Author: Curtis Solomon

Suicide: Acknowledging the Crisis

Suicide: Acknowledging the Crisis

Posted by | Mar 17, 2025 | |

This week’s mini-series on the Grace and Truth blog is a recap of our 2024 BCC Annual Leadership Summit, which was held in December at Country Lake Christian Retreat in Underwood, Indiana, and addressed the topic “Suicide: Hope for the Hopeless.” Our first article, written by Curtis Solomon, is an overview acknowledging the crisis. In other contributions to the series, Rush Witt explores the motivation of those considering suicide, Shauna Van Dyke discusses approaching the intervention, Josh Weidmann considers organizing the postvention, and Garrett Higbee shares about comforting the caregivers. While our Annual Leadership Summit is limited to the BCC Council and a few special guests, this December, we will host our Global Leadership Summit, and you are invited! Learn more and register at bccglobalsummit.org. Continue Reading →

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Four Remembrances for the New Year

Four Remembrances for the New Year

Posted by | Jan 1, 2025 | |

Many people consider New Year’s Day an opportunity for a fresh start. We look to the future with hopes, dreams, and plans for something better. If that longing for a better future is born out of a difficult season or a difficult life, reflecting backward can seem unappealing or downright dreadful. However, for Christians, remembering key elements of our past can provide courage and motivation as we look to the future. Continue Reading →

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BOD Megaphone: BCC Annual Leadership Summit

BOD Megaphone: BCC Annual Leadership Summit

Posted by | Aug 21, 2024 | |

People often ask me, “What is the purpose of the Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC) Summit?” My typical response involves something like, “Why does it have to have one purpose?” While the yearly BCC Leadership Summit always serves our broader mission of building unity in biblical counseling, the particular way in which we pursue that mission changes from year to year. There are three primary emphases we have when planning our Leadership Summit each year: community building, contending, and collaborating. Each of these emphases contributes to the BCC mission in unique ways. Continue Reading →

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Don’t Regret Your Past—Redeem It

Don’t Regret Your Past—Redeem It

Posted by | May 22, 2024 | |

The sentiment “If only I had known then what I know now” permeates the human experience. Time and again, in counseling and in general conversation, I hear some variation of the theme of regret over one’s past. This is not referring to particular regrets but a general regret that one’s past was wasted, damaged, or a complete loss. The comments tend to fall into one of three broad categories: regret that sin tainted one’s past, that suffering stole all or a significant portion of one’s past, or that one’s past was wasted in some other way. Without dismissing the real experiences of life, we need to encourage one another to redeem our pasts, not regret them. Continue Reading →

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Bible Study as Observation, Interpretation, Transformation

Bible Study as Observation, Interpretation, Transformation

Posted by | Jan 29, 2024 | |

Observation, interpretation, application: these three words are widely accepted as the basic format for personal Bible study. However, I’d like to propose a slight alteration to this framework. Rather than “observation, interpretation, application,” I propose approaching Bible study in terms of observation, interpretation, and transformation. This modification gets to the heart of the purpose of Bible study, avoids some common misunderstandings of how Scripture is to be applied, and helps students of God’s Word focus on whole-heart worship. Continue Reading →

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