Posts with the category “biblical-counseling”

Bereans:The current topic for our monthly men's study is pride, particularly our desire to define our identity as we choose to define it.  We want to make ourselves in our own image.  This week we memorized Ezekiel 28:2, which was part of God's rebuke to the king of Tyre, who thought he was a god.  In this passage, God rebukes him by saying that "you make your heart like the heart of God."  This m...  Read More

Bereans:The percentage of the American population that is on prescription medication for depression continues to rise.  The news media and politicians like to refer to it as an epidemic, using the same terminology that describes a virus or disease that can attack anyone at random.  But is this a good comparison?  Is depression truly a disease? And why is the number of people who are "diagnosed" wi...  Read More

Bereans:This past Sunday I mentioned that a significant emphasis at the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) annual conference that we attended last week was a biblical critique of the newest fad in secular counseling: Trauma-Informed Care. Trauma-Informed Care (orTherapy) has generated a lot of buzz in the world of psychology, but it is simply another iteration of man trying to sol...  Read More

Bereans,It was a privilege to have Jon Harris, host of the Conversations That Matter podcast, worshiping with us the past Sunday.  I greatly appreciate the work he and many others do to research and distribute information that helps Reformed, evangelical churches like ours to think biblically and critically about events and ideologies impacting us and attacking the truths of our faith. Our enemies...  Read More