Biblical counseling resources

The latest edition of the Journal of Biblical Counseling has recently been released. You can read the entire issue online, or download it as a PDF for free until the next issue is released. A couple of articles that looked particularly interesting included: Paul Tripp, “Feeling Lost in the Middle of Your Life.” Ed Welch, […]

NANC Leadership Transition

A few weeks ago, at the 2012 NANC Biblical Counseling Conference, the Board of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC) announced that they had voted unanimously to elect Heath Lambert as the next Executive Director of NANC, effective October 1, 2013. As part of the transition to this new role, Heath will serve as […]

Changes at NANC

The National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC) has been served well for the past 15 years by the leadership of Randy Patten as its executive director. The past week, at its annual conference, NANC announced that its board …voted unanimously to elect Heath Lambert as executive director, the organization announced, Oct. 2. Lambert, who is […]

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Some helpful articles from the last week: Here are two helpful resources on Mormonism: Russell Moore writes how “How Christians Should Engage Latter-day Saints.” The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary hosted a panel discussion on the topic, “The Mormon Moment? Religious Conviction and the 2012 Election” (audio | video) George Lawson writes that, “Reliable Source Reveals […]

The Heart of Sinful Anger

[Be sure to watch to the end, where Powlison draws a helpful distinction between sinful and righteous anger.] For more on this topic see — David Powlison, booklet, Anger: Escaping the Maze David Powlison, booklet, You Make Me So Mad! Managing Your Anger Robert Jones, book, Uprooting Anger: Biblical Help for a Common Problem HT: […]

Book Review: Counseling the Hard Cases

Title: Counseling the Hard Cases: True Stories Illustrating the Sufficiency of God’s Resources in Scripture Editors: Stuart Scott and Heath Lambert Publisher: B&H, 2012; 318 pp. $32.99 Recommendation (4-star scale): I’ve been pastoring for over two decades. I have a deep appreciation for my seminary training and the churches in which I was raised, both […]

Discipleship Conference

This fall, our church will again be hosting our Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference. This conference will be held over three weekends in the months of September (21-22), October (12-13), and November (9-10). This conference fulfills the basic training requirement for becoming a certified counselor through NANC (currently, we are still the only training center […]

Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference

This fall, our church is again hosting the Biblical Counseling and Discipleship Conference. This conference fulfills the requirements for the basic training track for those interested in being certified as biblical counselors through NANC (currently, we are still the only church in the state of Texas certified by NANC to provide this training). And for […]

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Some helpful articles from around the Internet. This week’s articles focus mainly on the topics of technology and counseling: Timothy Raymond has a list of “20 Things Pastors Hear in Counseling.” How many of these are you equipped to help people address biblically? John Piper reminds us why the Psalms are so significant in counseling […]

Pure Life Conference audio

The audio from the recent “Pure Life Conference” hosted by Calvary Bible Church in Fort Worth has been posted. This conference was designed to help men address sexual temptation and sin with biblical purity. Our own associate pastor, Keith Palmer taught the third session in this one-day seminar. The topics included: “The Peril of Sexual […]

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Some helpful articles and blog posts I’ve spotted recently: Mike Riccardi [“Learning to Suffer Well: Trusting God’s Absolute Sovereignty”] writes, “…when we suffer, we should not seek to save God from His sovereignty. If we do that, we cut the legs out from under the solid, robust theology of God’s absolute sovereignty that we depend […]

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Helpful resources for the growing Christian: Have you ever heard the statement, “I love him, but I don’t like him”? Me too. Too often. Rick Thomas demonstrates the idol behind the statement and how to address it in “Marriage problems.” How to handle public debate among Christians is a growing question and concern, though not […]

Biblical counseling conference completed

This weekend was the final weekend of our three weekend, three-month Biblical Counseling Training Conference. The event again proved to be beneficial to many as people came from around the area to receive training towards becoming certified counselors with NANC (GBC is currently the only certified training center for NANC in the state of Texas). […]

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Some helpful articles recently spotted on the internet: Douglas Groothuis offers wise counsel on listening to sermons in “A short theology of listening.” An excerpt: Listen . . . with all your might; hear the living and active word. The teaching and preaching of God’s imperishable word is truly a sacred event whereby the Truth […]