Posts Tagged ‘Counseling’
Provoking One Another to Love and Good Works: Advice or Admonishment?
Some friends and I were discussing the idea of provoking one another to love and good works within the local church. We all have opinions, suggestions, and advice, but are they all necessary to be given? Is there a point in which it becomes my Christian duty to advise strongly? Where do we draw the…
Read MoreCan You Address God as Mother if You had a bad Father?
I recently took in a podcast from the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood titled “Should We Call God Mother?” I commend the whole session to you for some insight into gender issues of our day. One point this podcast raised was in response to a point made by some professing Christians who oppose the…
Read MoreReview: I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say?
Edward T. Welch, I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis: What Does the Bible Say? (Greensboro, New Growth Press: 2022), 88 pages. Edward Welch, a well-known biblical counselor, and gifted writer provides the church and believers a wonderful resource for a hotly debated topic: psychiatric diagnoses. Many churches and pastors have, with the advancement of psychiatric and…
Read MoreSteps of Assurance Counseling
My last post discussed how to talk to your children about salvation. I mentioned that I spent some time at a Christian camp in southern California working with children. During my time there, I developed a worksheet that we gave to the junior camp counselors each year. This worksheet dealt with counseling campers who were…
Read MoreDepression & Sin
Depression is a monumental bane to human flourishing. The contributors to depression can be, and are often, physical. A failure to get enough sleep, poor nutrition, and a lack of exercising can all contribute to depression. We also noted, though, that depression can also be related to spiritual issues, namely, sin. Sin is an unpopular…
Read MoreCan depression be spiritual?
“There is no soundness in my flesh…there is no health in my bones…My wounds stink and fester…I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day I go about mourning. For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult…
Read MoreHow can we handle depression physically?
The time has come to put our knowledge of what depression is and what contributes to it to good use. While depression is something that can (and often does) afflict all of us, some endure it more than others. What we have discovered is that depression is a feeling of hopelessness, like walking through a…
Read MoreDepression: What is It?
“I am depressed.” Maybe you have heard someone make this claim. Perhaps you have made it yourself. Or, you may be wondering if you have depression. What is depression? Some have described it as a deep hole in which no light shines. Others style it as a heavy blanket draped over them. Whatever it is,…
Read MoreChristians Counseling Christians
FrontLine: May/June 2021 | VOLUME 31 | NUMBER 3 Scripture is clear that one of the responsibilities of every Christian is to help restore other believers to usefulness. Galatians 6:1 says, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself,…
Read MoreHelping Others Overcome Anger
Proverbs 21:19 states, “Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.” This proverb is equally true regarding a “contentious and angry” husband, parent, child, coworker, church member, etc. Angry people make life miserable for everyone. Therefore, if you live or work with an angry person, you surely long to see…
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