Counseling in a Warzone
What is your mentality when you sit down to counsel someone? Do you seek to be kind, loving, compassionate, merciful, quick to confront, ready to offer solutions, or eager to give the answers you know...
View ArticleMarried Life and the "Why" of Behavior
Cultivating a marriage that sings the glory of God begins with God. Relational dynamics, spousal roles, communication patterns, families of origin, financial peace, and sexual fulfillment are all...
View ArticleForgive and Forget: Is this the Christian Way of Marriage?
If you have counseled for any length of time I am sure you have had to wrestle with the topic of forgiveness. A spouse who has committed adultery, a parent who has abandoned a child, a friend who has...
View ArticleHow the Mercy of God Flourishes in Suffering
Reality, to a large degree, is constructed subjectively through the processes of the mind. ”Facts” are perceived, variables of that perception shape an interpretation, and these interpretations...
View ArticleDavid Powlison on Abortion
One of the most influential people in my development as a biblical counselor is Dr. David Powlison. I watched this video of his exceptional handling of a very sensitive question, and wanted to share...
View ArticleGod's Glory In Word AND Deed
Is biblical counseling exclusively about passing along theological information from one person to another? As practitioners of God’s Word are we to only occupy ourselves with doctrinal understanding...
View ArticleGospel-Centered Biblical Counseling
Among the most prominent paradigms in biblical counseling is that of idolatry. The profound and pioneering work in this area by men like David Powlison (1999), Ed Welch (2003), and Paul Tripp (1999)...
View ArticlePowlison's Artful Handling of Sufficiency
During the last four years, the Lord has brought a variety of new opportunities into my life some of which have included the birth of two beautiful daughters, forming a new counseling ministry in D/FW,...
View ArticleSproul, Tchividjian, Chandler, and Driscoll
If you're interested in a fascinating conversation about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you will no doubt enjoy this interview with four of the most prolific thinkers in the chruch today: R.C. Sproul,...
View ArticleFeaturing Hope Prison Outreach
I am very honored to announce ABC's involvement in bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to hundreds of men in Texas prisons! This outreach, God willing, will touch men and women throughout the country...
View ArticleThe Unseen Stream of Redemption
Being a counselor now for over 11 years, I have been continually thrust into the existential reality of my own futility. Any hint of grandiosity, in which I allow myself to believe for a moment that I...
View ArticleADHD Misdiagnosis-Guest blogger Dr. Mary Ann Block
I am excited to feature a guest blog by Dr. Mary Ann Block, great insights on good treatment of ADHD symptoms. Attention and Behavior Problems Are Not ADHD, by Dr. Mary Ann Block I have never seen a...
View ArticleThe Glory of Christ: “Our Bottom Line” As Counselors
Have you ever sat with someone struggling with extreme issues; problems that would likely garner such diagnoses as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, or Pedophilia from a...
View ArticleOur Time in Zambia
NOTE: Guest authors from our TEAM in Zambia Africa. Chris and Joy Wells; Aaron Hunt and Rachael Rosser After about year of being away it is so nice to be back in Zambia again! Yesterday we went back...
View ArticleSeparation From A Living, Loving God - More from Zambia
NOTE: This post is from a one of our team members from Equip Zambia. The team is there this week teaching ABC's Equip to Counsel.Guest Author: J Howard Denzer The humanization of previously held...
View ArticleTraining in Zambia is a taste of Kingdom come. CATCH THE VISION!!
NOTE: Guest authors from our TEAM in Zambia Africa. Kaci Pastore, Jordan Schartz and Tiesha Henderson I don't want to be a big part of a small thing. I want to be a small part of a big thing. -Isaac...
View ArticleCutting and Self-Harm
Today I had the privilege to do an interview with Kurt Goff at www.wdcxfm.com on a very difficult topic - cutting. If you need a resource to use in helping someone you know and love who is struggling...
View ArticleMarriage, Sex, and the Glory of God
I recently presented several sessions at Grace Fellowship in Florence, KY. I was asked by several attendees if they could have access to my PowerPoint slides and any other handouts pertinent to my...
View ArticleLessons Learned As a Biblical Counselor
During the Fall of 1999, I entered the final year of my Master’s program, and was given the daunting task of finding a counseling center at which I was to fulfill my practicum experience as a student....
View ArticleOpen Rebuke and Faithful Wounds
PERSON CENTERED THERAPY? Many theoretical approaches to counseling are strongly influenced by the works of Carl Rogers and his therapeutic model known as Person Centered Therapy (Rogers, 1989). His...
View ArticleSolace: Comforting the Broken Hearted
Solace: Comforting the Broken Hearted Brokenness is an existential reality—broken marriages, broken homes, emotional brokenness, physical brokenness, spiritual brokenness—we live in a fractured and...
View ArticleDepression and the Ministry, The Need for Wise Disclosure
During the past year, I have had the privilege of working very closely with Paul Tripp in the development of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care. That experience has given me a deeper understanding...
View ArticlePost-Traumatic Stress Disorder Recovering Hope Jeremy Lelek
Post-traumatic stress disorder, a profoundly intense response to profoundly dangerous experiences, manifests itself in fear, terrifying vulnerability, and lack of a sense of control. While these...
View ArticleExodus International: Another Reason We Must Trust Sacred Theology over...
Imagine struggling with an incessant issue whose history is filled with harsh stigmas and bigotry. Imagine suffering under this daily condition feeling as though you were a shameful, less than human,...
View ArticleTen Simple (But Critical) Questions to Consider in Marriage Counseling
I. Does the couple read the Bible together on a regular basis?“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and of...
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