When I was in seminary in the 1980s, open warfare broke out over competing counseling models. During these debates, I was struck by the fact that no one was using church history as a guide to assess modern church counseling approaches. I kept thinking: “Surely the...
Who Gets to Define “Biblical Counseling”? How do you date the beginning of “biblical counseling”? When did “biblical counseling” begin? What’s the birthday of “biblical counseling”? Of course, answering these questions depends upon who defines “biblical counseling.”...
The History of Biblical Counseling Lambert, Heath. The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams Those inside and outside of the biblical counseling movement recognize differences between the foundational work of Jay Adams and that of second generation thought...
A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 4 of a four-part blog mini-series on The Forgotten Church Mothers. When we ponder early church history, our minds naturally focus on the Church Fathers. Sadly, we normally fail even to consider the Church Mothers. In our modern...
A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 2 of a four-part blog mini-series on The Forgotten Church Mothers. When we ponder early church history, our minds naturally focus on the Church Fathers. Sadly, we normally fail even to consider the Church Mothers. In our modern...