Imagine if every individual in counseling had a supportive companion who walks alongside them when receiving counseling. It would be powerful. Yet most counseling centers aren’t set up to encourage this, or facilitate a true partnership to enable long term care and growth. Biblical Counseling Center is pioneering a new model for church care and partnership. A strategy that equips … Read More
Good Counseling Needs a Biblical Theology of Creation and Identity
A young man walked into my office frustrated that he failed again and had another bad breakup after another instance of wandering eyes. “Why can’t I just be satisfied with my partner? She was a quality girl, and I blew it up!” What kind of counsel or advice is helpful to a young man in this situation? Consider the different approaches that … Read More
Have a Truly Beautiful Christmas!
Does a truly beautiful Christmas mean newly fallen snow, gingerbread houses, and piles of sparkly presents under the tree? Of course not. A truly beautiful Christmas is so much more. God adorns you on the inside, beginning in your thoughts. Yucky, God-dismissing thoughts are disgusting like dirty snow. But beautiful God-glorifying thoughts spill into new attitudes and new actions. What’s … Read More
Anger! A Small Book About a BIG Problem
Peace is a hot commodity today. We all want it in our anger-infused, Twitter-bombed world. But how? Biblical counselor and psychologist Ed Welch offers hope for change for people who struggle with irritation and want peace. Really, who likes anger? And as Welch sound-bites: To be angry is to destroy. The 50 short meditations in A Small Book About a Big Problem: Meditations on … Read More
