Are You Now Being Perfected by the Flesh?

The sermon I preached for the ACBC National Conference in October, “Are You Now Being Perfected by the Flesh?” is now available on the ACBC website. The message is from Galatians 3:1-5 and focuses on the sufficiency of the Spirit to address every issue of life — and every issue that might arise in a […]

The Holy Spirit and Biblical Counseling

Last week I preached at the annual conference for the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. My task was to address the sufficiency of the Holy Spirit from Galatians 3. I had more than a year to prepare the message. I regularly have too much material for a weekly sermon; having a year to prepare (even […]

BCDC Teaching Notes

Yesterday concluded the second weekend of our Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (BCDC). This year, in addition to the basic training track (the first step in ACBC certification), we are also providing the teaching for specialization in marriage and family counseling and reconciliation counseling. I taught in both tracks and am happy to provide my […]

2017 ACBC Annual Conference

At the annual Association of Certified Biblical Counselors conference two weeks ago, ACBC announced its plans for the annual conference to be held next year. And because of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg, this conference will focus on the truths […]