God's Word speaks into every area to which our lives love to wander. It is Jesus Himself that has the sole authority to speak into our marriages, our parenting, our finances, our anxiety, our sexuality, our goals, etc. When people come to us for help, they do not need our opinions or the opinions of the world. They need the Word of God.

Learning to apply God's Word to situations in my own life has been invaluable. I'm sure that you can relate. I was seeking His guidance for launching new a new ministry initiative. Yet, I was perplexed. Should I add something new to my already busy schedule? I turned to a favorite passage.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."

As I prayed over this Scripture, God spoke to me. The event that I was praying about includes a Backpacking Discipleship Ministry. We want to make disciples here in the...

In recent posts we have discussed the importance of engaging biblical discipleship counseling. Christian ministry does not merely stop when evangelism succeeds. We all need to be discipled. We all need biblical counseling. When we speak of "biblical discipleship counseling", recall that we refer to counsel that relies on the Word of God for all counseling and discipleship needs.

When engaging in counseling, it is not enough to merely read the Bible to the counselee. The Holy Spirit has the very important role of guiding us in the application of Scripture, both as we counsel and are being counseled. In Isaiah 61:1, Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me…” and then He began to describe how He would minister. The Holy Spirit of the Lord was with Jesus as He ministered the counsel of God.

Since we want to counsel as Christ counseled, we must ask ourselves how to follow Christ’s example and counsel as He did. To engage in counseling as...

Countless lives are in bondage, trapped by the weight and deceit of sin. People flit from thing to thing, trying to find fulfillment and freedom in things that will never give them what they’re looking for. In searching, their lives become bound by lies, confusion, religious tradition, man’s philosophy, psychotherapy, the world’s ideas of what is right and wrong, and the list goes on. It is easy to get overwhelmed by the clutter of all the ideas, philosophies, and attitudes. What is truth? How do we find it? What is the source of truth? These questions, and more, have answers. Absolute truth can be found. But where?

"I am the way, the truth, and the life…" (John 14:6)  These words were spoken by Jesus after one of his disciples point-blank asked him in verse 5, how can we know the way? Verse 6 sums up everything we need to know about where to find truth. Jesus is the truth and the source of truth. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If...

Let's discuss discipleship from the perspective of a Biblical Counselor. Since the word "counseling" can have different meanings in our culture today, it is important to define our terms and what we mean by the term “biblical counseling.” 

An important foundational truth to remember is that the Bible is clear that biblical counseling is discipleship that takes place in the context and community of the local church. That is, biblical counseling is not independent from church life but can happen outside of the church building. When we refer to the church, we are referring to the body of Christ; God’s people. Therefore, biblical counseling takes place between Christians. Men counseling men, and women counseling women. Additionally, biblical counseling does not take place separately from discipleship.

Colossians 1:27b-28 supports this concept stating that “…Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching...