Truth in Love

Featuring: - Do we believe in strict confidentiality? - What is biblical confidentiality? - God's love and justice in relation to confidentiality - What if someone demands absolute confidentiality? - Understanding Legal Confidentiality Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - What is the message of "The Five Love Languages"? - Why is the book so popular? - What are the benefits of the book? - What is missing from the book? Notes: Annual Conferences / 2020: Destroying Strongholds https://mattadair.typepad.com/communitas/files/five_love_languages_critique.pdf Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - How is suffering stewardship? - Learning to see thorns as God sees them (2 Cor 12:7-10) - Implications for counselors Notes: Annual Conferences / 2020: Destroying Strongholds Help! I Live With Chronic Pain (LifeLine Mini-books) https://www.amazon.co.jp/Help-Chronic-LifeLine-Mini-books-English-ebook/dp/B08MLNWN2W Find this podcast transcription here.

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Featuring: - The reality of grief - Hope in Christ changes the way we grieve Notes: https://biblicalcounseling.com Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Understanding the Nature of "Trust" - Steps for Building Trust in the Relationship Notes: Conference Message / Kevin Backus – Restoring Trust After an Adulterous Affair https://biblicalcounseling.com/product/restoring-trust-after-an-adulterous-affair-kevin-backus/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Who is John Newton - Newton's theology of suffering - Newton's care for those suffering - Resources on John Newton's pastoral care and counseling Notes: Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ – Tony Reinke https://www.amazon.com/Newton-Christian-Life-Live-Christ/dp/1433539713 Letters of John Newton https://www.amazon.com/Letters-John-Newton/dp/0851519512 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: A tribute to Jay Adams. Notes: Whole Counsel: The Public and Private Ministries of the Word: Essays in Honor of Jay E. Adams - by Donn R Arms (Editor), Dave Swavely (Editor) https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Counsel-Public-Private-Ministries/dp/1949737136 "Theology and Counseling are Inseparable" - Jay Adams (Free Conference Message) https://biblicalcounseling.com/resource-library/conference-messages/theology-and-counseling-are-inseparable/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Manifestations of Panic Attacks - How to help in the middle of a panic attack - Scriptural Passages for Counseling - Tools, Techniques, and Resources Notes: https://www.amazon.com/What-You-When-Fear-Overcomes/dp/087552088X https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Fear-Worry-Anxiety-Confidence/dp/0736905898 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: A Testimony from the Keeter Family Notes: Find a Training Center: https://biblicalcounseling.com/training-centers/ Learn more about Counseling Ministries and ACBC Certified Counseling Centers by reaching Sam Stephens at [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Causes of Spiritual Sleepiness - Spiritual Warfare in the counseling room - Misconceptions about parenting and spiritual warfare - Counsel for fearful parents Notes: Send your Truth in Love questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Is not all Biblical Counseling Spirit-Empowered? - What are symptoms of not being dependent on the Spirit of God in counseling - How can we engender Spirit-dependence in counseling? - Why do we forget God? Notes: Loving Messy People - Scott Mehl https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Messy-People-Scott-Mehl/dp/163342183X Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - As Biblical Counselors how do we answer the question “Who am I?” - What heart issues are involved in counseling for the counselor? - What ready solutions are there to this malady? Notes: Explore Certification https://biblicalcounseling.com/certification Find this podcast transcription here.

Please submit your Truth in Love questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

TIL 279: Destroying Strongholds by Association of Certified Biblical Counselors Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - How does the Constitution work for the Church? - How to be wise about religious freedoms in counseling Notes: REGISTER TODAY for our 2020 Pre-Conference “Legal Issues and Biblical Counseling” https://biblicalcounseling.com/conference/legal-issues Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. The Importance of key elements 2. The Importance of giving the hope of Christ 3. Key Encouragements for the counselee Notes: 2020 Annual Conference | REGISTER NOW! https://biblicalcounseling.com/conference/spiritual-warfare/ Master's University Observation Video Series Launching Fall 2020 The Women's Hope Podcast https://womens-hope.masters.edu/

Featuring: (1) Sphere Sovereignty and the Call to Obedience (2) Religious Liberty and the Church (3) Religious Liberty in the Counseling Room Notes: Register for our 2020 Digital Pre-Conference "Legal Issues and Biblical Counseling" at biblicalcounseling.com/conference/legal-issues Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: (1) Do you see the line between Medical and Spiritual in deaths of despair? (2) Why have “deaths of despair” reached such levels in our culture? (3) What can ACBC counselors do to help in this area of suicide? (4) What is the role of the medical field in suicide? Notes: Lee Edmonds | Plenary Session, 2019 Annual Conference | Despair, Body and Soul: A Medical Questions? Send your Truth in Love questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: (1) Avoiding "Sanctification Plus" (2) Resolving Past Events (3) Balancing Correction with Encouragement (4) Keeping Scripture Primary over Secondary Resources Notes: Resources at biblicalcounseling.com Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - What does the EMDR system believe about God, man, sin, and salvation? - What is the science behind EMDR therapy? - EMDR and the nature, goal, and method of biblical counseling - Self-assessment, the gospel, and the Holy Spirit Notes: Register for our 2020 Digital Conference at biblicalcounseling.com/conference/spiritual-warfare Podcast series on the definition of Biblical Counseling: biblicalcounseling.com/the-nature-of-biblical-counseling biblicalcounseling.com/the-goal-of-biblical-counseling biblicalcounseling.com/the-method-of-biblical-counseling Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. Importance of Biblical Counselors being aware of Freud's influence 2. What is Freud's theory of the unconscious 3. The danger's of using Freud's method 4. Navigating Freudian language Notes: Lecture notes https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/2019+Annual+Conference/2019+AC+Notes/Breakout+%235+Evaluating+Psychological+Categories+/Craig+Rowe+-+What+About+the+Unconscious.pdf Craig Rowe – What about the Unconscious | $2.99 https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/craig-rowe-what-about-the-unconscious/ Richard Ganz, PsychoBabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology--and the Biblical Alternative https://smile.amazon.com/PsychoBabble-Failure-Psychology-Biblical-Alternative/dp/0891077340/ref=sr_1_1?crid=M8MLX6I7Y35I&keywords=psychobabble+richard+ganz&qid=1583941722&sprefix=psychobable%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-1 Jay Adams, Competent to Counsel https://smile.amazon.com/Competent-Counsel-Jay-Adams/dp/0310511402/ref=msx_wsirn_v1_6/136-8818339-6153662?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0310511402&pd_rd_r=75eabb3a-e8e1-4bb0-b097-0c9daf53eae6&pd_rd_w=Kgeuj&pd_rd_wg=BInXR&pf_rd_p=3187ad9b-122f-43f5-9fd5-75b35f775d85&pf_rd_r=J0YB831MAHKYT8YBEX6V&psc=1&refRID=J0YB831MAHKYT8YBEX6V Gary Greenberg, The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry https://smile.amazon.com/Book-Woe-DSM-Unmaking-Psychiatry/dp/0142180920/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KL1YRE4R96UW&keywords=the+book+of+woe+the+dsm+and+the+unmaking+of+psychiatry&qid=1583941848&s=books&sprefix=the+book+of+woe%2Cstripbooks%2C162&sr=1-1 Robert Whitaker, Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America https://smile.amazon.com/Anatomy-Epidemic-Bullets-Psychiatric-Astonishing/dp/0307452425/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UGJ7W8867F0V&keywords=robert+whitaker&qid=1583941905&s=books&sprefix=Robert+whita%2Cstripbooks%2C176&sr=1-1 ACBC, Bibliography of Critical Psychology https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/Truth+in+Love+Resources/TIL+Show+Note%3A+Featured+Resource/Critical+Psychology+Flyer_2019.pdf Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: (1) The Importance of God's Word, the heart, and the gospel of Christ (2) Can couples fall out of love? – God's design for the covenant of marriage (3) Biblical disciplines for your marriage Notes: Letters to a Romantic: First Years of Marriage – Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon https://smile.amazon.com/Letters-Romantic-First-Years-Marriage/dp/1629954659/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=letters+to+a+romantic+first+year+of+marriage+perron&qid=1594837770&sr=8-1 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Speaking the truth in love - Applying Scripture to the need of the moment - Comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance - Working to make them mature as they abide in Jesus Christ. What is the Method of Biblical Counseling? . . . speaking the truth in love and applying Scripture to the need of the moment by comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance thus working to make them mature as they abide in Jesus Christ. Definition of Biblical Counseling Biblical counseling is the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Biblical counseling seeks to reorient disordered desires, affections, and behaviors toward a God-designed anthropology in an effort to restore true worship of God and right fellowship with others. This is accomplished by speaking the truth in love and applying Scripture to the need of the moment by comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance thus working to make them mature as they abide in Jesus Christ. Questions? Send your Truth in Love questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: What is the goal of Biblical Counseling? Biblical counseling seeks to reorient disordered desires, affections, and behaviors toward a God-designed anthropology in an effort to restore true worship of God and right fellowship with others. Definition of Biblical Counseling Biblical counseling is the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Biblical counseling seeks to reorient disordered desires, affections, and behaviors toward a God-designed anthropology in an effort to restore true worship of God and right fellowship with others. This is accomplished by speaking the truth in love and applying Scripture to the need of the moment by comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance thus working to make them mature as they abide in Jesus Christ. Questions? Send your Truth in Love questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: (1) the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others (2) under the oversight of God’s church, (3) dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word (4) through the work of the Holy Spirit. Notes: What is the nature of biblical counseling? Biblical counseling is the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Definition of Biblical Counseling Biblical counseling is the personal discipleship ministry of God’s people to others under the oversight of God’s church, dependent upon the authority and sufficiency of God’s Word through the work of the Holy Spirit. Biblical counseling seeks to reorient disordered desires, affections, and behaviors toward a God-designed anthropology in an effort to restore true worship of God and right fellowship with others. This is accomplished by speaking the truth in love and applying Scripture to the need of the moment by comforting the suffering and calling sinners to repentance thus working to make them mature as they abide in Jesus Christ. Questions? Send your Truth in Love questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: (1) Cautions in use of "Biblical Counseling" terminology (2) Discerning the definition of biblical counseling with the Scriptures (3) How to guard yourself with the various shifts in the biblical counseling movement Notes: Find Training Map: https://biblicalcounseling.com/training-centers Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - What challenges do people face today in caring for aging relatives? - How have you seen people respond from their hearts as they interact with aging relatives? - What biblical hope is there for people caring for their aging relatives? Notes: Session: Jim Koerber – Counseling Families with Aging Relatives | $2.99 https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/jim-koerber-counseling-families-with-aging-relatives/ Session notes: https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/2019+Annual+Conference/2019+AC+Notes/Breakout+%234+Parenting+and+Family+Issues/Jim+Koerber+-+Families+with+Aging+Relatives.pdf Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Why is this such a relevant topic today? - Practical principles for taming technology - The glory of God and technology Notes: - Taming Technology – John Lehman(Full Lecture Free): https://biblicalcounseling.com/taming-technology/ - The Lost Art of Bible Meditation - Stephen Yuille (blog). https://biblicalcounseling.com/the-lost-art-of-bible-meditation/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Can genuine Christians have Bi-polar symptoms? - How do we know the difference between spiritual and physical causality? - Are antidepressants the deepest and most complete way of dealing with the symptomology of Bi-polar depression? Notes: John Street will be a plenary speaker at the 2020 ACBC Annual Conference, October 5-7 in Santa Clarita, CA. https://biblicalcounseling.com/conference/spiritual-warfare/ Find a Training Center – Map https://biblicalcounseling.com/training-centers/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: (1) Approaching an Abused Counselee with Compassion and Wisdom (2) Key Elements in Counseling the Abused (3) Answering the Question of God's Goodness Notes: A Testimony of God's grace in the aftermath of abuse – Pam Gannon https://vimeo.com/296500243 Counseling a Fearful and Abused Wife – Pam Gannon (Free Lecture and notes) https://biblicalcounseling.com/counseling-a-fearful-and-abused-wife/ 2018 Annual Conference: Light in the Darkness (Free teaching series on abuse) https://biblicalcounseling.com/abuse-care/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. How often does this issue come up in counseling? 2. What homework do you recommend for men leading in the home? 3. Explaining the "Husband’s Monthly Leadership Agenda" Notes: Husbands Monthly Leadership Agenda http://gcchsv.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Husbands-Monthly-Leadership-Agenda.pdf The Exemplary Husband: A Biblical Perspective – Dr. Stuart Scott https://www.amazon.com/Exemplary-Husband-Biblical-Perspective-ebook/dp/B00AY79GKY Fundamentals Training in Biblical Counseling: https://biblicalcounseling.com/certification/phase-1-learning/ Help! My Child is Being Bullied - Tim Keeter https://www.amazon.com/Child-Being-Bullied-LifeLine-Mini-books-ebook/dp/B07X9V8Z1P Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. See the example of Jeremiah 2. See the example of Jesus 3. Never grow past the Gospel (Col. 3:5ff) Notes: With All Your Heart: Orienting Your Mind, Desires, and Will Toward Christ Troxel, A. Craig https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/with-all-your-heart-orienting-your-mind-desires-and-will-toward-christ-9781433535536?variant=31500270960702 When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives) Ed Welch https://www.amazon.com/When-People-Are-Big-Small/dp/0875526004 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Mental health concerns during the Pandemic - What is the problem with adopting a DSM diagnosis for depression and anxiety - Therapy as a Replacement of Theology - Medicalizing anxiety and depression - Critically considering the efficacy of current psychiatric drugs and frameworks - What is the goal of mental health? - What is healthy? What is normal? Notes: Mental Health Month Podcast Series: - The Bible of Psychiatry - https://biblicalcounseling.com/the-bible-of-psychiatry - Biological Psychiatry - https://biblicalcounseling.com/biological-psychiatry - The Problem with the Mental Illness Narrative - Bibliography of Critical Psychology https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/Truth+in+Love+Resources/TIL+Show+Note%3A+Featured+Resource/Critical+Psychology+Flyer_2019.pdf Send your Truth in Love Questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - The shifting definition of mental disorder in the DSM - How should we think about mental diseases and disorders? - The lack of a definition in mental disease - The evolution of mental disorders Notes: JBC Volume 15:1 PDF - Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (FREE from 5/17-5/23) https://www.ccef.org/shop/product/jbc-volume-15-1-pdf/ Mental Health Month Podcast Series: The Bible of Psychiatry - https://biblicalcounseling.com/the-bible-of-psychiatry Biological Psychiatry - https://biblicalcounseling.com/biological-psychiatry Send your Truth in Love Questions to [email protected] Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. The history of Biological Psychiatry 2. Why biological psychiatry isn't a hard science 3. Do Biblical Counselors neglect biology? 4. A call for biblical discernment of popular data. 5. A critique of a popular biological psychiatry theory Notes: Bibliography of Critical Psychology https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/Truth+in+Love+Resources/TIL+Show+Note%3A+Featured+Resource/Critical+Psychology+Flyer_2019.pdf The Sufficiency & Authority of Scripture to Diagnose & Cure the Soul https://biblicalcounseling.com/the-sufficiency-authority-of-scripture-to-diagnose-and-cure-the-soul/ Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness – The Church's Role https://biblicalcounseling.com/erasing-the-stigma-of-mental-illness-the-churchs-role/ Biological Psychiatry by David Powlison https://www.ccef.org/shop/product/jbc-volume-17-3-pdf/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. What is the DSM? 2. What is the purpose of the DSM? 3. Is the DSM based on science or philosophy? 4. How is the DSM criteria chosen? 5. Why does the DSM matter for biblical counseling? Notes: Bibliography of Critical Psychology https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/Truth+in+Love+Resources/TIL+Show+Note%3A+Featured+Resource/Critical+Psychology+Flyer_2019.pdf TIL 230 | How to Help Psychologized Counselees https://biblicalcounseling.com/til-230-how-to-help-psychologized-counselees/ TIL 206 | The Concept of Mental Health https://biblicalcounseling.com/til-206-the-concept-of-mental-health/ Speaking Truth in Love: Counsel in Community https://www.ccef.org/book/speaking-truth-love-counsel-community/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - The counselors need for confession (1 Jn 1:8-9; Jas 5:13-16) - The importance of practicing confession - Wisdom on confession from Thomas Watson Notes: The Doctrine of Repentance - Thomas Watson https://www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Repentance-Puritan-Paperbacks-Thomas/dp/0851515215 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Seeing Paul's example of connecting in distance - Stay connected: Know Them, Listen, and Help - Focus on caring for others needs Notes: https://biblicalcounseling.com/pandemic-resources/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Our future Hope and modern science - Our counseling must prepare others to meet Jesus Notes: Coronavirus and Counseling: Free Resources from ACBC https://biblicalcounseling.com/pandemic-resources/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Common Responses to Weakness - A Biblical Response to Weakness - Counselors and Weakness Notes: Free Resources for Counselors during COVID-19 https://biblicalcounseling.com/pandemic-resources/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. The Importance of if trusting God's providence 2. Anchors of truth in the wind of suffering 3. God's good purposes in our suffering 4. How to minister to those suffering Notes: Paul Tautges, Anxiety: Knowing God's Peace (31-Day Devotionals for Life) https://smile.amazon.com/Anxiety-Knowing-Peace-31-Day-Devotionals/dp/1629956228/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Anxiety%3A+Knowing+God%27s+Peace+%2831-Day+Devotionals+for+Life%29+paul&qid=1583936396&sr=8-1 2019 Pre-Conference | Human Suffering and Heaven’s Hope | $20 https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/2019-pre-conference-human-suffering-and-heavens-hope/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - The facade of control - The pitfall of a caviler attitude - The pitfall of paralyzing fear - The character of God in pandemics Notes: Kris Lundgaard – The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Within-Straight-about-Defeat/dp/0875522017 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. Definition and examples of self-affliction or self-harm 2. Who is most likely to struggle with self-affliction? 3. What compels a person to self-harm? 4. How to counsel someone who self-harms? Notes: Lecture: Bryan Gaines | Christ’s Affliction as the Remedy for Self-Affliction | $2.99 https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/bryan-gaines-christs-affliction-as-the-remedy-for-self-affliction/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - The importance of guarding against cultural forces in our counseling philosophy - Case study of Psychiatrist Silvano Arieti on Freud Notes: https://biblicalcounseling.com/resources/acbc-essays/ Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - The biblical portrait of the gospel - Biblical expression of sexuality - The counsel we give must be rooted in the design of Scripture Note: https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2019/fall/polyamory-next-sexual-frontier.html God's Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey, https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Design-Man-Woman-Biblical-Theological/dp/1433536994 Biblical Principles of Sex (Ministry Monographs for Modern Times), https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Principles-Ministry-Monographs-Modern/dp/1889032395 Transforming Homosexuality: What the Bible Says about Sexual Orientation and Chang, https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Homosexuality-Sexual-Orientation-Change/dp/1596381396 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring * Three questions for understanding the nature of the situation and person * How to handle the counseling sessions * The aim of counseling couples Notes: Letters to a Romantic: On Dating https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Romantic-Dating-Sean-Perron/dp/1629953040 Letters to a Romantic: On Engagement https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Romantic-Engagement-Sean-Perron/dp/1629953075/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1582148730&refinements=p_27%3ASean+Perron&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Sean+Perron Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: 1. Importance of song and poetry in counseling 2. Examples of Psalms and hymns in counseling Find this podcast transcription here.

Notes: George Scipione | A Tribute https://biblicalcounseling.com/george-scipione-a-tribute/ The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Counseling - George Scipione (Full Message) https://acbcdigitalresources.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/resources/2018+Annual+Confrence/Breakout+Session+Audio+Files/Breakout+Session+5+Counseling+Care/George+Scipione+-+The+Fear+of+the+Lord+is+the+Beginning+of+Counseling.mp3 Find this podcast transcription here.

Featuring: - Tips on Crises Counseling - What does the Bible say about crises? Notes: Biblical Crisis Counseling: Not If, But When - Dr. John Babler https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Crisis-Counseling-Not-When/dp/1503284247 2019 Annual Conference | Suicide, Self-Harm, and Scripture - $100 https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/2019-annual-conference-suicide-self-harm-and-scripture/ Crises and Biblical Counseling - $25 https://biblicalcounseling.com/store/all-products/crises-and-biblical-counseling/ Find this podcast transcription here.