I want to describe, explain, and to define Biblical counseling in a way that is God-centered, not man or problem-centered. Biblical counseling is, after all, Biblical. The Bible is God-centered first of all. Men come into the picture because God, who starts it all, puts man there. And not until the sixth day. “In the […]
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Text For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (Rom 1:16). As we move forward, we need to remember and keep going back to the fact that the Gospel is what […]
Many years ago, when our church was just beginning to take ourselves seriously as a real church, the newly formed elder board decided to talk through basic Christian doctrines. One of our first topics was, “What is the Gospel?” It just seemed to make sense that if we were going to be a Bible-believing and […]
Because of the kinds of relationships the military/police have, the Christian will need to be unusually strong in his faith in order to maintain his faith. He should be prepared to be aggressive in his faith. If he doesn’t let folks know he is a Christian right away, it will be almost impossible to let […]
As I’ve observed folks over the years it occurred to me that people do what they do for glory. And when they don’t get glory, they get really upset and sometimes even go so far as to kill themselves. Let me give me a simple illustration of what I’m talking about. Suppose a two-year-old wants […]
This is my response to, one of the major criticisms of Biblical Counseling is that we talk about sin too much. “Someone comes to your office and you almost immediately start talking about confession of sin and repentance and not getting angry and on and on.” “That’s bad,” they say. “You’re so judgmental,” they say. […]
The text of the letter to the Colossians has a lot to tell us about how to create and maintain a context where we are constantly reminded that we live in the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus. Paul begins his letter by encouraging the Colossians with grace and peace and continues as he tells them […]
The Center for Biblical Counseling (CBC), a reformed and evangelical ministry, empowers God’s people to support, encourage, and disciple those facing life’s challenges through the ministry of the gospel.
