The Belgic Confession of Faith Article XXIV comforts us by offering a helpful explanation of the relationship between faith and good works....
In moments of conflict, married couples must take the time to understand why they're fighting, and compare those reasons with Scripture....
Remembering our baptism in the face of troubled emotions and circumstances....
A new catechism on human sexuality promises answers to worldview-shaping questions on sex and sexuality....
Successful biblical counseling depends partly on rightly understanding what it is and is not intended to accomplish....
Four biblical keys to building and maintaining trust in marriage....
Johann Hari's 2015 TEDTalk fuels discussion on addiction, addictions counseling, and what addicts need most....
Lord's Day liturgical practice can have a profound effect upon those struggling with problematic emotions...
Friendship in marriage has been marred by sin, but can be restored by faith in Jesus Christ....
Children who come from hard places need continual and sustained signs of their security and place in a world that threatened to leave them as orphans....
Talking points to remember and meditate on when the trials of life come....
The call to love God and neighbor are keys to success in biblical counseling....
The Scripture calls us to stay our mind on God in the face of every fear....
Dr. Joel Paris writes on the state of psychiatry and psychiatric research....
Our responses to life's trials and tribulations may seem to come automatic, but we should not accept them automatically....
When facing troubling circumstances and emotions, we must preach the gospel to ourselves....
When we're stuck in a place of indecision, there yet remains a way forward while we wait on God for clarity of thought....
The enneagram is growing in popularity, but is it a biblical approach to soul care that Christians should embrace?...
This is the first in a series of posts interacting with Dr. Jeremy Pierre's book "The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life."...
One common experience for sexual abuse survivors is the apparent inability to put words to their pain....
There are questions every potential counselee should ask of themselves before attempting to engage the counseling process....
Counselees must take the time to understand their counselor's philosophy of care before counseling begins....
Charles Spurgeon taught his people that their assurance of salvation was rooted not in their good deeds, but in the power of the atoning work of Christ on the cross....
On the cross, and throughout his life, Jesus overcame death and paid the price for our sin that we might live forever with him in eternity....
Charles Spurgeon encourages us to measure our redemption against the backdrop of the severity of God's justice.vvv...
Our hearts are prone to preach a false gospel of unending guilt and shame in the face of our sin, but Christ offers a better and eternal reward of mercy, grace, and forgiveness....
What makes biblical counseling unique among other counseling models?...
A survey of prior commitments at the point of conflict and counseling may reveal attitudes of the heart that are at odds with Scripture, and detrimental to progress and healing....
Our hope for biblical change is inextricably connected to our union with Christ....
17th Century Puritan, Stephen Charnock, writes concerning our assurance of salvation, a common conflict in biblical counseling....
Christians must know the misery of their sin in order to properly know the gift of God's grace....
David Murray writes about depression and the body/soul connection....
Our hearts are prone to preach a false gospel of unending guilt and shame in the face of our sin, but Christ offers a better and eternal reward of mercy, grace, and forgiveness....
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