My father was born in 1899. My mother was born in 1900. She and my father were married in 1924. They had six sons, born between 1925 and 1943. I was number two. We were a close, poor, moral, non-religious family. Our parents had very strong convictions which they passed on to their sons in […]
IN MEMORY OF DR. LAURA HENDRICKSON
I only knew Dr. Laura through her writing, but greatly respected and admired how she wrote, taught, thought and love the Lord Jesus. Here are a few posts remembering her: From the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors From the Biblical Counseling Coalition From The Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship (IBCD) I was half way […]
ANYTHING HAPPENING IN THE NEUROSCIENCES?
By: Ed Welch This article was lifted from the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF) Blog. If you follow any regular news sources, you will hear about recent studies of the brain that claim amazing things. Similarly, nearly every week I receive a brochure about some seminar that will allegedly equip me to help re-wire somebody’s […]
We Need To Read The Puritans
[the conference] exists because its organisers believe that historic Reformed theology ill general, and the teaching of the great Puritans ill particular, does justice to certain neglected Biblical truths and emphases which the church today urgently needs to re-learn. This is not, of course, to imply that Puritan expositions of Scripture are infallible and final, […]
Dispense or Minister The Word
It is important for a counselor to actively pursue a knowledgeable relationship with the person he counsels. He must get involved in his friend’s life and gather appropriate data. Otherwise he will simply dispense the Bible instead of ministering it. This is what makes for good discipleship. Counseling is a type of discipleship that is […]
What to do with the Word of God
You can listen to this sermon here. Introduction: In my counseling ministry, I always give home work. Usually this homework involves some Bible reading, okay a vast amount of Bible reading. But one thing I’ve noticed with both our church members and folks from other churches is that they read in a wooden, paint by […]
Words In God’s Mouth
The following is part of a discussion I am having with a gent on LinkedIn. Howdy, I agree with you that we shouldn’t put anything in the mouth of God that he has not put there. Neither should we attribute anything to him that he has not said. I totally agree. As an example of […]
Modern Baals In Our Churches
Two Streams About a decade before Jay Adams began his quest to make the Bible the foundation and guide for all counseling, Christian people who were trained in non-Christian psychology began to see that the church was lacking in the proper care of souls. Churches were either not teaching the Word of God because they […]
Life Will Be Filled With Losses—John 16:33
There is an umbrella-word that we use to cover the countless variety of situations that have this character, namely suffering. Suffering… may conveniently be defined as getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get. This definition covers all forms of loss, hurt, pain, grief, and weakness–all experiences of rejection, injustice, […]