Buzz Words and Biblical Discernment Recently, I was alerted to a public discussion in a Facebook group associated with nouthetic counseling. The thread began when a pastor shared a genuine concern. “I don’t want to waste time reading or listening to unhelpful...
A Word from Bob In addition to today’s post, here are some other resources I’ve posted lately related to Jay Adams and Nouthetic Counseling: Jay Adams, Nouthetic Counseling, and Neuroscience A Concise History of Jay Adams’s Launch of the Modern Nouthetic Counseling...
My friend, David Murray, wrote a piece for The Gospel Coalition in 2012 that was re-posted this past week: How Biblical Is Biblical Counseling? In it, David shares the following analogy about what makes “biblical preaching” “biblical.” Take, for example, “biblical...
Can an Unregenerate Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist Be Christ-Centered? My short answer: “No.” Longer answer to follow. But why am I even asking the question? My friend, David Murray, recently posted, Is Cognitive-Behavior Therapy from the Devil? His post was in...
10 Posts on Biblical Counseling and Christian Integrative Counseling Many people have been asking for all the links in the recent series on Biblical Counseling and Christian Integrative Counseling. Here they are…plus some links to another briefer series I did on the...