Truth & Love Blog
The New Testament Church Regularly Provided Practical Care for and Counseling About the Body: 432 Verses from Acts to Revelation
If we want to be biblical counselors like the New Testament church, then we must care for and counsel about the body, not just the soul.
When a Biblical Counselor Battles Depression
What can we learn about depression, the embodied-soul, and physiological interventions from a biblical counselor who suffered with depression?
Richard Baxter on Depression, Scrupulosity (OCD), and the Embodied-Soul
Christians today can learn much from Richard Baxter’s comprehensive, holistic understanding of the cause of and care for depression and scrupulosity.
36 Bible Passages on God’s Truth About Love
What does God’s all-sufficient Word say about the priority of loving others?
The Biblical Counseling Coalition’s New Executive Director
Kevin’s tender heart, bridge-building nature, and long-time leadership in biblical counseling are all factors I’m praying will lead to the same unity we experienced from 2010-2017.
God’s Sovereign, Christ-Glorifying Common Grace: Over Every Square Inch!
God’s sovereign, Christ-glorifying common grace covers every square inch of God’s creation and glorifies the wisdom of Christ.
What Does It Mean to “Speak the Truth in Love” (Ephesians 4:15)?
If my speaking/embodying Christ’s truth fails to evidence Christ’s grace-love, then I am a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Scripture Is the Catalyst for Biblical Counselors Studying Science and Neuroscience
The Scripture’s teaching on embodied-souls should motivate biblical counselors to engage with neuroscience research.
Jay Adams on Embodied-Souls, Trauma, Neuroscience, Sanctification, and Physical Interventions
AJay Adams on avoiding Gnostic thinking, the body’s habituated response to trauma, being neuroscience-informed, and physical interventions for sanctification.
10 Biblical Trauma Principles for Biblical Counseling: We Experience, Remember, and Respond to Traumatic Suffering as Embodied-Souls
Traumatic suffering can have both an immediate and a lingering impact on our body and soul—on our embodied-soul.
