A 16-Word Description of My Model of Biblical Counseling 

On my Twitter (now known as X) profile, and on my Facebook Gospel-Centered Biblical Counseling Group, I have the following profile-size, 16-word summary of my convictions about biblical counseling. As biblical counselors we seek to be:

Gospel-Centered, Theologically-Saturated, Relationship-Focused, Church History-Informed, Research-Aware Soul Physicians of Embodied-Souls A Few Longer Descriptions… 

If you’d like a 12-conviction statement of my biblical counseling, see the Biblical Counseling Coalition Confessional Statement. In 2010, I had the honor of facilitating three-dozen biblical counseling leaders, including David Powlison, in a nine-month process of developing ten drafts of the BCC Confessional Statement.

You could also take a look at 12 Biblical Counseling Distinctives, which is based upon the BCC Confessional Statement.

If you’re interested in my book-size convictions about the theology of biblical counseling, see Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives.

If you’re interested in my book-size convictions about the methodology of biblical counseling, see Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ.

Our Focus Today 

Today, I’ll walk us through a summary of each of these six biblical counseling convictions:

Gospel-Centered Biblical Counseling Theologically-Saturated Biblical Counseling Relationship-Focused Biblical Counseling Church History-Informed Biblical Counseling Research-Aware Biblical


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