Equipping Counselors for Your Church – an interview with author: Dr. Bob Kellemen

Dr.Kellemen is a dear friend from whom I have learned much about through his resources he’s printed, email conversations we’ve had and face to face discussions about a variety of topics. When he asked if I would help promote his newly released book, Equipping Counselors for Your Church, I was excited to do so. In [...]

Introduction to the Biblical Counseling Coalition

The Biblical Counseling Coalition Promoting Personal Change Centered on the Person of Christ Ephesians 4:11-16 Leaders Unite to Launch the Biblical Counseling Coalition During the past year, over two-dozen leading pastors, biblical counselors, and Christian educators have been prayerfully discussing whether the time is right to launch a new coalition of organizations, leaders, and participants [...]

Timeless Christian Books is running a 50% off sale! (all orders over $15 ship FREE)

Timeless Christian Books offers a great variety of books that are beneficial to pastors, biblical counselors, parents and all church members.  I would encourage you to check out their Bargain Bin and see if there is anything you would be interested in.  Here are some I would heartily recommend:  (most of these will be under [...]

A New Year, A New Pastor: Meet Kirk Barger; pt.2 of 4

Yesterday I began a 4 part series of an interview with Kirk Barger, our new Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church.  The interview began with a few questions about his personal interests, hobbies and the like.  Today delves into Pastor Kirk’s passion for biblical counseling.  I am personally excited for the opportunity to serve with [...]

Biblical Counseling Coalition Summit – a report

If you are passionate about biblical counseling at all (and I hope you are!) then this report from a recent gathering of “movers and shakers” within the biblical counseling movement should encourage you.  Dr Bob Kellemen summarizes the activities of the nearly 40 biblical counseling movement leaders that took place in Chicago on May 3rd [...]

BCTC day 2: Tuesday – God is in Control (James MacDonald)

Yes.  The entire day was devoted to learning how to answer questions on the NANC certification exam.  It was all blown away by the wonderfully encouraging sermon by James MacDonald, entitled, God is in Control.  I’ve tried to reproduce my notes below – but to be honest, I was just passionately listening to this sermon [...]

Blogging the Biblical Counseling Training Conference: Track 5

I arrived in Lafayette, IN this afternoon fired up and ready for the Biblical Counseling Training Conference.  This year I am taking Track 5, which is a prep track for those interested in completing NANC certification.  After a worshipful opening session which included a powerful testimony by Marsha, a young lady in the Vision of [...]

Paul Tripp’s latest: What Did You Expect? (Redeeming the Realities of Marriage)

It won’t take long for you to realize that your marriage hasn’t escaped the reality of sin. It’s what you do next that will make all the difference in the character and quality of your marriage. This new book by international conference speaker and pastor Paul David Tripp calls couples to a grace-based lifestyle of [...]

Biblical Counseling Training Counseling: Counsel With Confidence and Compassion

February 7-12 you’ll find me and over 1300 other people passionate about biblical counseling at Faith Baptist Church in Lafayette, IN.  This year’s theme is Counseling with Confidence and Compassion.  This year I will be taking Track 5.  If you are planning on attending, drop me a line! You can follow Faith’s tweets about the [...]

Who came and went at Grace Dependent 2009

Grace Dependent made a splash, albeit small, in the blogosphere in 2009.  Here are the Top Referrers to this site, Top Posts of 2009, Top Engine Searches that brought you here, and the Top Click Throughs to other sites.  If you have not yet visited the sites linke below, please take time to do so.  [...]

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