1. Overview of what we are talking about when thinking of Jesus the good Shepherd. 2. Overview of the biblical portrayal of good shepherds. 3. Overview of the biblical portrayal of false shepherds. 4. Overview of Jesus as the good Shepherd in John. 5. Ways to be encouraged by the shepherding of Jesus. 6. Overview of resources that are helpful in thinking of Jesus as Shepherd. Click here to see details about our Giving Tuesday details! Find the podcast transcription here ....
Dec 02, 2024•29 min•Ep. 494
1. How do you see help in grief and suffering from John 13:17? 2. How does Jesus prepare His disciples for the grief that is coming? 3. How does Jesus teach them in responding to grief and loss? 4. How does this prayer of Jesus help us through our grief? 5. How does this relate to the model of the Holy Spirit sanctifying us by the Word of God? 6. How do we follow Jesus's pattern in helping those who are suffering or grieving? Click here to learn more about training through ACBC! Find the podcast...
Nov 25, 2024•20 min•Ep. 493
1. How, as counselors, do we get to the root of the problem? 2. What are some resources you would point someone in this situation? 3. What are some of the obsticles we need to pay attention to? Click here to register for our annual conference! Find the podcast transcription here....
Nov 18, 2024•20 min•Ep. 492
1. What does the Bible say about eating? 2. What are some particular things that can go wrong in eating? 3. What are some of the sinful responses regarding eating? 4. What do we do when someone comes to us with one of these issues? Click here to find out what we are doing at ACBC! Find the podcast transcription here ....
Nov 11, 2024•19 min•Ep. 491
1. What do we mean by the terms counsel and counseling? 2. What changed about the triage system and how did that affect your ministry? 3. What does the personal side of this triage system look like? Click here to find our new booklets along with others we have previously released. Find the podcast transcription here ....
Nov 04, 2024•20 min•Ep. 490
1. Biblical examples of hidden sin 2. Biblical goals in confession of sin 3. Biblical confession verses worldly confession 4. Biblical encouragement to confess hidden sin Thank you for your prayers! Click here to partner with us! Find the podcast transcription here .
Oct 28, 2024•21 min•Ep. 489
1. What is Micro-Dosing? 2. What are the claimed "rewards" with Micro-Dosing? 3. How should we as biblical counselors be thinking about this? 4. Why is this something so tempting to us particularly in the western world? Click here to learn more about our Counseling Discipleship Training's! Click here to learn more about training through our training centers! Find the podcast transcription here ....
Oct 21, 2024•13 min•Ep. 488
1. Context of the passage 2. NANC statement on sufficiency of Scripture 3. Applications of this passage to suffering 4. Applied specifically to counseling room 5. Applied case study Click here to register for the 2025 Annual Conference! Find the podcast transcription here....
Oct 14, 2024•29 min•Ep. 487
1. How is Jesus a model for counseling 2. How can John's Gospel help us to see Jesus's model of counseling 3. How are you see Christ's example as you prepare for the upcoming conference? Please pray for us as we are at our 2024 Annual Conference on the "Care of Christ". Click here to find out more about ACBC. Find the podcast transcription here....
Oct 07, 2024•15 min•Ep. 486
1. Heath's Background 2. Heath's move into biblical counseling through abuse 3. Heath's exposure to biblical counseling 4. Heath's growth in ministry and life due to biblical counseling 5. Heath's current involvement in biblical counseling 6. Heath's current well being Click here to register for our conference! Find the podcast transcription here...
Sep 30, 2024•26 min•Ep. 485
1. Biblical perspective on who is responsible for sending missionaries 2. Ways churhes can care for missionaries before they are sent 3. Caring for missionaries while they are on the field 4. Helping missionaries adjust when coming back from the field Click here to partner with us in providing biblical resources in other languages! Find the podcast transcription here....
Sep 23, 2024•20 min•Ep. 484
1. Is this the only question we should ask when considering the question of sin? 2. How are these five categories addressed by Scripture? 3. How do we process our sinful actions towards others? 4. How do we avoid downplaying intentions in order to help those in sin? Click here to find training opportunities from one of our training centers! Find the podcast transcription here...
Sep 16, 2024•15 min•Ep. 483
1. What has been your experience in counseling in a bicultural context? 2. How can we be culturally sensitive but not compromising of biblical truth? 3. What are some specific challenges to working in different cultural contexts? 4. What are some practical stragies to work through cultural norms and biblical truths? Click here for more information about out Spanish Pre-Conference! Find the podcast transcription here...
Sep 09, 2024•24 min•Ep. 482
1. What are some helpful categories to frame what an unbeliever can know? 2. What are some relative passages? 3. What are some key doctrines pertaining to knowledge? 4. What are unbelievers able to know? 5. What are the practical implications for counseling? Click here to read through the Journal of Biblical Soul Care! Find the podcast transcription here...
Sep 02, 2024•24 min•Ep. 481
1. Relationship between sound doctrine and counseling 2. Relating to those with different theological backgrounds 3. Role of the church in guideing our theology as it relates to the counseling room Click here to sign up for our conference! Find the podcast transcription here...
Aug 26, 2024•19 min•Ep. 480
1. What is the role of Social Media in spreading this problem of eating disorders? 2. What do you see as some of the root issues of sin with this issue? 3. What is the importance of the Gospel with this issue? 4. What changes when we decide to love others more than ourselves? 5. What are some practical things counselors can keep in mind when counseling someone in this situation? Click here to see more on the ministry of Vision of Hope. Click here to find any of our other training centers. Find t...
Aug 19, 2024•17 min•Ep. 479
1. What led to the writing of this book? 2. What are the false assumptions Christian parents make? 3. What is the parent's goal for thier children? 4. What is the right way to handle the professions of our children? 5. Ways to encourage parents who have wayward children in the church. 6. What to do with wayward older children. 7. What are helpful passages when dealing with wayward children? Click here to see our High School Curriculum. Find the podcast transcription here...
Aug 12, 2024•24 min•Ep. 478
1. God's providence even in the midst of troubled dreams 2. Giving counsel to those with troubled dreams 3. Guidance in practically addressing troubled dreams Click here to sign up for our pastor's retreat!
Aug 05, 2024•14 min•Ep. 477
1. What makes us feel burdened? 2. What did Jesus do to provide rest? 3. What is required of us? 4. What type of rest does Jesus give? Click here to register for our conference!
Jul 29, 2024•24 min•Ep. 476
1. Motivations and Need for this series 2. Target Audience for this series 3. The Psychologies and Common Grace as first two topics for this series 4. Upcoming Titles for this series Click here to partner with us!
Jul 22, 2024•20 min•Ep. 475
1. Who is Brad Brandt? 2. What was life like before biblical counseling? 3. What convinced you to seek help in biblical counseling? 4. What has been the impact of biblical counseling on your ministry? 5. Why do you believe biblical counseling works? Click here to register for our conference in October!
Jul 15, 2024•19 min•Ep. 474
1. Recap of last week 2. Review of three categories of Saints, Sinners, and Suffering 3. Remade in Christ through justification and sanctification in Colossians 4. Remade application through talking to yourself, to God, and to others 5. Remembering that our identity is in Christ and nothing else for discipleship Please pray for our Colloquium. Members can access past colloquium videos on our website through your account portal under free resources. Find this podcast transcription here....
Jul 08, 2024•20 min•Ep. 473
1. Purpose for the book 2. Perspective of our identity from World vs. from Scripture 3. Paradigm of the 3 lenses of our identity 4. Practicing our position in Chirst to fight sin and endure suffering Click here to sign up for our newsletter! Find this podcast transcription here.
Jul 01, 2024•19 min•Ep. 472
1. When should we talk to our kids about sex? 2. What categories should be covered? 3. What to do when there are issues to navigate? 4. When to stop talking about sex? Click here to make suggestions for resources you would like to see us address.
Jun 24, 2024•24 min•Ep. 471
1. Reason for writing the book 2. Recentering around theological realities concerning sex 3. Remembering the hope we have in this broken world concerning sex 4. Recognizing the depth in which Scripture addresses sex Click here for our Committed to Care resource
Jun 17, 2024•17 min•Ep. 470
1. Purifying and cleansing the conscience 2. Preparing, applying, reforming, avoiding impediments, employing preservatives 3. Probing the conscience in the counseling room 4. Pealing back the layers of the seared conscience Click here for more resources at biblicalcounseling.com
Jun 10, 2024•28 min•Ep. 469
1. Why should we think about the conscience and what is it? 2. Why is there such ambiguity in thinking about the conscience? 3. Why did the church give so much attention to the conscience in the past? 4. Why the conscience is important in the counseling context. Click here to see the booklet by Dr. Stephens, Fighting Same-Sex Desire . Thank you for your prayers!...
Jun 03, 2024•26 min•Ep. 468
1. Describing the Construct of Schizophrenia 2. Determining the biological factors 3. Deep Sleep, Scripture, and Psychosis 4. Danger of Schizophrenic language/labels Click here to see Daniel's Book, Schizonphrenic Unicorn Click here to see more information about our Counseling Discipleship Trainings
May 27, 2024•24 min•Ep. 467
1. Definition of Schizophrenia and Psychosis 2. Description Schizophrenia's etiological pursuit 3. Debunking Schizophrenia as biological Click here to find Daniel's book, Schizophrenic Unicorn. Click here to connect with one of our training centers. Click here to search through our resources. Click here to find the book Counseling the Hard Cases. Members: Reminder that there is a member exclusive webinar coming up on 5/30 at 6:30pm CST. Please reach out to info@biblicalcounsling.com if you misse...
May 20, 2024•18 min•Ep. 466
1. Initial Perception of Bad Therapy 2. Introductioin and Purpose of Bad Therapy 3. Interacting with Cobelligerents 4. Identifying the problems of the times 5. Iatrogenic effects of Psychotherapy 6. Increase in Problems becuase of Secular Therapy 7. Inconsistencies of Trauma Theories 8. Ideology of Gentle Parenting as Deceptive Philosophy Rejecting God's Word. 9. Implementing God's Word as Truth Click here to search for courses through our training centers. Click here for our CEU reading list....
May 13, 2024•42 min•Ep. 465