Truth & Love Blog
What About Bob?
Enjoy 7 fun facts about Bob Kellemen.
The Sad Reality of Tribal Thinking in Our Modern Biblical Counseling World
Pondering two very different ways of looking at and treating fellow biblical counseling interpreters of Scripture.
The False Hope of “Victory Theology”
Victory theology is a false emotional health and wealth gospel that promises for this life what Jesus only promised for the next life.
8 Affirmations About Comprehensive, Compassionate Biblical Counseling
A statement of positive affirmations about 8 issues currently being discussions in the modern biblical counseling world.
4 Amazing Results of Our Salvation in Christ: Sin’s Quarduple Cure
Sin’s Quadruple Cure: 1. Justification: “Forgiven!” 2. Reconciliation: “Welcome Home!” 3. Regeneration: “Saint!” 4. Redemption: “Victor!”
6 False Steps in a Straw-Man Argument
With permission of biblical counselor Joseph Leavell, I am re-posting Joe’s Twitter/X thread on straw-man arguments.
Do Biblical Counselors Focus on the Soul, or on the Body, or on the Embodied-Soul?
What should garner the majority of a biblical counselor’s attention? The body? The soul? Or the embodied-soul?
Unity of Body and Soul: Embodied-Souls in Herman Bavinck
“In Scripture, body and soul are always most intimately related, influencing one another and working together” (Herman Bavinck).
When We Minimize Common Grace, We Minimize God’s Sovereignty and Goodness
Believing in common grace is not believing in the goodness of humanity; it is believing in the goodness of God.
What Makes Biblical Counseling Truly Biblical? Part 4: The Bible’s Grand Narrative
To view the Bible accurately and use the Bible competently we must understand the Bible’s story the way God tells it—as a gospel victory narrative.
