What is Biblical Counseling? Biblical Counseling Center often describes our philosophy as “Biblical Counseling with Compassion.” With compassion is a key phrase. True Biblical counseling is compassionate and effective as the counseling points counselees to Jesus through the Word. These counselees know that a Biblical counselor ministers the sufficient Word of God, bringing compassionate care and solutions to painful spiritual and emotional difficulties.. Sadly some folks have a misguided notion of Biblical counseling as all truth, no grace, and . . . take two verses and call me in the morning! Not so. These folks may believe biblical counselors simply identify sin, demand verse memorization and tell them to “Stop it!” Remember the Bob Newhart’s spoof? This graceless approach may create more pain and no healing. A true Biblical counselor shows the same compassion that God in the Old Testament, Jesus in the Gospels, and Paul in his Epistles so carefully demonstrated. Theirs was a loving-kindness toward those who were hurting. The true Biblical counselor knows that compassion is more than a feeling of deep sympathy and heart-felt sorrow. It is that and more.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:00:01 +0000