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Tricks of the Tempter
Truth in Love 536
The tempter often tricks us through the weaknesses in our desires, and yet there is a biblical salve that comforts, corrects, and equips the believer through all temptation.
Counselors, You Can Offer Gospel Hope Without Shared Trials
Take heart, fellow counselors: you don’t have to share the same trial to share the same gospel. The gospel is enough.
Counseling Discernment from John Newton
Truth in Love 535
Newton goes beyond applying theology to life, with his skill at knowing what was the need of the moment in counseling.
The Use of AI in Biblical Counseling
We should be wary about trying to take shortcuts in the counseling process by using AI to plan and prepare.
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True Wisdom from Above
Godly wisdom does not come naturally to us; our hearts are often bent towards selfish motives. God’s word shows us the path to true wisdom that will yield peaceful fruits of righteousness even in the face of difficult and tense conflicts.
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.
How Our Lust for Man’s Approval Blinds Us to Sin
The desire to be loved, appreciated, and praised can lead the believer down a path of sin and pride, seeking the approval of those around them instead of the God who knows their weakness and loves them despite it.
Vengeance Is Mine
In a world that increasingly celebrates personal vengeance retribution as due justice, Christians must live counter-culturally, trusting instead in God’s administration.
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.
Between Bethel and Dan
Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling's Failed Attempt at Balance
Attempts, like Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling, have sought to find balance between two extremes. 1 Kings 12 shows us that “closer” to the truth is still disobedience if it isn’t where God commands.
Lies My Therapist Told Me— Part 1
Truth in Love 517
The secular therapeutic world believes that the immaterial mind can become ill. Biblical language offers clarity and understanding for the brain-mind distinction.
The Greenhouse Effect of Sanctification: You Are Not Your Spouse’s Holy Spirit
While the Christian is not their spouses Holy Spirit and cannot sanctify their spouse, they can create an environment of Christ-like love and grace that promotes spiritual growth.
Why am I Depressed?
In depression, the Christian can turn to Psalm 42 and 43 and respond to despair internally through questioning their soul and externally through reminding their heart of truth and finding hope through worship and prayer.
Biblical Counseling and Mental Disorder Diagnosis— Part 2
Truth in Love 516
As even secularists have begun questioning the reliability of the DSM diagnosis, the biblical counselor can rest in the Bible and its sufficiency in understanding people and their experiences in a broken world.
The Dangers of Secular Psychology
Because secular psychology is founded upon beliefs antithetical to God, Christians must reject secular psychology and interpret problems through the perfect lens of God’s Word.
Biblical Counseling and Mental Disorder Diagnosis— Part 1
Truth in Love 515
Biblical Counselors can approach life’s hardships and mental health diagnoses with clarity, compassion, and biblical conviction.