How to Pray When You’re Depressed: A Look at Psalm 13
Depression often robs us of our hope. The temptation in thinking that we cannot be honest with God about our situation deepens this hopelessness. Proceeding in prayer using the psalmist’s example in...
View ArticleWhen God Hurls a Storm
What do you think about when a storm comes into your life? When things are really bad for you, how do you think about those bad things? Where does your mind go? Continue reading →
View ArticleJonah: It’s a Big God Story
What do you think about when a storm comes into your life? When things are really bad for you, how do you think about the bad things? Where does your mind go? This resource deals with those questions....
View ArticleWhen Christians Despair
While meditating on 2 Corinthians 1:8-11, I found myself asking two questions: What does the apostle mean when he says of his companions and himself, “we despaired even of life?” And what is God’s...
View ArticleBCC Weekend Resource: Sanctification: Help and Hope in the Midst of...
On weekends we like to highlight for you one of our growing list of free resources. This weekend we highlight a resource audio from the 2014 IBCD Summer Institute. Continue reading →
View Article3 Spiritual Disciplines for Dispelling Defeating Doubts
Are you confronted with your inadequacy at the moment of ministry, whether public or private? How do you recover at the critical moment? Over the years, the following three spiritual discipline has...
View ArticleFriday’s 5 to Live By
Each Friday our BCC staff links you to the top 5 biblical counseling and Christian living blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. Continue reading →
View ArticleTaking Every Thought Captive
Depression, it seems, grows into an unruly preacher of a false “gospel” that robs counselees of hope as it progressively dominates their thinking and potentially influences their behavior. Embedded in...
View ArticleThe Journey to Restoring Broken Trust, Part One
In this post, Brad Hambrick describes how couples might work toward restoring their marriage in the aftermath of sexual unfaithfulness. He presents a series of steps that can progressively heal the...
View ArticleThe Journey to Restoring Broken Trust, Part Two
Earlier this week Brad began to lead you on a journey to progressively restore trust after the infidelity of a spouse. Today, we continue on our journey together. Continue reading →
View ArticleWho Will Take the First Step? Godly Initiative during Nasty Conflicts
Jack and Jill fight often. He gets angry and lashes out. When he lashes out, she pulls back. She gets depressed. She doubts herself and God. (“Why would you put me in this marriage?”) They are humble...
View ArticleEmotions: Engaging the Experiences of Our Hearts – CCEF National Conference
To be Christian is to experience joy and sadness, grief and hope, love and hate, just as Jesus did. Our emotions make us fully human because without them we cannot see the world as God does. They are...
View ArticleTop Ten Posts of All Time – #7
Depression often robs us of our hope. The temptation in thinking that we cannot be honest with God about our situation deepens this hopelessness. Proceeding in prayer using the psalmist’s example in...
View ArticleChrist Is Not Sophisticated Enough For What I Am Going Through
Jeremy & Carol do not like each other. Jeremy is passive and Carol is hurt. Carol has been in therapy for many years and their problems have not gone away and their marriage is no better off...
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How to Pray When You’re Depressed: A Look at Psalm 13
BCC Staff Note: You are reading Part 1 of a BCC Grace & Truth blog mini-series on depression. Identifying with the Psalmist Psalm 13 is a special chapter in my Bible. There is a date, March 12,...
View ArticleWhen God Hurls a Storm
What do you think about when a storm comes into your life? When things are dreadful for you, how do you reflect on what’s happening? Where does your mind go? This article deals with those questions. I...
View ArticleJonah: It’s a Big God Story
What do you think about when a storm comes into your life? When things are really bad for you, how do you think about the bad things? Where does your mind go? This resource deals with those questions....
View ArticleOffering God’s New Mercies to Discouraged Counselees (Part 1)
Dean’s Degrading Defeat Dean sits in his jail cell reflecting on how he got there, a place he would have never dreamt possible when he was younger. He was convicted of sexually assaulting his...
View ArticleOffering God’s New Mercies to Discouraged Counselees (Part 2)
Revisiting Dean’s Dilemma In my last post, I introduced you to Dean, a professing believer sitting in a jail cell. His sins have resulted in many losses in his life: his marriage, family, and job. As...
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“I am not ok”
“I am not ok.” It’s the first thing the voice of self-hatred says. While it takes a hundred different forms, it always says the same thing—you are lacking. I’m a failure. I’m way too messed up. I’m a...
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