Author: Curtis Solomon

Suffering Calculus

Suffering Calculus

Posted by | Jun 7, 2021 | |

June is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) awareness month. In light of this season, I wanted to share a segment of the training I offer to equip biblical counselors with tools to help people overcome Post Traumatic Stress and other trials they face in the aftermath of trauma. I chose a section that is applicable to trauma but also to everyone who suffers.  Suffering tends to distort our perception of the world and God. It also narrows our focus onto ourselves. Remember the last time you stubbed your toe? Your pinky toe is not that big, and it didn’t actually break, but it hurt like crazy and demanded all your attention. Every movement cries out to you with pain, and all your thoughts are drawn to that one little toe. This example, of course, is a relatively insignificant form of suffering. But the principle applies to suffering of all kinds. Suffering draws our attention inward toward our pain. When we do look up from our pain and notice others who are also suffering, we can enter into the mental exercise I call “suffering calculus.” Continue Reading →

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Quarrelsome Bondservants

Quarrelsome Bondservants

Posted by | Mar 22, 2021 | |

We have just reached the anniversary of the initial impact of COVID-19. The past year has been laden with reasons for sorrow, but what has grieved my heart most is the horrifying testimony of many Christian leaders who have been quarreling publicly. What has bothered me so deeply is the lack of humility and Christ-like love in the ways many have addressed one another before a watching world. Continue Reading →

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Consider It All

Consider It All

Posted by | Jan 1, 2021 | |

2020 has just entered the frame of our rearview mirrors. Most places I turn and people I listen to are charging forward, hoping for a better year than the one we just left behind. While I share that desire, I want to encourage all of us to slow down and reflect on this past year and what God has been doing in, through, and for us. In many ways, 2020 is a year we wish we could forget, but if we try to wipe it from our minds or simply ignore it, we will miss out on God’s work through this challenging year. Continue Reading →

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Pursuing Faithfulness Not Fame: My Tribute to Jay Adams

Pursuing Faithfulness Not Fame: My Tribute to Jay Adams

Posted by | Nov 16, 2020 | |

“I didn’t intend to publish at all.” That was the final line to Jay’s testimony of how his first book, Competent to Counsel, came into being and how the modern biblical counseling movement was launched. For a man who went on to publish over 100 books, that is quite a statement. I only had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Adams one time, but to say that he was a significant influence in my life would be an extreme understatement. If you are a biblical counselor today, or you have received biblical counseling in the last 50 years, this man’s life influenced you as well. As I contemplated the news of Dr. Adam’s death on Saturday, November 14, 2020, one verse came to mind: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim. 4:7). Our dear brother and father of the biblical counseling movement has finished his race strong. He finished strong and his influence was vast not because he was a man who sought after fame but because he pursued a life of faithfulness to our Lord and Savior.  Continue Reading →

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Unmask the Heart

Unmask the Heart

Posted by | Nov 15, 2020 | |

Political discord, racial injustice, assault on religious freedom, closed economies, quarantine, lock-down, face masks, global pandemic—the breadth and depth of suffering we have collectively faced this year is weighty. Every instance of suffering is an opportunity: An opportunity for Satan to do his work of sowing doubt, discord, deceit, dissension, and disunity. More so, it is an opportunity for God to step in and save sinners, sanctify saints, and soothe the suffering. It is also an opportunity for individuals to cooperate with either of these efforts. The Biblical Counseling Coalition wants to encourage and equip God’s people to cooperate with God’s work in the suffering brought to us in 2020. Our 2020 year-end giving campaign theme is Unmask the Heart. We want you to join us in our efforts to build unity in the Body of Christ by applying God’s Word to the needs of hearts that have been unmasked in these trying times.  Continue Reading →

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