Speak The Truth

◎ The counselor and their counseling methods ◎ How to’s  ◎ the time away from the counseling room is where the majority of our method is drawn for homework.  ◎ the extent of homework is contingent upon the counselee; every counselee is different therefore, the amount or frequency of any homework is based on the nature of the situation and the person working through it.  ◎ ABC offers a variety of "...

Episode summary: In this episode, the hosts discuss cultivating some counseling methods with the analogy of a farmer, which as biblical counselors we're taking God's Word and sowing it with our counselee's, and the importance of being encouraged through engaging our peers with prayer, and God's Word.  Episode Notes:  Discussion based on Ch. 13 of Jeremy’s new book, “biblical counseling basics” As...

Show Resources:  Bigstuf Camp Salem Heights Church CCEF Conferences 

Episode Notes:    A biblical anthropology rooted in the gospel completely rewires human psychology from the way we think and to our affections.  In counseling, we’re not trying to better the old man, but rather, we’re trying to cultivate the new man.   Humanism’s anthropology is to try and better the old man, which cannot accomplish what it sets out to do.   Gospel driven counseling is set to cult...

Episode Notes:  The Imago Dei; we are made in God’s image, and we’re to be imaging(mirroring)who God is in order to bring him glory.  There is no Imago Dei in humanistic thought, it's just the id, superego, etc. that there is nothing inherently wrong with man, its just the impact and influence of his environment.   The “S” word; sin isn’t even a category in humanism.   A scenario of adultery would...

Episode Notes:  Establishing both views; secular worldview on anthropology and a biblical worldview of anthropology.   Humanism began to take an overt stance in psychology by Abraham Maslow, founder of humanistic psychology.   Humanism has man at the center of everything.   Egocentrism unfortunately has crept into the evangelical church with its ear tickling.   Symptom alleviation, better circumst...

Show Notes: Resisting big God theology in counseling: Is the Holy Spirit a gentlemen?   Is the Holy Spirit a gentlemen, would he ever impose himself when believers aren’t ready?   Does scripture teach this idea?   Phil. 2 The New Testament, Galatians 5 for example, demonstrates that these two natures are against one another. One is of the flesh and one is of the spirit.    The flesh produces flesh...

Show Notes: The Holy Spirit in counseling.   How does the Holy Spirit apply what Christ accomplished? He is the one who brings change, real change. Not behavioral modification, etc.   John 14:15-17   The Spirit is the one who brings about change, His timing.   Who is the Holy Spirit  He regenerates God's people(jn. 3.5; Titus 3.5)  He produces conviction of sin(Jn. 16.8)  He reveals truth through...

Show Summary: Our co-host, Jeremy launches right into a question that speaks to the tensions that exist within the christian community with psychology and theology. Eric provides a robust response that captures the reality of differing worldview’s within psychology, but  provides a persuasive wholistic response for Christians to do their research and take back psychology. Faith and science are not...

Show notes:   Cultural view of depression  Treats it like a disease, attributing it or reducing it to a chemical imbalance or a genetic disposition. These aren’t invalid, but it causes a quick diagnosis so it can be treated quickly. It can almost promise a remedy, which scripturally speaking, is much deeper, its more of a heart problem that has physiological and emotional implications. Therefore,...

Episode Summary: Curtis takes time to Demystify PTSD by removing the D out of it. It’s not an abnormal reaction to normal life, but it’s really a normal response to really extreme and difficult circumstances. PTSD is severely misunderstood, and in this episode Curtis offers a robust understanding to the nature and scope of PTSD.  Episode Notes:  How do we demystify PTSD?   With the Counselee, help...

Jonathan discusses his heart behind his book, "Counsel for Couples: A Biblical and Practical Guide for Marriage Counseling", and as a pastor and biblical counselor, discusses the need for the local church to have marriage counseling available in the local church. He expresses the urgency for the local church to have a "culture of care" and to promote preventative ministries. This book is unique be...

Greg Wilson discusses the nature and scope of “Domestic Violence”, defined and explained.   The church hasn’t done well in this category of ministry.   Desecrating the image of God in another person. Where man has perverted the dominion that God gave man to rule and subdue the earth, but in man’s sinful state, he corruptly exerts power through violence.   Definition: the desecration of the image o...

Show Notes:  Paul  Tripp discusses his heart behind his recent book release on suffering, “Suffering: gospel hope when life doesn’t make sense”, which was largely due to his own recent experiences in suffering through acute renal failure. Listen as Paul shares the nature of suffering and our response to it.  "Tweetable Tripp one-liners" from the episode   Suffering is spiritual warfare  Suffering...

Show Resources:   John Frame : Systematic Theology An Introduction to the Christian Faith   Tim Challies - Visual Theology   Extravagant Grace Biblical Counseling Basics

Episode Notes: As believers, we’re counseling from a very different location than the secular person. The secular world counsels to the ego, a man-centered location. Whereas, the believer is being counseled from a theocentric perspective, a God-centered perspective on life. In order to know ourselves, we must know the God of scripture. We cannot truly know ourselves, unless we know God. Hence, bei...

Show Description:  Jeremy concludes the discussion regarding biblical counseling and its implications on the local church. He demonstrates from Ephesians 4:11-16, that equipping the Saints for the work of the ministry has immediate implications on the church’s ability to equip the believers for one another ministry even to the extent of intensive discipleship, which is biblical counseling.   Is th...

In this episode, Jeremy provides a distinction between “Christian counseling”, and Biblical Counseling, their theories and methodologies. And then an historical survey of soul care from the time of St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, The Puritans acute knowledge and awareness of soul care, to Martin Luther, and through the modernist movement that pioneered the scope of modern psychology as we know it t...

In this episode, our hosts take time to introduce themselves; their personal lives, ministry lives, and church lives. They share their journey’s of following Jesus and how The LORD has used their lives to impact others. Mike & Shauna talk about their early years of marriage and struggles, work and career paths, and God's Sovereign plan in their lives. The founding of Truth Renewed Ministries ....

In this episode, one of the hosts', Mike Van Dyke, reveals who will be co-hosting with him to provide a weekly podcast to edify the local church in biblical counseling and discipleship. Speak The Truth will consist of three host; Mike & Shauna Van Dyke, founders of Truth Renewed Ministries , a biblical counseling ministry. And they'll be joined with co-host, Jeremy Lelek, President of Associat...

This is a show intro/outro, please stay tuned for more to come. Our regular hosts will be Mike Van Dyke, Shauna Van Dyke, Founders of Truth Renewed Ministries, and Jeremy Lelek, President and Founder of Association of Biblical Counselors.