In an era when many are choosing not to have children, believers stand out as those who choose to fulfill the creation mandate to “be fruitful and multiply” (Gen. 1:28). […]
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Category: Counseling
Counseling Men Accused of Abuse
How should we wisely counsel a person who has been accused of abuse? It has been recognized that domestic abuse is a widespread problem among professing Christians and that churches […]
The Use of Biblical Counseling Cards
When I first started biblical counseling over forty years ago, the common practice was to assign books for counselees to read as homework. Sadly, we often would have counselees come […]
Parenting in an LGBTQ Culture
For many Christian parents, their worst nightmare is that their child (or grandchild) will come out as homosexual or transgender. Phillip, a fourteen-year-old boy, told his parents that he believes […]
Balancing the Billy Graham Rule
It is well known that from the earliest days of their ministry together, Billy Graham and his team made a rule not to be alone with a woman to whom […]
Balancing the Billy Graham Rule
It is well known that from the earliest days of their ministry together, Billy Graham and his team made a rule not to be alone with a woman to whom […]
New Book: The Abuse Pendulum
In the early days of my biblical counseling experience (nearly 40 years ago) concern for protecting marriage sometimes kept us from doing enough to protect spouses (usually women) who were […]
Who Is Competent to Counsel?
We Are All Called to Be Counselors Jay Adams launched the modern biblical counseling movement by quoting Romans 15:14, which states, “I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that […]
Hebrews 11 and Cancel Culture
We all have become familiar with cancel culture in the media, entertainment, and academia. People who take unpopular positions are banished from social media and school campuses. Speakers who are […]
The Abuse Pendulum, Part 4: Can Sexual Consent take Place when there is a Power Differential? (Revised)
Introduction – Shameful abuses of power There have been many highly publicized cases of powerful people (usually men) who have pressured subordinates into inappropriate sexual relationships. The heinousness of those […]