Anxiety Archives - Biblical Counseling Center https://bccmi.org/faq_category/anxiety/ Counseling People from God's Word Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:13:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Do you have a statement of faith? https://bccmi.org/faq-items/do-you-have-a-statement-of-faith/ https://bccmi.org/faq-items/do-you-have-a-statement-of-faith/#respond Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:09:16 +0000 https://bccmi.org/?post_type=avada_faq&p=119 We affirm: 1. that the Bible is the inspired, the only infallible and authoritative Word of God; 2. that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; 3. the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through [...]

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1. that the Bible is the inspired, the only infallible and authoritative Word of God;
2. that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit;
3. the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory;
4. that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential;
5. that a person becomes justified by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;
6. the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life;
7. the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; that they are saved unto the resurrection of life, and that they are lost unto the resurrection of damnation;
8. the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and His church.

What is the vision of your ministry?
Our Purpose
The reason for our existence is to minister the Word of God to those in need of direction and change in their lives, to present the sufficiency of Christ as a practical answer to the daily problems of life and to train others how to minister God’s Word in a counseling setting (2 Timothy 2:1-2).
Our Power
Our strength is not in ourselves or our wisdom. We gladly confess that our sufficiency comes from our loving savior, Jesus Christ. We believe that “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3). We accept the Bible as being inspired by God and profitable… that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Jesus himself claims the title of “Wonderful Counselor”. He works through His Word and Spirit to change, comfort, and strengthen His people (Romans 8:1-2; 4-5; 9-11; 13-17; 23; 26-27).
Our Pleasure
We see ourselves as tools in His hand, intended to bring glory to God rather than ourselves. Our success and our pleasure lies in helping people draw close to God through Jesus Christ. We “have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth” (3 John 4).

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]]> https://bccmi.org/faq-items/do-you-have-a-statement-of-faith/feed/ 0 What is Nouthetic Counseling? https://bccmi.org/faq-items/what-is-nouthetic-counseling/ https://bccmi.org/faq-items/what-is-nouthetic-counseling/#respond Sun, 03 Oct 2021 18:07:21 +0000 https://bccmi.org/?post_type=avada_faq&p=117 We use the term “Nouthetic” to describe the kind of Biblical counseling we do. It is a term coined by Dr. Jay Adams. On a popular level we often simply refer to ourselves as Biblical Counselors, but there are many who make such a claim and mean something different by it. So we use the [...]

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]]> We use the term “Nouthetic” to describe the kind of Biblical counseling we do. It is a term coined by Dr. Jay Adams. On a popular level we often simply refer to ourselves as Biblical Counselors, but there are many who make such a claim and mean something different by it. So we use the term Nouthetic to distinguish ourselves and identify our philosophy of counseling.
Nouthetic is a Greek word we have brought into English which is why most people are not familiar with the word. It is the term used in passages such as Romans 15:14; “And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to instruct one another.” Here the term Nouthetic is used to indicate that God wants us to be directive in our ministry with each other (instruct). Counseling is not to be just “hand holding”, feeling sorry for the counselee, but using the Word of God to direct people in how to live. Another place in Scripture where the term is used is in Colossians 1:28; “We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.” Here the Greek word is translated “admonishing” stressing the authority that resides in God’s Word and our obligation to live by God’s commandments. We could look at other Scripture passages to further explain why we have chosen to identify ourselves by this term. But for the sake of brevity we simply want to say that the kind of counseling we do grows out of the Bible. Our Bibles are open as we counsel because it is THE source of our wisdom and authority. We seek to be loving, kind and gentle while standing firm for the truths of God’s Word. We seek to shepherd people into a greater understanding of and obedience to the Bible. We do not think the ideas of secular theories of counseling are to be adapted to the Bible. In counseling we must rely on the Lord, not the changing ideas of man.
Nouthetic counseling relies upon the Lord and in love seeks to help God’s people bring glory to Him in their lives. When we live for the glory of God we find peace and comfort for our souls.

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