Category: Biblical Counseling Ministries

15:14 Ep. 308 – Tim Stec, Bluegrass BCC

15:14 Ep. 308 – Tim Stec, Bluegrass BCC

by | Apr 27, 2024 | | 0 |

Today’s 15:14 episode continues our Build 133 series, where we highlight different 133 Networks that gather regionally for equipping, encouragement, and engagement. This episode highlights the Bluegrass Biblical Counseling Coalition, which started in Lexington, KY in 2018 and just had its first meeting of a group in Louisville, KY, in the spring of 2024. Tim Stec helps lead the BGBCC and was a founding member. After retiring from a career in law enforcement, Tim and his wife have been able to devote their time to 511 Services, which provides biblical counseling and professional editing services. Continue Reading →

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Biblical Priorities

Biblical Priorities

by | Apr 26, 2024 | | 0 |

People are busier than ever these days. There seem to be so many tasks to be done and opportunities to take advantage of that it’s hard to determine what is best in a world of good and better. When we haven’t determined our priorities, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted. God has given us the priorities we should have in His Word. By thinking through what God wants us to do, we have the privilege of furthering His kingdom and growing in our love for Him and for others. Continue Reading →

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Pursuing Your True Identity in Both Singleness and Marriage

Pursuing Your True Identity in Both Singleness and Marriage

by | Apr 25, 2024 | , | 0 |

Written by BCC Counselor Theron St. John Editor’s Note: As we’ve been discussing premarital counseling, this post from Theron St. John reminds us that our primary identity is not found in our relationship status, but in our relationship with God. “Sweet and sanctifying.” This is my typical response to people who ask me how my first year of marriage to … Read More
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2024 Canadian BCC Update

2024 Canadian BCC Update

by | Apr 24, 2024 | | 0 |

Canada is unique. It’s true, people tend to love Canada—it is a beautiful place, with beautiful people—but what defines us as Canadians? At one time, Canada was a Christian nation, but as our cultural landscape has changed, so has the spiritual climate. Like many parts of the Western world, Christianity is in decline in Canada. In some respects, our culture is beginning to consider holding biblical views as hostile. As Christians in Canada, it can be easy to get discouraged when we survey the landscape, but there is hope. When the world presses in against the message of the gospel of Christ, the need becomes greater. We see God at work as people are searching for hope and change that only Christ can provide. Continue Reading →

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Observation

Observation

by | Apr 24, 2024 | | 0 |

If you want to counsel effectively, it will take time to learn how to do so. I am appalled at the way some jump right into counseling after a short course or reading a few books as if they knew all there is to know about the task. Certainly, any believer can counsel someone out …
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Book Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Meeting Challenges with Hope by Michael R. Emlet

Book Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Meeting Challenges with Hope by Michael R. Emlet

by | Apr 23, 2024 | | 0 |

In growing numbers, I receive calls from families of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They tell me, “We’re leaving our church because we do not feel welcome,” usually provoked by their child disturbing church services. When I try to make reasoned biblical appeals to stay, they respond, “We’ve tried, and we do not feel wanted.” Some tell stories of church members or even leaders asking them to leave the church. This problem is already significant, and it is growing rapidly with the seemingly exponential increase of people diagnosed with ASD. Continue Reading →

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Toward a Helpful Approach to the World’s Systems

Toward a Helpful Approach to the World’s Systems

by | Apr 22, 2024 | | 0 |

There are biblical elements of counseling that are indispensable for the task, and there are elements that, if added to biblical counseling, would make it “unbiblical.” But there are also circumstances of counseling that are ultimately indifferent to the work of biblical counselors. This post explores these biblical categories in an attempt to advance the current debate in the field. Continue Reading →

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15:14 Ep. 307 – Dan Carmody, Wisconson Coalition of Biblical Counselors

15:14 Ep. 307 – Dan Carmody, Wisconson Coalition of Biblical Counselors

by | Apr 20, 2024 | | 0 |

This episode is another in our Build 133 series where we encourage listeners to create networks of biblical counselors in their communities for encouragement, equipping, and engagement. Our guest for this episode is Dan Carmody, who founded the Wisconsin Coalition of Biblical Counselors. You’ll hear Dan’s passion for helping churches establish biblical counselors, as well as his passion for connecting biblical counselors with others in their region.  Continue Reading →

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Healing Trauma-Related Panic through Scripture

Healing Trauma-Related Panic through Scripture

by | Apr 19, 2024 | | 0 |

Those of us who work with trauma survivors understand their proclivity to panic attacks. Fear takes over, and even though logic tells them they are safe, their bodies do not get the message. Like David in Psalm 55:5-6, they could describe “anguish within,” “fear and trembling” taking over, and “horror “overwhelming them. We’ve all experienced this sort of thing in our lives, perhaps when we’ve come close to a collision while driving or watched a loved one take a hard fall. A somatic fear response is a normal God-given response to danger, but people with post-traumatic stress (PTS)[1] experience these symptoms in the absence of current danger—when the smallest reminder of past danger triggers their internal fight or flight (adrenaline) response. Since panic stemming from trauma arises from the autonomic parts of our brain, it seems clear that remedying it requires methods that transcend reason alone. Continue Reading →

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Top Four Questions About Premarital Counseling

Top Four Questions About Premarital Counseling

by | Apr 17, 2024 | , | 0 |

Our counselors meet with a lot of married couples in difficult situations. I’ll confess a thought that sometimes goes through our minds is: “Why did you get married??” We probably wouldn’t ask that question out loud, but any experienced counselor will tell you it’s crossed their mind. A common denominator in many of these cases is that the couples had … Read More
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Overcoming Disordered Anxiety

Overcoming Disordered Anxiety

by | Apr 17, 2024 | | 0 |

Years ago, while driving home from work, seemingly out of nowhere, I had a monster panic attack: my heart raced, sweat beaded my forehead, my knees turned to Jell-O, and a terrible sense of doom overcame me. Well-meaning Christian friends sometimes made unhelpful comments and insinuations like “A good Christian doesn’t get bad anxiety.” And conflicting advice like “Take medication. It fixed my brother” and “Do not take medication. You’ll become addicted.” Topping these off were my two most hated suggestions that if I “prayed harder” or “had more faith,” then my anxiety would disappear like Houdini. Can you or your counselee relate? Continue Reading →

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Sing a New Song

Sing a New Song

by | Apr 17, 2024 | | 0 |

The Bible has a lot to say about music. God is pleased to be praised in song. He even inspired some songs to help us do so. Indeed, he gave us an entire songbook, the Psalter. But singing also serves other purposes, as this hymnbook demonstrates. We not only praise, but pray generally, petition specifically …
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