Featuring: * Human suffering is real * Earthly remedies do not satisfy * The anchor of future hope * Application for biblical counseling Notes: Annual Conference Schedule https://biblicalcounseling.com/conference/suicide-self-harm/ Live stream https://biblicalcounseling.com/live/ Find this podcast transcription here .
Oct 07, 2019•14 min
Featuring: * Understanding the philosophy that drives therapeutic categories * Refining of man as the center * The Saturation of our culture with the therapeutic mentality * How to help psychologized counselees Find this podcast transcription here .
Sep 30, 2019•18 min
Featuring: We have accepted the categories of our secular cultures view of problems. A need to re-categorize our problems as spiritual issues, and churches as a haven We have changed the roles of pastors into business managers A need to re-categorize a pastors role as a shepherd The Gospel is sufficient for sanctification A call to restoration Find this podcast transcription here ....
Sep 23, 2019•17 min
Featuring: - Counseling Ministry can be missional - The distinction between biblical counseling and evangelism - Cautions in counseling unbelievers - The necessity of talking about Jesus Find this podcast transcription here .
Sep 16, 2019•22 min
Featuring: - How biblical counseling differs from secular counseling in ministering to the family - Challenges in ministering to family members - The ministry of presence. - From child to friend Find this podcast transcription here .
Sep 09, 2019•18 min
Featuring: - Challenges Families face with raising Sons Today - Investing in your Children - The Importance of the Church in raising Sons - Addressing a Wayward Child Find this podcast transcription here .
Sep 02, 2019•17 min
Featuring: - The Christian’s Starting Place on Gender (Gen. 1-2) - How Masculinity is being Deconstructed - What is Biblical Masculinity? - Why We Can’t Waiver on Biblical Masculinity - How the Church is Being Impacted Today - Biblical Counselors Must Lovingly Retrain Men to Biblical Manhood Resources: - The Grand Design: Male and Female He Made Them - Owen Strachan https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Design-Male-Female-Made/dp/1781917647 - Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind - Owen Strachan F...
Aug 26, 2019•18 min
Featuring: - How the Puritans help counselors get to the human heart - Experts in identifying problems and gospel solutions - “Living Blessedly Forever” Puritans on Doctrine and Practice - The lost art of Biblical Meditation - Learning more about the Puritans Resources: - The Blessed and Boundless God - George Swinnock - Triumphing Over Sinful Fear - John Flavel - Great Spoil: Thomas Manton's Spirituality of the Word - Yuille J Stephen https://www.amazon.com/Great-Spoil-Thomas-Mantons-Spirituali...
Aug 19, 2019•18 min
Featuring: - How the Psalms of Ascent help us to keep our eyes fixed upon our eternal home - How the Psalms capture humanity - How Psalm impact the counseling room - How the Psalms capture the emotions of Christ Resources: Longing for Home: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent https://www.amazon.com/Longing-Home-Journey-Through-Psalms/dp/1633420973 The Path of Life: Blessedness in Seasons of Lament https://www.amazon.com/Path-Life-Blessedness-Seasons-Lament/dp/1601786891 Find this podcast tran...
Aug 12, 2019•18 min
Featuring: - Engaging in counseling the community - Why People can be reluctant - 3 Part Plan for engaging counselees: 1. Enter Their World 2. Be Prepare Through the Word to Understand Their Need 3. Bring this person Christ and His Answers Find this podcast transcription here .
Aug 05, 2019•15 min
Featuring: - A Critique of the APA's (American Psychological Association) response and definition of masculinity - The moral nature of APA's practices - Support of a biblical definition and standard of manhood Find this podcast transcription here .
Jul 29, 2019•18 min
Featuring: - The First Step in Discipling Your Kids / Begin with your own worship of Christ - Teaching Your Children the Gospel / Start with understanding the sin problem - Recommended Christain and Missionary Biographies for Families - Examples of Modeling Prayer for our Children Resources: Walking With the Giants: A Minister's Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching, Warren W. Wiersbe https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Giants-Ministers-Reading-Preaching/dp/0801095786 10 People Every Christian Sh...
Jul 22, 2019•21 min
Featuring: - What does it mean to have true biblical friendship? - What to look for in a biblical friend or accountability partner? (Psalm 1, - Psalm 15, Psalm 119:63) - Why you should surround yourself with friends who ask good questions and speak biblical truth. - How to build biblical friendships. - Authentic relationships in the church Find this podcast transcription here ....
Jul 15, 2019•12 min
Featuring: - God's Purpose in Your Singleness - Pitfalls that young women face - Psalm 16, Being Glad in God - Encouragement for nervous parents of teens - When your teen has a hard heart to your instruction - Value of older woman in mentorship (Titus 2) Resources: Love Defined and Girl Defined Books: https://www.girldefined.com/girldefinedbook ACBC Conference Lecture: Hope and Help for the Single Woman https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/kristen-clark-and-bethany-baird-help-and-ho...
Jul 08, 2019•10 min
Resources: David Powlison | A Tribute https://biblicalcounseling.com/david-powlison-a-tribute/ Find this podcast transcription here .
Jul 01, 2019
Featuring: - What does "Addiction Intervention" mean? - Steps of pre-intervention - A Case Study of Addiction Intervention Resources: The Heart of Addiction: A Biblical Perspective, Mark Shaw https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Addiction-Biblical-Perspective-ebook/dp/B00IZO6EMQ How Not to Raise an Addict, Mark Shaw https://www.focuspublishing.com/product/how-not-to-raise-an-addict/ Divine Intervention: Hope and Help for Families of Addicts, Mark Shaw https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1885904630/ref=dbs...
Jun 24, 2019•12 min
Featuring: - Ways Tim fought for hope in cancer - How Tim had a conversation with the family about diagnosis and God's - sovereignty and wisdom - God's kindness in sanctifying the local church - Keeping an eternal perspective (2 Corinthians 4) Resources: 2019 Pre-Conference, Human Suffering and Heaven's Hope https://biblicalcounseling.com/conference/suffering/ Trusting God, Jerry Bridges https://www.amazon.com/Trusting-God-Jerry-Bridges/dp/1631467921 Find this podcast transcription here ....
Jun 17, 2019•17 min
Featuring: - First steps in responding to domestic abuse - Building involvement and offering hope - How to keep a victim safe? - What if I am scared to counsel in this situation? - Complementarianism and domestic violence Resources: The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence in the Home - Chris Moles https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Domestic-Abuse-Solutions-Violence/dp/1936141272 http://www.chrismoles.org/news/2016/3/14/6cp1qk9y14xwrrioccoc2s6xxete00-zd6a2-4t7...
Jun 10, 2019•21 min
How does testosterone impact men? Medical doctor and biblical counselor Dan Dionne shares his perspective. Featuring: - What is low testosterone? - Understanding a medical perspective - Advice for Biblical Counselors - How can we help a wife support her husband? Resources: TIL 199: Understanding Hormones (feat. Dr. Dionne) https://biblicalcounseling.com/til-199-understanding-hormones/ Gospel and Mental Illness Conference https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/the-gospel-and-mental-ill...
Jun 04, 2019•10 min
Pastor Tony Anderson sat down with Taron Defevers, staff member at ACBC, to give guidance on how to start a counseling ministry in your local church from his experience as an ACBC certified training center. FEATURING: First Steps - Begin Praying for like-minded leadership and ministry partners. - Equip the staff, then cast a vision for the whole church - Ask mature members to pursue counseling ministry - Make a commitment to train counselors for excellence - Ensuring competency in handling God's...
May 27, 2019•18 min
Martha Peace has been counseling as an ACBC member since 1989. On todays podcast Martha reflects on her years of counseling experience. Along the way she has picked up some valuable lessons, and today she passes those lessons on to other biblical counselors. Resources: Website http://marthapeacetew.blogspot.com/ Salvation Worksheets http://lightflycreative.com/files/marthapeace/Salvation%20worksheet.pdf Attitudes of a Transformed Heart - Martha Peace https://www.amazon.com/Attitudes-Transformed-...
May 20, 2019•14 min
Featuring: - Understanding the concept of Mental Health - Understanding the history and development of Mental Health - Who defines mental health? - The danger os using the mental health labels - Why is mental health a novel idea in the church? Find this podcast transcription here .
May 13, 2019•21 min
Featuring: Why having a right understanding of God is the foundation Where do temptations come from? What conditions can increase our temptation? What are the root stages of temptation? (James 1:14) How to respond biblically to temptation? How to pursue hope in the fight of temptation? Resource: The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin - Kris Lundgaard https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Within-Straight-about-Defeat/dp/0875522017 Find this podcast transcription here ....
May 06, 2019•25 min
Featuring: What does the Bible say about personalities? Narratives and Direct Address How much influence do our personalities have on us? How Should Christian's Think about the enneagram? Traits vs Core Values Understanding the scope of personality test - what they can do, cannot do, and the dangers to avoid with test Why this matters for counseling. Resources: The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life: Connecting Christ to Human Experience - Jeremy Pierre https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Heart-Daily-Life-C...
Apr 29, 2019•16 min
Listen to this podcast with ACBC member Caroline Newheiser for a biblical approach that will help you fight gossip and pursue holy God-honoring speech. Featuring: What is Gossip and how can we identify it? Would I see that if this person where here? What standard does God set for how we talk? Gossip is a heart issue Guidance for how to end gossip practically Implications for counseling Truths to remember when you are being gossiped about Find this podcast transcription here ....
Apr 22, 2019•13 min
Featuring: - Thinking Biblically through the issues in single parenting - Where to begin in ministering to single parents? - Ways to empathize with single parents - How the church can help "Single Parents: Daily Grace for the Hardest Job", Robert Jones https://www.amazon.com/Single-Parents-Daily-Grace-Hardest/dp/1934885274 Find this podcast transcription here ....
Apr 15, 2019•13 min
Featuring: A Testimony from Camille Cates of tragedy and idolatry to hope in Christ - handling a past abortion - Healing Hearts Ministries - symptoms to be aware of when counseling those who have faced tragedy https://www.healinghearts.org/ Find this podcast transcription here .
Apr 08, 2019•18 min
Featuring: 1984 NANC Annual Conference with Jay Adams on "Theology and Counseling are Inseparable" To find this full message visit the ACBC store audio collection entitled "The Legacy Collection" at biblicalcounseling.com Special Prize: Two Annual Conference Tickets Enter for a chance to win two Annual Conference tickets by leaving a rating and comment on the ACBC Facebook page before May 1, 2019 Receive a second entrance into the contest when you leave a rating and a comment on iTunes by May 1s...
Apr 01, 2019•17 min
On this edition of Truth in Love Dr. Dale Johnson discusses the topic of hormones with Dr. Dan Dionne from a medical and biblical perspective. Featuring: Remembering that God designed hormones How should a christian woman think about her hormones in relation to her emotions? The importance of check-ups with physicians The importance of having a good theology of suffering How should a husband support his wife through hormonal changes ? Find this podcast transcription here ....
Mar 25, 2019•11 min
FEATURING: - Correcting wrong views we can have about God - How can the church establish a correct teaching of the fear of God - Become God-oriented instead of problem-oriented. - How does fearing God affect counseling? - How to teach and model the doctrines of God? - The call of the church to model discipleship. RESOURCES: A.W. Pink, The Attributes of God https://www.amazon.com/Attributes-God-W-Pink/dp/1548825107/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A.W.+Pink%2C+Attributes+of+God&qid=1552410511&s=books&...
Mar 18, 2019•16 min