Live Stream the ACBC Conference

Tomorrow (Monday, Oct. 3) the annual national conference for the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) begins. It is the 40th anniversary of the founding of this organization, and promises to be an excellent conference. If you are unable to attend, you can enjoy the live stream of the plenary sessions here: Live Stream #ACBC16

BCDC 2016 Notes – Weekend 1

This weekend, Calvary Bible Church hosted the Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (BCDC). This conference meets the basic training requirements for certification as a member of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). I was privileged to be able to participate in this conference. There is always much material to cover in each session, so […]

BCDC weekend 3 notes

The following documents contain the Power Point slides I used in my presentations in this weekend’s Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (track 2). These notes cover the questions on pneumatology and several counseling questions on the ACBC certification exam. Session 1 — Pneumatology 1 & 2 Session 2 — Pneumatology 3 and Counseling 20 Session […]

BCDC Weekend 2 notes

The following documents contain the Power Point slides I used in my presentation in this weekend’s Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference (track 2). These presentations covered three areas of theology to help participants prepare for the ACBC exam for certification. Anthropology Questions 1 & 2 Counseling Questions 16 & 17 (Anger & various homework) Counseling […]

Grab bag

Some helpful articles from around the web recently: Heath Lambert answers the question often asked of biblical counselors, “Who says medicine is important?” There have been several recent helpful posts for students, and particularly college students. David Mathis offers a brief and helpful video in, “You’re Not a Student First,” Marshall Segal provides “Five Back-to-School […]

The new issue of JBMW is available

The newest issue of The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is available. This is a resource I regularly read and always find helpful articles in it (and now it’s also free!). Denny Burk kicks off the journal by analyzing the troubling fact that it is now okay in our culture to change a child’s […]

Counseling the Hard Cases, Kindle version on sale

One of the most helpful books on biblical counseling, Counseling the Hard Cases, edited by Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert, is on sale as a digital book for Kindle for $2.99. The hard copy of this book retails for $32.99, so this is a terrific deal. This is a book that should be on every […]

Kindle Sale: A Theology of Christian Counseling

Beginning today Amazon has Jay Adam’s foundational book, A Theology of Christian on sale for the Kindle for only $3.99. This is an excellent resource for all biblical counselors — and for at least a short time it is available in digital format for a great price. A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption.

A testimony for biblical counseling

Jenn Chen tells her story of movement from one trained as a psychological counselor to embracing biblical counseling. She says, “Biblical counseling is applied theology.” And, “I’ve learned the things in biblical counseling that I thought I was going to seminary for…”

Biblical counseling conference

This weekend we are hosting the final weekend of our Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference. We are delighted to have as a guest speaker, Heath Lambert, the executive director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC, formerly known as NANC). He will be speaking at the conference on both Friday and Saturday and then […]

Addicted to electronic technology?

A week ago at our Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference, I gave a presentation on technology addiction. I gave a brief overview the influence of technology (which is far more than the internet, iPhones, and Facebook), and then demonstrated the relationship between technology and sin: technology is not inherently sinful, but technology is created with […]

A proposed name change for NANC

This weekend, Heath Lambert, the executive director elect of NANC announced that next month the board of directors for NANC will be proposing a name change for its organization. The newly proposed name will be the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). Lambert outlined three reasons for the name change: Earlier this year, NANC’s board […]

Perspectives on biblical counseling from two leaders

The National Association of Nouthetic Counseling (NANC) has been the primary agency for equipping biblical counselors for several decades. The leader of that ministry for almost two decades has been Randy Patten. On October 1, his leadership will transition to Heath Lambert. Both men recently were interviewed about biblical counseling and the upcoming NANC National […]

Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, and Counseling Education

Yesterday Heath Lambert wrote the first contribution to a series of articles on “Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, and Counseling Education.” He made three observations and then drew three implications from those observations: God Made Human Beings Body and Soul Physical Treatments for the Body Are as Good as Spiritual Treatments for the Soul Psychiatric Medication […]

The goal of marital counseling (and marriage)

David Murray: The main question most people ask in marriage relationships today is, “What can I get out of it?” Especially, “What sex can I get out of it?” And when the investment of time, money, emotion, and sexual energy does not pay off as expected? Separation. And the search for a better return from […]