The Science of Discernment: 10 Questions for Accurate Data Interpretation
In my previous post, I shared the foundational role of accurate data gathering and interpretation in biblical counseling. I emphasized the importance of understanding both…
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Does God Break His Own Rules?
It was a normal day when I stumbled upon a false teaching where the preacher says to his congregation: God broke the law because of love.…
The Patient Counselor : Guiding the Battered Sheep to Mercy
The Dynamic Heart and the Work of Grace: Foundations of Progressive Sanctification in Biblical Counseling Progressive Nearness: Navigating…
Getting the Facts Right: The First Step in Biblical Change
As I prepare the article for tomorrow’s lecture in my Introduction to Biblical Counseling class, my son shared with me a book by Jay Adams, Competent to Counsel. While reading…
Shepherds in the Digital Age: Reclaiming Biblical Counseling in the Philippines
We were tasked to read Chapter 1 of John MacArthur’s Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically. In that chapter, MacArthur shares his experience and explains why he devoted himself…
Grace-Empowered Effort: The Foundation of Sanctification in Biblical Counseling
In discussing biblical counseling, we cannot separate our union with Christ, because everything flows from it. Lasting and continual change is possible only through God. It is by…
Facts Before Interpretation: The Counselor’s Guide to Data Gathering
The 10th chapter is about data collection about the problem of the counselee. To emphasize its importance, Wayne Mack cited two biblical stories to illustrate the danger of a…
Lasting Change in the Context of Grace: A Covenantal Perspective
In discussion of counseling where the immediate goal is change, questions such as “How people change? ” and “How to help people change? ” are the main issues being addressed.…
Counseling the Heart: From Counterfeit Hope to Divine Certainty
Last week, we discussed The Person-Oriented Paradigm: Developing a Helping Relationship in our biblical counseling class. In it, we saw the importance of shifting from a…
Can Evil Spirits Physically Touch Humans? - Topic Review
When the instruction was made in the scriptures that thou shall not touched my announced, God knows that though the agents of the darkness can claim to be powerful but he must…
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