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William Lane Craig said it is irenic but I think the answer may depend on which side of the line you are on. Irenic – (adjective) aiming or aimed at peace. (noun) a part of Christian theology concerned with reconciling different denominations and sects. Written and promoted by the Council on…
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I am in the process of evaluating the 95 Theses published by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. The first post is here. Today, I evaluate theses six through eleven. These statements seem to be key components of biblical counseling. 6. When people experience difficulties as they live in a…
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As a memory refresh, here is what President Trump said about athletes who take a knee during the playing of the national anthem before sporting events. Primarily he aimed this at professional football players. Watch: In the clip above, Trump called on National Football League team owners to fire protesting…
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About an hour ago, The Village Church in Dallas-Fort Worth announced that they plan to spin off five campuses into autonomous churches. @MattChandler74 shared some big news yesterday about the next step in gospel-centered multiplication at TVC. https://t.co/Oh4Y0JmaJr pic.twitter.com/4DPxXqPZkk — The Village Church (@villagechurchtx) September 25, 2017 Watch the video…
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Tom Sluberski once was the web director for Gospel for Asia. He has since left and become a vocal critic of GFA. In a GoFundMe page entry, he highlights the case of Michelle Alexander, 72, a former employee at GFA. In a video, Michelle tells a story of being fired…
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This week Tim Allchin, biblical counselor from Chicago, will help me complete the series I started on Biblical counseling v. Christian psychology (read the prior posts here). This series was triggered by the news that Christian psychologist Eric Johnson was fired/taking early retirement from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. With Johnson’s…
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I am in the middle of a series comparing and contrasting Christian psychology and Biblical counseling. Using a case of school refusal as a prompt, I have featured the conceptualizations of Biblical counselor Tim Allchin, and Christian psychologist A.J. McConnell as points of comparison to my description of how the…
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Last week, I started a series comparing and contrasting biblical counseling and Christian psychology. I presented a case of school refusal and asked a biblical counselor and a Christian psychologist to comment. Today, I discuss how the case turned out and offer a few observations. From the initial post, here is the…
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There are some interesting things happening around Gateway Church, the fourth largest church in America. Some sources inside and outside the church think more changes are coming for the Southlake, TX megachurch. First, a brief review. Season of Pruning I was first to report that Gateway Church planned to lay…
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Last week I posted the case of a young child with school refusal. I treated the child without relapse and wondered how a biblical counselor would conceptualize the case. I was especially interested in how Health Lambert would respond, because Lambert recently wrote a document titled Ninety-Five Theses for an Authentically Christian Commitment to…
