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Featured · MethodologyCounseling the Bible with Confidence and Kindness: An Hour with Dr. Greg GiffordWhy would a Christian sit across from a psychiatrist, receive no medical workup at all, and walk out believing “clinical depression” is now who they are? That question, Dr. Greg…
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Nicholas SevierNovember 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Mental DisorderA Biblical Worldview of Mental Disorder: Key Insights from Dr. Daniel BergerBefore we ask how to help someone who is struggling, we have to ask what a human being is. That was the conviction behind our first monthly lesson with Dr.…
Nicholas SevierOctober 2, 2026
MarriageCounseling Complex Marriage Problems: Key Insights from Our Live Q&A with Dr. Nicolas & Venessa EllenDr. Nicolas and Venessa Ellen are the founders of the Expository Counseling Training Center and have spent over 25 years teaching and counseling around the world. Together they fielded some…
Nicholas SevierSeptember 16, 2026
Book review7 Cracks in the Foundation — Heath Lambert’s Response to J.V. FeskoI. An Attempt at Theological Engagement J.V. Fesko of Reformed Theological Seminary has written Theological Foundations for Counseling. In the book, he says he believes, “Christian counselors should always counsel…
Dr. Heath LambertSeptember 8, 2026
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MethodologyAre You Making the Same Mistake as Job’s Friends?“You have not spoken of me what is right.” — Job 42:7 This charge comes from God’s mouth, not Job’s. Job’s friends spend thirty-some chapters trying to counsel him toward…
Nicholas SevierSeptember 5, 2026
MarriageSexual Difficulties in Marriage: Important Lessons from Sean Perron & Spencer HarmonNobody wants to talk about it, and yet almost everyone eventually has to. Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon, pastors at First Baptist Jacksonville and co-authors of the Letters to a…
Nicholas SevierAugust 19, 2026
ParentingHow to Reach a Defiant TeenAndrew Held opened our Members Only Q&A the same way he opens most conversations about his work: with his own story. “Starting out, I was a defiant and struggling teen,”…
Nicholas SevierAugust 12, 2026
SufferingRedeemed, Not Regulated: Reclaiming the Sufficiency of Scripture for Counseling TraumaWithin the biblical counseling movement, there has been growing discussion about the role of the body in personal struggles, and whether biblical counselors should incorporate physiological interventions into their methodology.…
Julie Ganschow, Ph.D.August 5, 2026
SufferingMore Than Miscarriage: Key Insights from Our Live Q&A on Reproductive LossFor many counselors, reproductive loss shows up once or twice a year — a miscarriage, an infertility struggle, maybe a previous abortion that finally surfaces in a session. But for…
Nicholas SevierJuly 28, 2026
ParentingThe Gentle Parenting Takeover: How Our Therapeutic Era Has Shaped ParentingIf you’re a parent scrolling Instagram or TikTok, you’ve almost certainly run into it: reels on “co-regulating” your toddler, posts about “nervous system safety,” advice on rephrasing “no” as a…
Nicholas SevierJuly 21, 2026
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