Today we post an important article Dr. Adams presented as an oral address to the students and faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary forty-five years ago. It is longer than our usual posts but you will be rewarded if you devote the time to reading it carefully. Click the following link to … [Read more...] about Counseling and the Sovereignty of God
Counseling
Counseling by Cliché
How is nouthetic counseling different from just coming along side of those who are struggling and building relationship and speaking into their lives? This was the question that was put to one of our students as he explained to his church elders his goal to complete his studies with us and seek … [Read more...] about Counseling by Cliché
Innovative Thinking: the Proper Goal
Back in 1963, Henry Blamiers wrote a landmark book entitled, The Christian Mind, in which he encouraged the church to begin thinking. As a result, some took him seriously, and did so! The central thesis of that seminal work was that scholarship has taken the place that rightly belongs to … [Read more...] about Innovative Thinking: the Proper Goal
"But . . . It Helped!"
Occasionally, I hear as the pragmatic objection to my position that counseling must be biblical, and only biblical, “but so and so went to a non-Christian counselor who certainly didn’t do biblical counseling, and yet it helped.” How does one properly respond to that protest? Well, by saying that … [Read more...] about "But . . . It Helped!"
Important Advice for Biblical Counseling Students
I rise today to share some urgent advice with students of biblical counseling. My target audience are those students especially who are studying in College or Seminary as well as those who are learning in a number of church-based training centers. You are involved in an important study which you … [Read more...] about Important Advice for Biblical Counseling Students