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 … Continue reading »
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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 … Continue reading »
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. … Continue reading »
Biblical Soul Care
Twelve Stones is a wonderful counseling ministry that I was first exposed to about 5 years ago. Since that time, I have sat under Dr. Garrett Higbee’s lectures in my own biblical counseling training. It was a pleasant surprise to receive a newsletter from Twelve Stones introducing “Biblical Soul Care“. It is an 18 part … Continue reading »
Who are Biblical Counselors?
Biblical counselors have been trained to utilize the Bible in a counseling context by applying practical and hopeful biblical principles to real life situations and problems. These counselors believe the Word of God to be sufficient and essential for counseling. In other words, there is no other work or resource in counseling that has the … Continue reading »
Are you a “Nouthetic Counselor”?
Who is qualified to counsel nouthetically? As we peer into the pages of Scripture, we see that it is assumed that all Christians should be engaging in NC. Two key passages say so quite explicitly: Romans 15:14 and Colossians 3:16. Do you realize that everyone counsels, but not all counsel biblically? Think back over this … Continue reading »
Exploring Nouthetic Counseling
What is Nouthetic Counseling? Grace Dependent provided a simple definition in a recent post; today we will expand that definition and gain a clearer understanding of Nouthetic Counseling (NC). Let’s begin with this statement: Jesus Christ is at the center of all true Christian counseling. Any counseling which moves Christ from that position of centrality … Continue reading »
Nouthetic Counseling: What is it?
Google the term “nouthetic counseling” and you will immediately have a number of interesting options to choose from as you surf the web to determine what nouthetic counseling truly is. Here are some helpful links: Wikipedia’s definition of Nouthetic Counseling National Association of Nouthetic Counseling (NANC) Institute of Nouthetic Studies (INS) Compassionate Counselors International Association … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians: God’s Heroic Adventure Narrative (pt.2)
Part 2 of my ongoing study of Dr. Kellemen’s Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. The purpose it seems of this chapter is to emphasize the necessity to use Scripture, in it’s entirety, in our counseling sessions. Too often the Bible is used as an encyclopedia and used poorly at that. … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction (pt.1)
I received recently a wonderful package that I would encourage any pastor, counselor or lay leader to invest in. Dr. Robert Kellemen has four books that I think will be key in anyone’s counseling ministry: Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friends, Beyond the Suffering and Sacred Friendships. I am just now reading Soul Physicians and would like … Continue reading »
