Rightfully, there’s been much discussion on what makes biblical counseling biblical, but what makes biblical counseling counseling? Answering that question helps counselors know what skills to sharpen and helps a church differentiate counseling from ministries like discipleship, advice, or shepherding. This article aims to highlight what the counseling aspect of biblical counseling entails. Continue Reading →
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Rightfully, there’s been much discussion on what makes biblical counseling biblical, but what makes biblical counseling counseling? Answering that question helps counselors know what skills to sharpen and helps a church differentiate counseling from ministries like discipleship, advice, or shepherding. This article aims to highlight what the counseling aspect of biblical counseling entails. Continue Reading →
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Being a sports fan, I’m fascinated with how athletes recover from the rigors of competition in order to get ready for the next event. Such efforts are necessary because athletes tax their joints and muscles beyond what a typical body can be expected to bear.
What does this have to do with counseling? Just as athletes ask their bodies to bear a load beyond normal capacity, the mind and spirit of a counselor are asked to bear a spiritual or emotional weight beyond what the average Christian experiences. With that in mind, how do you recover, whether from a day’s worth of sessions or right in the middle of a day? This article explores some possibilities. Continue Reading →
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Asking questions amid our worries can help us focus and take dominion over this struggle. This article poses three questions to ask yourself or others in the battle against worry. Continue Reading →
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Have you noticed that you don’t need to persuade someone to eat more junk food or waste more time on the internet? Most people don’t need persuasion to do something he or she already wants to do (whether it’s good or not). But trying to persuade someone to do what he or she doesn’t want to do, even if it’s right? That’s a lot harder. Continue Reading →
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