaluation of Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
If He Does Not Listen: Escalating Biblical Counseling to Church Discipline
The Journal of Biblical Soul Care
Counseling Theory Matters: An Evaluation of the Polyvagal Theory
The new Polyvagal theory teaches that man’s greatest problem is a lack of safety. However, the Bible shows a different problem, which leads to a different solution. One that gives hope in every situation, danger, difficulty, and stress.
