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Category Archives: The Counseling Process
You’ll Find What You’re Looking For
CNN’s Belief Blog recently asked a variety of religion and faith leaders to predict the way the forces of faith and faithlessness would shape the world in 2012. Here’s a sample of the responses: “The year will see an increase … Continue reading
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Tagged interpretation, philosophy, presuppositions, study, theology
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Communicating the Balance of Gospel Indicatives and Gospel Imperatives
In my last post (Gospel Indicatives and Imperatives: Where is the Debate Anyway?), I mentioned that the discussion about gospel indicatives (some like gospel directives) and gospel imperatives (some like gospel obligations) is really about balance. It is not fair … Continue reading
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Humility: The Solution to a Real Problem
Why Are We Not Humble? Our pride, which is really the root of all of our sin, goes all the way back to Genesis 3 when Adam sinned against God in the Garden of Eden. God made it very clear, … Continue reading
Conversion Therapy and Counselor Agendas
Politicians must be prepared for criticism from any and all angles of their professional and personal life. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann learned this lesson yet again when she came under fire because of her husband Marcus’s Christian counseling business. Former gay clients accused him … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion therapy, homosexuality, politics, sanctification
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Do you want to be happy, and I mean really happy?
Last week I had the privilege of going on a vacation to Disney World with my wife and our three children. According to Disney, it is the “happiest place on earth.” Admittedly, we had a wonderful time. We enjoyed the … Continue reading
Peace That Passes Understanding
This guest post is by Dr. Bob Kellemen of RPM ministries. Bob is the executive director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition. His post continues the cancer series that Bob Smith (It Might Be Cancer. Now What?) and I (Addendum to … Continue reading
I can’t go to sleep!
You’re exhausted. You can’t wait until you get to bed. You know that as soon as your head hits the pillow you will fall asleep. You barely make it getting ready for bed, you are so sleepy. At last, you … Continue reading
Forgiving Myself? Is That the Way Out?
In our ministry we occasionally hear counselees say that they just cannot forgive themselves. They have, in essence, already diagnosed the problem, but they have struggled with the execution. As a result, they want you, as their counselor, to help … Continue reading
New to Counseling? Plan to Face Discouragement
I’ve had the privilege of counseling for a number of years, and I now have the privilege of sitting with new counselors as they begin their first counseling cases. I haven’t forgotten what the early days of counseling were like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beginning Counseling, Counselors, despair, frustration, New Counselors, perseverance
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How Do You Counsel Someone Who is Not a Christian? (BCTC Question and Answer Series)
It is hard to believe that planning for the 2012 Biblical Counseling Training Conference (BCTC) is well under way. It will not be long before we are joining together for a week of encouragement and equipping centered around Christ and … Continue reading →