Truth & Love Blog
Biblical Counseling, Neuroscience, and Descriptive Research Psychology
The scientist analyzing rocks can glorify God just as much as the preacher preaching about the Rock of Ages or the song writer writing Rock of Ages.
Reformation Day 500: Martin Luther Reformed My Life and Ministry
Today is the 500th the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. With any historical event that distant in time, it’s easy to think of it as lacking relevance for us today. Yet, Luther’s reformation ministry has had great impact on me. Martin Luther reformed my Christian life and my counseling ministry. Here’s how…
Martin Luther on the Gospel and Mental Illness
This vignette is one of many examples of how Luther encouraged his followers to reinterpret life by exegeting it from a gospel perspective. He cared for souls by promoting the curative attitude of spiritual insight into the redemptive meaning behind events and experiences: cure through looking at life through the lens of the cross of Christ.
Martin Luther, Pastoral Counseling, Sola Scriptura, and the Sufficiency of Scripture
Luther’s words of pastoral counsel were Word-saturated.
Biblical Preaching and Biblical Counseling: What Makes Them “Biblical”?
Biblical counselors are concerned about a biblical worldview—about building our understanding of people, problems, and solutions from a rich, robust, Christo-centric, gospel-centered, God-glorifying foundation.
95 Affirmations for Gospel-Centered Counseling
On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his now famous 95 Theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany. In doing so, Luther was launching a reformation in how the church understood the gospel of Christ’s grace for salvation. In 2010, over...
Martin Luther: Reformer of Pastoral Counseling
While we often see Luther as a theologian-reformer, he envisioned himself as a pastor not only engaged in the pulpit ministry of the Word—preaching, but also in the personal ministry of the Word—counseling.
220 Resources on Black Church History in America
Do You Know the Heroes of Black Church History? Recently, I posted a blog on 215 Resources for Community Ministry and Racial Reconciliation. Today, I’m following up on that resource with 220 Resources on Black Church History in America. As many of you know, I love...
14 Free Resources for Counseling Under the Cross
Martin Luther not only reformed theology; his understanding of the gospel reformed daily Christian living, biblical counseling, pastoral counseling, one-another ministry, and soul care.
95 Martin Luther Quotes of Note
In 1519, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, launching the Protestant Reformation. For the 500th Anniversary of that world-changing event, I’ve collated 95 Martin Luther quotes from my book: Counseling Under the Cross: How Martin Luther Applied the Gospel to Daily Life.
