Your priorities matter to God. God has a will, or desire, for the use of your time. The Bible helps us determine proper priorities and planning. Let’s see what we discover. This is a key verse. Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be … Read More
Is Christian Marriage in Chaos?
We know Christian marriage is under attack. When your own Christian marriage feels like chaos, you hurt deeply. You may wonder if you and your spouse are destined for continual disagreement and dissatisfaction. Is there a path forward, together? Your path forward is a plan on where and how to lead your home. Download the 5 S Leadership Assignment on God’s plan for the … Read More
How to Stop Self Injury
What is self injury? Why would anyone do it? How do you stop? Editor’s Note: This article first appeared at Lucy Ann Moll’s blog. Lucy is a staff counselor at Biblical Counseling Center. You may go to the original article. If you or someone you know has purposely hurt herself, she has self-injured. Most people avoid pain, people who intentionally … Read More
The Best Parenting Style!
It seems every few years a new parenting style is “in”—but there has ever only been one best parenting style: God’s parenting style. God says “Be the parent” to moms and dads of younger children. As children become teens and young adults, Biblical instruction follows His design for their maturity. Nurture & Admonition in Balance God tells parents to provide … Read More
Depression: Is It All in Your Mind?
Is depression purely a physiological condition of hormones or chemicals out of balance. Or, is there a heart/mind connection. Or, do both play a role? The experts have disagreed, so how do we as biblical counselors help those who suffer from depression? How can we help without pushing them further down into the quagmire of despair and shame? Depression Is … Read More
How to Cure the Sin of Pride
Pride is a heart-attitude sin that overflows into a person’s motivation, decision-making, and activities. Pride is at the root of nearly every problem we struggle with in counseling! You are reading the second part of a two-part series on the prideful heart by biblical counselor Julie Ganschow, the founder and director of Reigning Grace Counseling Center in Kansas City, MO. Read … Read More
How to Overcome an Addiction
Isn’t it true some addictions look harmless? Yet anything that enslaves you, harms you. Thank God that He empowers you to overcome an addiction. Hard work helps. Workaholism harms. Eating good food—satisfying. Binging for comfort—sad. Clothing your kids in cute outfits rocks. A shopping addiction hurts. Karrie’s Story Driving her minivan to the mall, Karrie* told herself she’d buy only … Read More
Does Gospel-Centered Counseling Really Work?
Does gospel-centered counseling really work? Isn’t this a crucial question for biblical counselors and counselees? Listen to this story. Meet Ashley and Nate Ashley and her husband, Nate, met with Pastor Bob Kellemen at church the day after their twin sons’ eleventh birthday. With tears streaming down her face, Ashley shared that twenty-five years earlier, not long after her eleventh birthday, … Read More
How to Improve Your Emotions
Do you want better emotions? Who doesn’t?! Your difficult emotions like anger, fear, and sadness — and your happy-joy-love ones too — communicate important information to you. This is wonderful: As you grasp the meaning of your emotions and learn how to view them, you can begin to switch negative emotions for positive emotions, based on God’s word. Emotions Say Something Important Emotions result … Read More