Discerning the truth about a person’s past helps counselors guide the suffering in their steps toward hope and healing. This article by Pastor Steve Viars appeared first here on Biblical Counseling Coalition website and is used with permission. Suffering or sinning? One of the many encouraging trends in the biblical counseling movement is an increased emphasis on the place of suffering … Read More
Gratefulness: Choosing Gratitude Every Day
Gratefulness. Wouldn’t you like to become grateful. . .today and every day? Ponder this thought inspired by a TED talk. . . . . .Is today just another day? No, it’s not just another day. It’s the only today you will ever have. It’s a gift. What will you do with this gift? This gift of today. The only appropriate response is … Read More
Helping People Who Resist Counsel (part 2)
How do you help people who resist biblical counsel, even though they need it? In part 2 of a two-part series, biblical counselor and a former BCC staffer Jeff Forrey tackles this problem. Jeff’s article appeared first here on the Biblical Counseling Coalition website and is used with permission. Misunderstands Spiritual Growth Some hurting people might resist biblical counsel because they have … Read More
Who Walks with You in Your Pain?
God walks with you in your pain. . .whether you feel abandoned, angry, or hurt. Do you sometimes doubt His presence? This article by Donna Hart, PhD, will bring comfort. It first appeared here on her website and is used with permission. Have you ever felt abandoned by God? Have you ever been angry because you believe you are condemned … Read More
The Prince Slays Your Evil Enemies
Prince Jesus woos His chosen with a holy love. He assures the “princess” that she’s secure and crushes her false lovers. When Satan feeds her lies, the Prince guides her to repentance and true heart change, for God’s glory and her god. Donna Hart, PhD, first shared this article here and is used with permission. It is inspired by Dr. … Read More
I’d Only Be Happy If. . .
The Bread of Life invites you to believe, but so many of us say, “I’d only be happy if. . .” and chase after temporal things like success, security, love, acceptance, and things. Donna Hart, PhD, a BCC counselor, helps us think through what we value most: bread or the Bread. Her article first appeared here on her website and … Read More
5 Reasons for a Biblical Counseling Ministry
A biblical counseling ministry in your church? Yes! Joshua Waulk, director of Baylight Counseling, list 5 reasons for church-based biblical counseling ministry. Biblical Counseling Center offers LAUNCH, a one-year plan to get an effective counseling center up and running at your church. This article appeared first here on Baylight Counseling’s website. Here are five reasons why every local church ought … Read More
Forgiveness Sets You Free
Forgiveness is something we often don’t feel like doing. It’s hard to forgive someone who has hurt us. Yet, we know it’s the right thing to do. This reassuring article by Donna Hart, PhD, a counselor at Biblical Counseling Center, appeared first here on her website and is used with permission. Forgiveness is powerful and transformative, and yet at … Read More
NOT Selfish: Love Marker #5
Are you selfish in your marriage? Are you selfish in the Church? Do you think needs and desires matter most? If you and I are honest, we’ll admit to selfishness. Awfully humbling, isn’t it? The following list of 7 signs of a selfish spouse will direct you toward the unselfish life God desires. Based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, these love … Read More
