Truth & Love Blog
INC: Informed Nouthetic Counseling
Historically, the modern nouthetic biblical counseling movement has been informed by behaviorism, neuroscience, psychology, common grace, and co-belligerent research.
Non-Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling: 2 Reflections and 4 Recommendations
How should non-clinically-informed biblical counselors relate to clinically-informed biblical counselors?
Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling: 3 Reflections and 2 Recommendations
Does our theologically-saturated biblical counseling transform information we glean from extra-biblical sources? Or, does the world’s information transform our counseling so it becomes conformed to the world?
Common Grace and Biblical Counseling: Wisdom from Reformed Theologians
How have Reformed theologians applied the doctrine of common grace in relationship to the use of extra-biblical resources from non-Christians?
Biblical Counseling with Non-Christians
Should we do biblical counseling with non-Christians, or, should we only do evangelism with non-Christians? If we do counsel non-Christians, should we counsel non-Christians differently than Christians? If so, why? How?
The Progressive Sanctification of the Modern Biblical Counseling Movement
Biblical counselors are well known for emphasizing progressive sanctification. We can be equally well-known for progressively growing together as biblical counselors: the progressive sanctification of the biblical counseling movement.
46 Resources on Spiritual Abuse
A collated list of 46 resources on spiritual abuse, with direct links to each resource and with a brief summary of each resource.
20 Biblical Passages on Spiritual Abuse
Build a biblical theology of spiritual abuse from twenty biblical passages on wolves in shepherd’s clothing.
Definitions and Signs of Spiritual Abuse
Spiritual abuse is a spiritual role-reversal. Rather than feeding the sheep, the shepherd becomes the wolf feeding on the sheep.
Descriptive Research and the Effectiveness of Lay Counselors
Descriptive research offers valuable support for the effectiveness of equipping lay biblical counselors.
