Oops. Got the wrong number! Yesterday Biblical Counseling Center announced at its blog and Facebook Event page a sale on BCC’s Biblical Counseling training. This sale runs now through noon Friday, January 23, and I got the number wrong. (Phew, confession is healing.) This is good news for you. The 3-courses-for-the-price-of-2 discount is HALF of what was listed in the … Read More
A Goose-y Christmas Miracle
Another Christmas miracle? Yes! This one tells of lost geese in a blizzard that bang-bang on the cold heart of unbelieving man. This family had headed to Christmas Eve service. Then he heard the thump. My friend Lynn Mosher, who blogs and encourages with the Word, shared this story she found around the web. The author is unknown. We at … Read More
5 Ways to Overcome a Phobia
“When you begin fearing fear, you’ve swung wide the door to developing a phobia. Thank God he helps you overcome a phobia or other fear.” –Lucy Ann Moll This is the last of a four-part series on finding God’s solutions to ungodly fear. Read the first post here, the second post here, and the third post here. “Fear makes the wolf … Read More
The Truth of a Panic Attack
A panic attack is my definition of personal hell. It’s intense fear, experienced in the body and mind. You feel alone, stuck, off balance. You begin fearing fear. —Lucy Ann Moll This is the third article in a four-part series on finding God’s solutions to ungodly fear. Read the first post here, the second post here, and the fourth post … Read More
Help for a Marriage & Family
Biblical counseling for marriage and families — this is the topic of our live-stream, online course that begins this Monday, November 10. If you have a heart for helping struggling marriages and families, then you’ll want to join us. The registration page is here. You need to register to participate. (Psst: To the left, you see a recent Allchin family photo. Can … Read More
Forgive and Be Free
You can forgive and be free today. God has forgiven you of all your sins when you accepted Jesus’ gift of salvation. So who are you to withhold forgiveness from another person, whether a Christian or not, who has wronged you? What if God forgave exactly how you are inclined to forgive? Pretty ugly, huh? Thank God for his instruction … Read More
Bitterness: Turn It into Better-ness!
You can learn how to kill bitterness. You can exchange bitterness for “betterness,” says biblical counselor and teacher Sherry Allchin, M.A. Chances are you know the look of bitterness. It … sours your face, may raise your blood pressure, and contribute to other unwelcome physical ailments. wards off friends, coworkers, even family when you let it out. eats you up … Read More
Story: Prodigal Husband, Pregnant Wife
This is a story of a prodigal husband and his pregnant wife who counseled with Sherry Allchin. The husband had left “Jaye” for one of his coworkers. She was alone, hurt deeply, and angry with a baby on the way. Yet … she wouldn’t divorce. Then God did something amazing. (Here’s parts of a recent emails correspondence between Jaye and Sherry. … Read More
Story: Dad Finds Peace
A dad find peace after something horrible happens to his daughter. In our ongoing series “A Counselee’s Story” you meet men and women just like you facing pain and getting help. Have you read the story of the troubled marriage restored? These are men and women we’ve counseled and who have found peace and hope through biblical counseling. To God … Read More
