What is Christian counseling?

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  What does it look like to be counseled in Jesus’s name? It’s caring for others and loving people enough to lead them to restoration and healing through dependence in God. Christian counseling is biblical counseling. It’s providing counsel via the lens of the Christian faith.  James 3:17, “But the wisdom that comes from heaven…
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How is Christian counseling different than secular counseling?

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Christian counselors are ambassadors of God’s wisdom. The difference between Christian counseling and secular counseling is that Christian counseling is aligned and consistent with scriptures. Secular counseling, on the other hand, applies the discipline of psychology void of theology; and God’s existence. What is the nature of counseling? At the root, it’s a two-sided conversation…
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Preparing the Soil

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“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up,…
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Jesus’ Love > My Shame

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God is in the business of restoration.  It is through the work of His spirit within us that we are brought back to wholeness.  Nothing that has occurred in our past is allowed to have sovereign reign in our life when we summon the God of the universe for assistance.  Those parts of our lives that…
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Am I Truly Free?

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“Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him and said… You will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”  John 8:32 (MSG) Freedom Isn’t Something That Depends On Our Surroundings Freedom has little to do with where we physically find ourselves.  The Apostle Paul, as recorded in his…
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