In times of stress and distress, I often reflect on God’s promise in Isaiah 26:3. “You will keep them in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because they trust in You.” Here’s how I translate the original Hebrew of this verse: “You will keep them in peace,...
Who Is O. Hobart Mowrer and Why Does He Matter to Biblical Counselors? Greg Gifford is Chair of Biblical Studies and Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University. In a post at the Biblical Counseling Coalition (Jay Adams’ Heritage: How Jay...
If the Lord Wills In James 4:13-15, we read: 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a...
What’s My Focus? Here’s my focus: This post focuses on Christian books on the topic of the body and soul—the embodied-soul: the complex interconnection of our body/soul, brain/mind, physical/spiritual nature. The technical term for the topic of this post is...
A Book Proposal on Biblical Counseling and the Body (The Embodied-Soul) Because I collate a lot of biblical counseling resources (over 1,000 in The Annual Guide to Biblical Counseling, and over 400 in 400+ Resources on Biblical Counseling and Psychology-Related...