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I often ask people in my counseling sessions this question: “Do you want truth in your life?” They overwhelmingly say, “Yes, of course I do.”   Then I ask them, “Are you willing to go wherever truth leads you?” Hummmm, now that is a little different!

Okay, here we go! Are you waiting for some sophisticated deep analytical montage, made up of a medley of psychological mumbo jumbo? Well, you ain't gonna get it here! My blogs deal with truth and reality, not pious platitudes that sound good and make you feel good but produce no good!

A lot of the things we do to protect our children might be considered "spying" by our kids, but they are in fact measures we take to keep them safe from others, as well as from themselves. Before we begin, I want to say that I hesitate to use the word "spying" because it has a negative, sneaky connotation.

The immigration issue often highlights fissures between faithful parishioners and denominational clerics. Many Catholic bishops have called for amnesty for illegal immigrants, and their conference’s lobbying arm works continually with open-borders special interests. Catholic and “mainline” Protestant church officials have decried the federal government’s enforcement of immigration laws. Some liberal religious leaders re-initiated a “sanctuary” movement to harbor illegal aliens, including in churches.

There are many common reasons people seek counseling with a Biblical Counselor. This is not an exhausted list and if you don’t relate to or find any of these issues familiar, please remember there doesn’t have to be a direct specific reason to seek out professional help.

Of course not! From the outset of the Biblical Counseling movement we have worked closely with physicians.. That is a totally false charge that is often made against biblical counselors. Now, we are careful to distinguish between true disease and that which does not have an organic etiology. We are concerned to see that medicine not be used to obtain pain relief while by-passing non-organic causes of some difficulty in living.

The truth about the rapist is that he can and does look like "any man."

I want to share with you 6 types of childhood abuse that you should be aware of. Some of these types of abuse are well known - other types less known. All are devastating and can leave lifelong scars that impact life as an adult. If you or someone you know was abused during childhood and believe things like "it didn't affect me", "I deserved it I was a wild kid', or "it's all in the past now". Please STOP IT!

One of the questions we get asked a lot in the biblical counseling movement concerns whether Jesus can heal those with a mental illness. The question is asked by people who are concerned about Scripture’s sufficiency and Jesus’ relevance to deal with the most difficult problems that people face. Before we can answer the question we need to know what we are talking about. That means we need to know what mental illness is.