The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality
A new catechism on human sexuality promises answers to worldview-shaping questions on sex and sexuality....
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But What About My Works?
The Belgic Confession of Faith Article XXIV comforts us by offering a helpful explanation of the relationship between faith and good works....
Fighting for God's Glory
In moments of conflict, married couples must take the time to understand why they're fighting, and compare those reasons with Scripture....
Christian: Remember Your Baptism
Remembering our baptism in the face of troubled emotions and circumstances....
The New Reformation Catechism on Human Sexuality
A new catechism on human sexuality promises answers to worldview-shaping questions on sex and sexuality....
Getting Your Counseling Right
Successful biblical counseling depends partly on rightly understanding what it is and is not intended to accomplish....
(Re)Build Your Marital Trust Fund
Four biblical keys to building and maintaining trust in marriage....
The Opposite of Addiction
Johann Hari's 2015 TEDTalk fuels discussion on addiction, addictions counseling, and what addicts need most....
Liturgy and the Disquieted Soul
Lord's Day liturgical practice can have a profound effect upon those struggling with problematic emotions...
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Friendship in marriage has been marred by sin, but can be restored by faith in Jesus Christ....
On Adoption and Signs of Attaching Love
Children who come from hard places need continual and sustained signs of their security and place in a world that threatened to leave them as orphans....
What is Hope and Where Do We Find It?
Talking points to remember and meditate on when the trials of life come....
As You Love Yourself
The call to love God and neighbor are keys to success in biblical counseling....
Anxious? Stay Your Mind on Him!
The Scripture calls us to stay our mind on God in the face of every fear....
Dr. Joel Paris on the State of Psychiatry
Dr. Joel Paris writes on the state of psychiatry and psychiatric research....
Free to Struggle
Our responses to life's trials and tribulations may seem to come automatic, but we should not accept them automatically....
Taking Every Thought Captive
When facing troubling circumstances and emotions, we must preach the gospel to ourselves....
When You Don't Know What to Do
When we're stuck in a place of indecision, there yet remains a way forward while we wait on God for clarity of thought....
Enneagram: A Stairway of Sand
The enneagram is growing in popularity, but is it a biblical approach to soul care that Christians should embrace?...
Interacting with Our Dynamic Heart in Counseling (Part 1)
This is the first in a series of posts interacting with Dr. Jeremy Pierre's book "The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life."...
Shut Up in the Aftermath of Sexual Abuse
One common experience for sexual abuse survivors is the apparent inability to put words to their pain....
Before You Call a Biblical Counselor
There are questions every potential counselee should ask of themselves before attempting to engage the counseling process....
Is Your Counselor Biblical or Biblicist?
Counselees must take the time to understand their counselor's philosophy of care before counseling begins....
Soul Care with Spurgeon: Guilt, Shame, and Redemption in Christ (Part 4)
Charles Spurgeon taught his people that their assurance of salvation was rooted not in their good deeds, but in the power of the atoning work of Christ on the cross....
Soul Care with Spurgeon: Guilt, Shame, and Redemption in Christ (Part 3)
On the cross, and throughout his life, Jesus overcame death and paid the price for our sin that we might live forever with him in eternity....
Soul Care with Spurgeon: Guilt, Shame, and Redemption in Christ (Part 2)
Charles Spurgeon encourages us to measure our redemption against the backdrop of the severity of God's justice.vvv...
Soul Care with Spurgeon: Guilt, Shame, and Redemption in Christ (Part 1)
Our hearts are prone to preach a false gospel of unending guilt and shame in the face of our sin, but Christ offers a better and eternal reward of mercy, grace, and forgiveness....
Five Distinctive Qualities of Biblical Counseling
What makes biblical counseling unique among other counseling models?...
On Conflict and Commitments
A survey of prior commitments at the point of conflict and counseling may reveal attitudes of the heart that are at odds with Scripture, and detrimental to progress and healing....
Hope for Change and Our Union with Christ
Our hope for biblical change is inextricably connected to our union with Christ....
Assurance and Our Power to Stand
17th Century Puritan, Stephen Charnock, writes concerning our assurance of salvation, a common conflict in biblical counseling....
Christian: Know Thy Misery
Christians must know the misery of their sin in order to properly know the gift of God's grace....
David Murray on Depression and the Body/Soul Connection
David Murray writes about depression and the body/soul connection....
Getting Your Counseling Right
Successful biblical counseling depends partly on rightly understanding what it is and is not intended to accomplish....
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