As a counselor, do you know how to make a distinction between hardhearted unbelief and a “season of doubt” or a crisis of faith? And do you know how to show mercy as you seek to help them? Bigney exposes some of the common sources of what keeps our counselees mired in doubt, as well …
Part of counseling is helping people get free from the debilitating habits and patterns of thinking they’ve settled into. One of the most destructive is confusing biblical conviction with sinful condemnation. Counselees who fail to distinguish between the two will struggle to move forward in the change process, being overwhelmed and tempted to quit. Bigney …
Helping Counselee to Confess but not Obsess Over Their Sin Read More »
How does a marriage between two people who initially loved each other turn into war or settle into a silent stalemate? Where would you start and what should you do to breath new life into a marriage? What are they not doing? And what do they need to see that they’re not seeing? Bigney digs …
God’s Word remains the same but our understanding of what it says, what our counselees need most, and the best way to help them get a hold of it and apply it to their own lives should be a process of continual growth and refinement for every counselor. Bigney shares ten things he has significantly …
What I’ve Sharpened or Changed After 30 Years of Counseling Read More »
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The book of Job is a long and wandering book that doesn’t give us all the answers to our questions but it does give us an excellent framework for thinking through inexplicable suffering, as it highlights some of the biblical themes that have to be in place to effectively navigate suffering, to the glory of …
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Regardless of other parenting skills and techniques, parenting to the glory of God requires putting the Gospel and God’s grace on center stage. After parenting five kids, for more than thirty years, Bigney shares parenting principles that have to be learned in the trenches of failure and weakness in order to experience the supernatural power …
As you come alongside people who are hurting, you’ll find that along with their painful circumstances and unsettled emotions, they often struggle with doubt as to who God is and where He is in the midst of their suffering. Brad shows how to use Psalm 73 to help your counselee find clarity and hope again. …
As counselors, we’re coming alongside hurting people to help them process what’s going in their life, as well as please God. For this reason, we need to listen well to their story and keep growing in our ability to bring an accurate word about God to their particular situation. To be effective we need to …
People are hurting in our broken world and need help recognizing the appropriate place for biblical sorrow that stops short of sinful complaining and accusing God of injustice. Do you know the difference and can you guide a sufferer using the Scriptures? Download Outline