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I am very non-confrontational. And over the past few years I’ve determined that is mostly fear of man. God’s Word has challenged me that I must love people more than I fear them or risk being a poor shepherd and counselor. It has taken me many years of ministry to learn how to confront, admonish, […]

The biblical counselor who understands the heart and the cause of anger realizes that the reactions of the counselee are not biblical, and thus not honoring and glorifying to God. The counselor must constantly be reminding the counselee that whether God changes the circumstances or not, it is the counselee’s goal in life to glorify […]

One of the most important aspects in biblical counseling is giving hope. My experience, however, is that many biblical counselors find this a very secondary issue. We have the tendency to focus on heart idols well, we ask fairly good questions, and while sometimes we struggle giving good homework, that is always in the forefront […]

“as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death” Philippians 1:20 For the past two months I have been struggling with a problem in my sinuses. I […]

Dr John Street posted this on the Master’s Seminary Blog August 13, 2019. Not knowing how long it will be available, I have reposted it below in it’s entirety. You’re not going to find the word addiction in your Bible. The word comes from a Latin term which means a hopeless dependence. But what does […]