What’s the difference between anger and bitterness?
Brad Hambrick has a video-blog answering that very question. It’s a helpful video in discerning the difference between the two.
Working definition(s) of biblical counseling via Dr. Bob Kellemen
Bob Kellemen of the Biblical Counseling Coalition “Biblical counseling is Christ-centered, church-based, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed personal ministry that depends upon the Holy Spirit to relate God’s inspired truth about people, problems, and solutions to human suffering (through sustaining and healing) and sin (through reconciling and guiding) to equip people to exalt and enjoy God…
{New Post} People, the Serpent and Personal Ministry
Our elders are reading through Paul David Tripp’s book Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change and I am continually challenged and exhorted by his words. Here are five principles he draws from Genesis 3 to give us a biblical understanding of…
Here’s Some Practical Steps For The Prideful Person (which is you)
First, you should humble yourself or ….(James 4:7-10) with the Gospel and a Cross-centered perspective. Here’s some practical steps as well: Pray for God to search your heart (by His Spirit with His Word) and help you repent of pride and to grow in humility (Ps 139). Read the Law, Psalms and the Prophets often…
Overcoming Anger
Brad Hambrick from The Summit Church has some outstanding videos on overcoming anger. Admit I have a struggle I cannot overcome without God – Video 1. Acknowledge the breadth and impact of my sin – Video 2. Understand the origin, motive and history of my sin – Video 3. Repent to God for how it…
{New Post} Personal Ministry Boils Down To This…
Personal ministry is not about always knowing what to say. It is not about fixing everything in sight that is broken. Personal ministry is about connecting people with Christ so that they are able to think as he would have them think, desire what he says is best, and do what he calls them to…
Practices in Biblical Counseling – Part 2
What follows is a short summary of remaining three practices in the biblical counseling process. The first three practices (gathering pertinent information, sorting out problems and involvement) were summarized in an earlier post, which can be found here. Hope: The biblical definition of hope is “the expectation of something good.” The authors also add their…
Practices in Biblical Counseling – Part 1
This post is simply a summary post on chapter 22 “The Central Elements of the Biblical Counseling Process” of Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling. Randy Patten and Mark Dutton submit that there are six practices that summarize the counseling process: Gathering pertinent information Sorting out the problems Involvement Hope Instruction: the path forward Homework What follows is…
Repentance is a Good Thing
If you’re interested in reading one book on biblical counseling read Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling. It gives the nuts and bolts of biblical counseling and is thoroughly biblical, focused on Jesus and is saturated with God’s Word. The chapters included the power of the Redeemer (Jesus), the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the unity of the…
Why do kids turn out the way they do?
Here’s a helpful article from the Journal of Biblical Counseling. You can read the article here.
Theology Along the Way 