Biblical Counseling Podcast

Join us as Pastor Jeff Christianson talks about the Position of Eschatology in Biblical Counseling in this week's episode of the Biblical Counseling Podcast. #1. Studying Bible prophecy helps me to remember that God is in control of all events in the world today. #2. It gives you a heavenly perspective. #3. If you really believe that Christ could come back at any time, it will affect you in the wa...

Join us as Jeff Christianson discusses "Practical Questions For Counseling Conflicts." These are questions you could ask the party you are in a conflict with, or questions you can lead two other people who are having a conflict in asking these questions between themselves and talking it out.  "Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out." Proverbs 20...

Join Pastor Jeff as he discusses "Evangelism and Counseling" in Passion Week! In this episode, we discuss the value of one-on-one discipleship and the steps on how to go about it. ​Now, more than ever, we are to bring the gospel with people who are not born again or who are unsure of their salvation. Often, people don't know God in a personal way. 

Hebrews 4:12- For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Join Pastor Jeff as he discusses Examples of the Flesh In Conflicts. The Weakness of the Flesh: Romans 6:19 The Christian's Battle With the Flesh: Romans 7:14-15, 18-19 Romans 8:5 The Christian Needs to Become Aware: Matthew 26:41 A great verse about dealing with the flesh: Hebrews 4:12 Quenching the Holy Spirit, and Grieving the Holy Spirit: 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Ephesians 4:30

"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 In ministering to others or serving God, we are not sufficient of ourselves, and nothing is to be from ourselve...

Biblical Teaching of What the Flesh is: Let's look at an unfolding of scripture, laying out for us what the flesh is. We will get a biblical understanding of the flesh. In the Flesh Nothing Good Dwells: Romans 7:18- For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

An interview with Michael Baker on pre-marital counseling.

Psalm 32:8, Psalm 73.24, Colossians 2:2-3 One of the distinctive features of The Biblical Counseling Academy is our unwavering stand for the super-sufficiency of God's Word in dealing with every issue of life.  Check out the Biblical Counselors Starter Course here https://www.jeffchristianson.com/startercourse

Matthew 28:19 - "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations." Luke 9:23 Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. One of the distinctive features of The Biblical Counseling Academy is our unwavering stand for the super-sufficiency of God's Word in dealing with every issue of life.  Check out the Biblical...

"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned--  For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." Romans 5:12-17 Man's problem: sin. God's remedy: grace. 

Jude says, "(3) Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. (4) For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the...

On this Inauguration Day we pray for our new President. A prayer inspired by: KevinCarson.com | Wisdom for Life in Christ Together

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit... Matthew 28:19

The Bible calls Christians to abide in God's Word, hearing His Word, as a regular diet for our lives.  Words and teaching affects the way we think. Thoughts lead to beliefs, actions, and a way of life. Words and thoughts are powerful. In Ephesians 4  we are called to have our mind renewed from the way we thought before we were Christians. We are called to think with the mind of Christ and not thin...

This Christmas will be different from any other for some who are not able to spend it with their loved ones. Remember that God has everything in His control and realize the gift God gave us when He sent His Son. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything [in all circumstances] give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. In this episode, Past...

Whenever you are feeling stressed, one of the best things to do is just to pause and take a new perspective of the situation. Remember that God is bigger than the trial or problem. Pray. Cast your burdens on the Lord.  Allow Him to give you His peace . Hearing God's Word will build your faith and trust, which are weapons against stress and anxiety. Pause. Remember what Christmas is about again. Pa...

Colossians 3 is a beautiful snapshot, spiritually speaking, of what life together in the church is to be. How it ought to be and can be as we allow the Lord to live among us. We cannot grow without the body of Christ. Because of God in our hearts, when we gather together, we are like family with the same father. We can have mercy, kindness, humility just because God is within us. Do you sense a ca...

In this episode, we will be talking about Law and Grace or "Flesh and Spirit" in biblical counseling. 1 John 4:7, "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God" Do you sense a calling to become a Biblical Counselor? Are you being led to become part of a team that desires to Counseling in God's Way? This is the perfect place to start: htt...

Luke 9:23, "23 Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.""

As biblical counselors, we study the scriptures from God's perspective to get to know the human heart, understand sin, and understand how people live and react to God. In the Kingdom of God, He is the ultimate counselor. He uses as instruments of His counsel. In verse 5-6, we depict an image of a sheperd anointing the injured or needy sheep, in such a way that it overflows with blessings. When we...

Psalm 23:4 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." Do you sense a calling to become a Biblical Counselor? Are you being led to become part of a team that desires to Counseling in God's Way? This is the perfect place to start: https://www.jeffchristianson.com/startercourse

(Psalm 23:1-6 NKJV) (1) A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (2) He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. (3) He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. (4) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfo...

Isaiah 9:6, "And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor."

1 Corinthians 2:12-13 (12.) "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. (13.) "These things we also speak, not with words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual."