One aspect of biblical counseling that I love is that we are NOT dispensing damaging and harmful labels on people with NO hope for change. Nowadays, a rebellious-acting child who sees a psychiatrist is given the label of O.D.D. – Oppositional Defiance Disorder. (I know it seems “O.D.D.” – bad joke.) Think about that –…
Many do NOT see the importance of language. Words point us in a direction. They are NOT neutral. For biblical counselors, we are constantly redefining and renaming psychological observations and descriptions with biblical words for the heart issues behind the behaviors (like using the word “habitual” rather than “compulsive” and calling something a “sin” rather…
I read recently that evolutionists are pushing for a new holiday for Feb. 12th called “Darwin Day” because this year is the 200th anniversary of his birth. The article came from the ministry, Answers In Genesis, founded by Ken Ham. Because I believe the Bible is true, I am a creationist since God says that He spoke…
Forgiveness and Repentance are difficult subjects to blog about. I hope I did not confuse you! My primary goal was to link the two concepts for you because most people do not understand the gift of repentance! The Gospel is balanced – man needs repentance which is a gift of God (Rom. 2:4) and forgiveness…
When a person is born again, he/she becomes a child of God and is adopted into the family of God. It is a gift of salvation which cannot be earned and certainly is not deserved. The righteousness of Christ is placed upon the Christian and the sins of this person were already placed upon Christ…
One of the most hopeful passages of Scripture is in I Cor. 6:9-11: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will…
Recently, I took my fam to see the second Chronicles of Narnia film based on the book by C.S. Lewis. There are several great themes in the movie, but one of them was about rushing in AHEAD of Christ. The Christ-like figure was Aslan, the lion, and the main characters were tempted to solve problems in…
I find that some people can pray and trust God for a “physical healing” better than they can for an “emotional healing” for an emotional problem (as it is called by secular psychologists). BOTH types of “healing” require the spiritual power of Christ and we should have the faith in Him for both. In fact, did…
Now that I’ve gotten your attention, let’s talk about idolatry! Idolatry is a foreign concept to many Christians today who think it is merely the worship of a wooden statue. Idolatry is the worship of anything other than Christ. In fact, the best way to illustrate it right now is the Brett Favre saga of…
II Corinthians 1:3-4 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by…
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