Truth & Love Blog
Biblical Counseling Word Study #2: Parakletos—The Holy Spirit, Our Gospel-Reminding Counselor
The Holy Spirit Is Our Indwelling Christ-Centered, Gospel-Reminding Encouragement Counselor Who Applies the Gospel to Us as Sufferers, Sinners, and Saints
Biblical Counseling Word Study #1: Parakaleo—Empathize, Encourage, Exhort, Empower
We can summarize parakaletic biblical counseling using 4 “E” words: Empathy, Encouragement, Exhortation, and Empowerment/Equipping.
Emotions: God’s Idea
In Psalm 139:13, your emotions are the one element that God highlights as having been fearfully and wonderfully made!
4 Parental Grief Principles for Sharing God’s Comfort in Loss: Grief and Your Child
Children need good parenting even more than they need good counseling. You can be your child’s best biblical grief counselor.
4 Reasons Why I Write About “Embodied-Souls”
What motivates my interest in and writings about embodied-souls and biblical counseling?
Fear Is Not Sin: By Ed Welch and CCEF
Our fears arouse God’s compassion—not His rebuke.
7 Biblical Truths Countering the False Gospel of “Emotional Health & Wealth”
The false gospel of emotional health & wealth claims eternal promises as if they are present-day promises.
Anxiety and Our Physical Bodies: God’s Care for Embodied-Souls
It is wrong to place extra burdens on those who suffer emotionally by suggesting that all they need to do is surrender to God to make their struggles go away.
112 Biblical Passages on Being Embodied-Souls, Part 2: The Fallen, Finite, Frail, Failing Embodied-Soul
God designed us as embodied-souls. Here are 112 biblical passages that develop this truth.
4 Résumé Qualifications of Every Biblical Counselor: The “4C/4H” Model
Imagine that the Wonderful Counselor was interviewing you for the position of Biblical Counselor. What qualifications would you highlight on your résumé?
