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...

This gospel that we must encourage our counselees to appropriate is not just a collection of doctoral truth or personal benefits. It is not a magical buzzword that must being dropped incessantly in our conversation...

If spiritual formation is the purpose of the church, then personal transformation should intentionally be the purpose of the small group ministry. Bible study is great. Fellowship is wonderful. Evangelism is essential. But changing and...

When we worry, we are telling God, “You are neither trustworthy nor in control, so I need to worry and scheme as I take matters into my own hands.” In this way unbelief drives worry,...

I’ve never seen anyone since who killed so many people.

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

You can’t teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

The marquee scrolling across our minds trying to reinterpret life reads: “God-Against-Us.” This becomes the dominant lens through which our flesh interprets life. We no longer give our loving Father the benefit of the doubt....

Small groups are the place to push past Bible knowledge and on to life application so that we can see people’s lives transform more and more into the image of Christ.

A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.

We decided that we would take a step back and look at our different options.

The entity God created to traffic His transcendence has fallen far from its mission when it chooses instead to traffic what can be found on any street corner or at the local mall. You may...

At the end of life, each of us must answer the question, Whose story captured my soul?

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.