Commiserating doesn't help! "What's this all about?" It's about entering into a person's problems in such a way that all you do is agonize and "feel his pain." Some think that this is the way to help. Take it for real---it isn't. All you do---supposing your feelings are genuine---is indicate that … [Read more...] about Commiserating
Counseling
Past Tense Living
When do Nouthetic Counselors deal with the past---or do they? They do not deal with the past even though at times it may appear that they do. How is that? Compare what they do with Freudian archaeological expeditions into a person's past. Freud was concerned with digging up the past to discover … [Read more...] about Past Tense Living
Counseling and the Sovereignty of God
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 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