Sexuality, Science, and Scripture
The heart of the matter is not our preferences, and it is not science. It is what God has revealed in His Word.
Christmas Traditions with Keith Palmer
Truth in Love 290
We don’t ever want to waste another Christmas. Explore some Christmas traditions from the Palmer household that point to Jesus.
The Loneliness of the Holidays
What we would long for in the holidays is but a mere shadow of what will one day become our eternal reality in His presence.
Restoring Trust After an Adulterous Affair
Truth in Love 288
What has been broken can be restored by God because of God’s power and for God’s glory.
Confronting Misconceptions of ACBC Counselors
We Ignore Suffering and Only Confront Sin
There is a great deal that many do not know about people certified by ACBC. In this series, we address three common misconceptions.
What Are You Waiting For?
Remember that your wait is under the sovereign hand of our Almighty God; don’t grow weary, He is working.
Overcoming Sexual Sin
The Most Important Reality
The good news of the gospel is not merely that God forgives our sins, He also empowers our obedience.
Expressive Individualism and the Biblical Counselor
Expressive Individualism and the Biblical Counselor
With expressive individualism being the cultural air we breathe, it is important for biblical counselors to be aware of the threat it poses.
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.
Helping Our Counselees Learn to Endure
We fix our gaze not on how badly it hurts or on how much longer the race is, but on His promises to walk alongside us and give us what we need to finish the race with endurance.
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.”
Do I Need to Change My Agenda for Counseling?
“Your counselee may bring all kinds of issues that were not there when you started…Remember that you don’t need to clean them all up, and you don’t need to clean them up right away. There is wisdom in having a cleaning strategy.”