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Biblical Counseling and Marital Separations

As biblical counselors, our goal in marital separation is to minister effectively to them to help them glorify God individually.

Potential Pitfalls of Gospel Centered Counseling

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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

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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.

The Church’s Role in Counseling You

When faced with a crisis or seeing a need for change in our lives, there is a temptation to withdraw from the church. This is an invitation to be truly known and cared for by the the counsel found in God’s Word and in His Church.

Does the Body Keep the Score?

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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 […]

Lies My Therapist Told Me— Part 2

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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.

Lies My Therapist Told Me— Part 1

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The secular therapeutic world believes that the immaterial mind can become ill. Biblical language offers clarity and understanding for the brain-mind distinction.

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.

Why Change is Possible

Christ makes change possible since you have been clothed in the new man.

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 […]