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We Are Gomer

Last night, before I retired to bed, I picked up my Bible and read Hosea chapter 1. As I lay down, I reflected on the content of the passage and made it my pray...

When Heat Produces Thorns: Learning to Respond Like a Fruit Tree

There are four stages in biblical change as proposed by Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp in their book, How People Change. These four stages include heat, t...

A Survey of Jay E. Adams’ Practical Use of Scripture in Counseling

I would like to survey Jay E. Adams’ book, Lectures on Counseling. The book has five lectures, and since the topic in our class is about the role of biblical in...

Forty-Two Years Later: A Rare Privilege of Memories and Friendship

Three days ago, we had the 42nd reunion of Paradise National High School Batch 1984. Despite our age, I consider meeting batchmates after forty years a rare pri...

Instruction in Counseling: Biblical and Accurate

Tomorrow is the 9th session in our Introduction to Biblical Counseling class. Our topic is about the place of instruction in biblical counseling. The material i...

Rediscovering Prayer: Marital Intimacy as a Model for Talking to God All Day Long

Not having a Wi-Fi connection turns into a blessing in disguise. It becomes an opportunity for me to dig through my files offline. As I kept opening folders and...

Tentative Conclusions and External Validation in Soul Care

This is my third and last post in the series of articles about the science of data interpretation. You can find the first two articles below: - Getting the Fact...

The Science of Discernment: 10 Questions for Accurate Data Interpretation

In my previous post, I shared the foundational role of accurate data gathering and interpretation in biblical counseling. I emphasized the importance of underst...

Getting the Facts Right: The First Step in Biblical Change

As I prepare the article for tomorrow’s lecture in my Introduction to Biblical Counseling class, my son shared with me a book by Jay Adams, Competent to Counsel...

Facts Before Interpretation: The Counselor’s Guide to Data Gathering

The 10th chapter is about data collection about the problem of the counselee. To emphasize its importance, Wayne Mack cited two biblical stories to illustrate t...

Counseling the Heart: From Counterfeit Hope to Divine Certainty

Last week, we discussed The Person-Oriented Paradigm: Developing a Helping Relationship in our biblical counseling class. In it, we saw the importance of shifti...

The Person-Oriented Paradigm: Developing a Helping Relationship

I spent two days preparing for tomorrow's lecture for our biblical counseling class. How I wish that my students, too, would spend time reading and studying the...

Course Update: Explaining Digital Engagement Requirements

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Battlefield of Grace: The Doctrine of Perseverance and the Reality of the Christian Life

This is the third and the last part in the series of articles about the relationship between progressive sanctification and biblical counseling. You can find th...

Progressive Nearness: Navigating the Messy Path of Sanctification and Perseverance

Last night, I was not able to complete the article about the relationship between sanctification and biblical counseling. The article has gone on too long, clos...

The Dynamic Heart and the Work of Grace: Foundations of Progressive Sanctification in Biblical Counseling

We covered the overview of the historical background of biblical counseling. Unfortunately, our class doesn’t have the time to touch on the status of biblical c...

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-charter-of-trumps-board-of-peace/ The following is the full text of...

From Bank Loans to Blockchain Lending: My Reflections on ACE

For years, I have been waiting for a lending app on Hive. I have raised this question to TM on several occasions, for he is the one who wrote a lot of articles ...

The Covenant of Grace

This article is the last part in the series of articles about the relationship between biblical counseling and the covenant. You can check the first three artic...

An Unusual Reunion of a Dysfunctional Family

Let me pause for a while in publishing the series of articles on biblical counseling and the covenant. Earlier today, we had a Chapel Service. I was informed in...