Healing from abuse is hard. For victims to heal, they have to remember horrors, wrestle with the presence of evil, and cry out for help and restoration, and all the while, they are weeping. Abuse impacts a person’s body and soul, and just as soon as a victim works through one area of devastation, another seems to arrive on the scene. I have been honored to tend to victims as they heal. Source ..read more

Today’s 15:14 episode continues our Build 133 series, where we highlight different 133 Networks that gather regionally for equipping, encouragement, and engagement. This episode highlights the Bluegrass Biblical Counseling Coalition, which started in Lexington, KY in 2018 and just had its first meeting of a group in Louisville, KY, in the spring of 2024. Tim Stec helps lead the BGBCC and was a… Source ..read more

People are busier than ever these days. There seem to be so many tasks to be done and opportunities to take advantage of that it’s hard to determine what is best in a world of good and better. When we haven’t determined our priorities, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted. When we read about the life of our Lord, we see that He knew His mission and stayed true to it. He came to earth to… Source ..read more

Canada is unique. It’s true, people tend to love Canada—it is a beautiful place, with beautiful people—but what defines us as Canadians? At one time, Canada was a Christian nation, but as our cultural landscape has changed, so has the spiritual climate. Like many parts of the Western world, Christianity is in decline in Canada. In some respects, our culture is beginning to consider holding… Source ..read more

In growing numbers, I receive calls from families of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They tell me, “We’re leaving our church because we do not feel welcome,” usually provoked by their child disturbing church services. When I try to make reasoned biblical appeals to stay, they respond, “We’ve tried, and we do not feel wanted.” Some tell stories of church members or even… Source ..read more

Every generation of biblical counselors faces the recurring question of what constitutes integrating secular theories or secular practices into our system of counseling. Every few decades or thereabouts, the perennial question of “what can we integrate” or “what constitutes integration” faces the movement afresh.[1] Seemingly, there are one of two major polarizing responses to these wrestlings… Source ..read more

This episode is another in our Build 133 series where we encourage listeners to create networks of biblical counselors in their communities for encouragement, equipping, and engagement. Our guest for this episode is Dan Carmody, who founded the Wisconsin Coalition of Biblical Counselors. You’ll hear Dan’s passion for helping churches establish biblical counselors, as well as his passion for… Source ..read more

Editor’s Note: Our April 2024 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of panic attacks. In this final article, Joy Forrest explains how biblical meditation can help trauma survivors overcome panic. In other contributions to the series, Charlie Hodges suggests five things to know about panic attacks, and Lucy Ann Moll shares a biblical strategy for breaking the anxiety cycle… Source ..read more

Editor’s Note: Our April 2024 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of panic attacks. In this second article, Lucy Ann Moll shares a biblical strategy for breaking the anxiety cycle in panic attacks. In other contributions to the series, Charlie Hodges shares five things to know about panic attacks, and Joy Forrest explains how biblical meditation can help trauma… Source ..read more

Editor’s Note: Our April 2024 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of panic attacks. In this first article, Charlie Hodges shares five things to know about panic attacks. In other contributions to the series, Lucy Ann Moll shares a biblical strategy for breaking the anxiety cycle in panic attacks, and Joy Forrest explains how biblical meditation can help trauma survivors… Source ..read more