puritan resources for biblical counseling pdf

Human therapies are embraced most eagerly by the spiritually weak, those who are shallow or ignorant of biblical truth and who are unwilling to accept the path of suffering that leads to spiritual maturity and deeper communion with God. Habitual sin is called addictive or compulsive behavior, and many surmise its solution is medical care rather than moral correction. Sin is called sickness, so people think it requires therapy, not repentance. It is not a biblical concept, though many seem to equate it with spiritual wholeness. ''Mental and emotional health' is a new buzzword. ' The Puritan Hard Drive has been such a superb blessing to me personally and for my ministry, that I lack words to adequately praise the Lord! ' - Richard Bennett (former Roman Catholic priest who now preaches Reformation truth), Berean Beacon Voddie Baucham, Jr., Voddie Baucham Ministries Anyone who admires the Puritans simply must have the Puritan Hard Drive.' ' To have that much information from a consistent, biblical, orthodox, and gospel-centered point of view is simply astonishing. ' In the history of the church's sanctification I don't believe there has been a more valuable extra-biblical resource and tool than the Puritan Hard Drive. John MacArthur, THE PSYCHOLOGY EPIDEMIC AND ITS CURE (PDF) Some of them even claim to perform a therapeutic technique they call 'Christian counseling' when, in reality, they are using secular theory with biblical references tacked on to treat spiritual problems. Most psychologists epitomize neo-gnosticism, claiming to have secret knowledge for solving people's real problems. These doctrines are a mass of human ideas that Satan has placed in the church as though they were powerful life-changing truths from God. So what counsel would I give to my biblical counseling family? I want to give only one piece of very simple yet very radical counsel: le.The stampede to embrace the doctrines of secular psychology may be the most serious threat to the life of the church today. Biblical counselors still need biblical counseling! Change The Name We still have much to learn from one another and from those outside our family. However, we’re still quite a young family, and as such we’re not perfect. It’s a great family, and I’d encourage many more to join it.

Above all, I love my family’s compassion for people and the multiple hours they invest in repairing broken lives.

I welcome my family’s emphasis on the necessity of the Holy Spirit, prayer, and the Christian community to effect long-term transformation.

I’m grateful for the quality of the theological and practical resources my family has provided for the church to address a vast range of life problems.

I admire the way my family has restored the biblical vocabulary of personal sin and personal responsibility, giving huge hope of forgiveness and change.

To diagnose the roots of problems and to prescribe lasting solutions. They have inspired and trained many Christians to use the Bible

I value my family’s emphasis on the power and suitability of God’s Word in addressing people’s problems.

I honor my family’s courage in boldly reclaiming pastoral care, so much of which has been usurped by secular counseling in our day.

Biblical counselors have exposed the dangerously unbiblical presuppositions behind much secular counseling today (and some Christian), and have rebuilt biblical counseling on biblical presuppositions resulting in more biblical aims and methods.

I appreciate my family’s emphasis on counseling presuppositions.

So let me first prove my familial love by highlighting what I value about my biblical counseling family. Like all families, the biblical counseling family has strengths and weaknesses, but how do I identify particular weaknesses without naming particular people on the one hand, or being too general and lumping everyone together on the other hand? Both will result in family uproar-and maybe a homeless orphan, too!

I know and love many of them I read their books I listen to their lectures I value their counsel and I rejoice at how God is working in them and through them for the benefit of His church. I am a biblical counselor, and biblical counselors are my family. How would you like to write an article on the weaknesses of your family? That’s how I felt when responding to a request to write an article on the weaknesses of biblical counseling. Article: How Biblical Is Biblical Counseling?

Puritan resources for biblical counseling pdf