Truth & Love Blog

Biblical Counseling Conversations and the Kobayashi Maru Scenario
Biblical counselor Joseph Leavell illustrates the circular reasoning being used in many of the recent biblical counseling “conversations.”

Abraham Kuyper: “Proto-Integrationist”?
Kuyper systematically built his worldview on Divine Revelation—from the book of nature, from the book of conscience, and, supremely, from the book of Scripture.

Common Grace and God’s Glory: Kuyper on Amazing Common Grace
Common grace doesn’t glorify the unregenerate person, just like saving grace does not glorify the regenerate person. Common grace glorifies God!

How to Care Like Christ: Learn 22 Biblical Counseling Skills
Gospel Conversations is a step-by-step training manual that equips readers/participants to develop 22 biblical counseling skills.

War and Peace: 2 Recent, Relevant Biblical Counseling Podcasts
Have you noticed some tensions among leaders in the modern biblical counseling world? Two recent podcasts explain the issues and suggest a way forward.

What Is a “Biblical Counseling Resource”?
Listen in on some Twitter/X conversations about what makes biblically counseling truly biblical and what is a biblical counseling resource.

50 Biblical Counseling Resources on Trauma and Trauma Care
What do leading biblical counselors teach about the nature of trauma, biblical trauma care, and trauma healing for your life and ministry?

The Sufficiency of Scripture and Extra-Biblical Information
A free 25-page resource addressing the question: “Where do we find wisdom for life in our broken world?”

What Is “Historic,” “Classic” Biblical Counseling?
When speaking about biblical counseling, we should reserve modifiers like “historic” and “classic” for pastoral soul care and one-another ministry in the Bible and throughout the past 2,000 years of church history.

An Update: A Biblical Counseling Reconciliation Summit—Sadly, Not Likely to Happen
Here is a brief update on a proposed moderated meeting to reconcile factions within the biblical counseling family.