Truth & Love Blog
Speaking the Truth in Love, Or Just Arrogant, Angry, and Argumentative?
Let’s not pretend and arrogantly assume that every time we confront someone else that we’re being totally “Jesus-like.” Let’s first confront our own heart.
52 New Biblical Counseling Books Published in 2020
I’m collating biblical counseling books published in 2020. If you know of biblical counseling books written this year that I’ve not listed, please let me know so I can add them to this list.
4 Biblical Compass Points for Biblical Counseling: Equipping in Individual Counseling, Part 2
In 1 blog post, learn about the 4 counseling skills that every competent biblical counselor must develop.
What to Do After the Hug: Equipping in Individual Counseling, Part 1
What’s the first “step” in becoming equipped for individual biblical counseling? It may be different than what you think…
The Best Book of the 21st Century
Of the 60 million books published in the 21st century, the #1 book is Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers.
Biblical Empathy Versus Secular Empathy
In biblical counseling, we move with our suffering, hurting counselees toward God’s empathy—toward the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.
Biblical Help and Hope for Marriage and Family Counselors
As pastors, counselors, and lay leaders, we desperately need help in relating our theology to marital messes and family chaos.
Depression and the Power of Empathy
God’s Word doesn’t shout hope into a vacuum. God’s Word speaks hope compassionately into the specific situation of a unique soul.
Family Counselors Don’t Replace Parents; They Empower Parents
My focus in Gospel-Centered Family Counseling is to equip counselors to equip parents to be their children’s best biblical counselors.
Marriage Counseling Is Not Just Individual Counseling with an Audience
The central competency in biblical marriage counseling is to equip spouses to be each other’s best biblical counselor.
