Pride rises above and against the knowledge of God, acting as if He is unworthy to be retained in our thoughts.

Word-centered people who enter counseling will be more likely follow the guidance set out in Scripture. Because they know more of the depth of their sin, they are more willing to allow other church members...

Our view of human problems determines who is qualified to speak to them. If sin is the primary human problem, then those with the theological and practical expertise in dealing with sin – in its...

On a personal level, I’m very supportive of James Meeks. He’s a fantastic guy.

When we pray, we are speaking to the One Whose eternal purpose and designs are unfolding as our present realities. In order to find hope in them, we must seek HIM and HIS perspective. This...

If all you are doing is spending time with the struggling members of your church and you are not building proactively into your church’s culture, and you are being shortsighted and limiting the effectiveness of...

A continual diet of the Word satisfies, and it builds an appetite for more.

Any counseling that does not pursue spiritual formation through an intimate relationship with Jesus by faith as one of its chief goals is not worthy to be called BIBLICAL counseling.

Spending too much time in one’s individual silo can produce pride, isolation, and a stagnated ministry.

Such steps as transportation to and from these programs by the school district would allow more students to participate.

Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor’s...

Counseling is ultimately not about the counselee or the counselor, but about the Divine Counselor.

If we are to use the Bible effectively, then we must use it the way God wrote it – in narrative form. Our team rejects the notion that the Bible is simply an encyclopedia of...

When it comes to biblical counseling, friendship is central to the counseling relationship because it is a key aspect of the Gospel. Paul’s words display it; Jesus’ actions approve it. In Jesus Christ, friendship has...

Most counseling cases today involve good desires that have become overgrown. In these cases most relevant passages of Scripture may not be those that rebut particular manifestations of sin, but those that remind us to...

More and more production is starting to shift into some very large operations.

This is God’s world, so everything, even if it intends to efface God, bears witness to God – understood and interpreted through biblical eyeglasses.

When we shift from personal purity to personal happiness, we lose biblical hope because we are not focusing on God’s agenda, we are focusing on our own. God’s agenda is guaranteed on our agenda is...

All the stories and poems and letters and oracles and wisdom verses of God’s Word, like individual instruments in a great orchestra, serve THE WHOLE story.

A soul that is happy in the things of God can overcome tremendous obstacles.

The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses.

Reality is God-centered and all human beings are worshipers, whether or not they are conscious of this reality and its implications.

The biblical counselor must always remember that the ROOT problem is deeper than skin; it is sin. The ultimate cure is not culture, but Christ.

We must evaluate every person, place, product, perspective, position, or pleasure we have looked to in place of the promises of God, and turn away from those things accordingly.

God’s Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.

If our counseling is truly Christ-centered, then the topic of forgiveness will inevitably come up in the journey toward growth and change.

Let God Himself be the main attraction at church again, and let us be tireless in our insistence that church is for God, about God, through God, and to the glory of His great Son.

If counseling is to be restored to the church, affection must be restored to reflection. If counseling is to be restored to the church, delight in God must be restored to doctrines about God. Savoring...

Who we are is not a question we can ask without seeking to understand the context in which we live. Biblical counselors seek to understand the influences that shape the responses of the human heart.

In healthy churches, the pastors life, not just his words, sets the tone for the church.

If we had not experienced our deep sinfulness and Jesus’ deep forgiveness through the cross, we will not love others well in the midst of their struggles. If we do not see the beauty and...

We are less interested in the number of disciples and more interested in the quality of discipleship.

Church leaders raised on rationalism lead ministries where the supernatural, the Vertical, is suppressed and where God Himself is at best an observer and certainly seldom, if ever, and obvious participant in church.

While the United States is becoming the most culturally diverse nation in the world, less than 5.5% of Christian congregations are multiethnic.

So often, it’s others around us who can see where God wants to grow us even before we see it ourselves.

One of the most frequent sins of omission is the failure to get adequate rest.

The body of Christ is about doing life together, and by doing life together sin is revealed.

In a society where rationality has ruled so long, the church frequently fails to see that in forsaking the weekly pursuit of the transcendent, we have given up the only ground that was uniquely ours...

We must rip the foundations out from under all the bastions of human reasoning that say, “I don’t need God!” We must demolish every non-God story of life. We must pulverize every God-is-not-good life narrative.

Many pastors would rather preach God’s Word and keep their distance than invest in a personal one-on-one counseling ministry. Most pastors counsel because they have to, not because they want to.

Our hearts are wired for worship, and our worship is directly tied to our sense of hope.

I experience transcendence when something infinite reminds me I am finite.

What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.

Most of the church landscape in my lifetime has been heavily invested in trying to do something for Jerry or Sherri or some other icon of unchurchness. The problem is that they have been only...

In counseling, we don’t simply help people to change one thought; we help people to understand the pattern of their thinking – their mindsets.

Human sin is stubborn, but not as stubborn as the grace of God and not half as persistent, not half so ready to suffer to win its way

Whether you realize it or not, your ongoing battle with unbelief drives all your sinful thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions.

We’re neither happy nor worried about it. The replacement program is doing what it’s supposed to and drawing an audience.

God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God’s sufficient Word.

To disrespect a person made in the image and likeness of God is a lot worse than desecrating a flag. We should be offended and repulsed in the same way when God’s image bearers are...