For over four decades now, IBCD has existed to “strengthen local churches in one another care.” And as we navigate our fifth decade, the primacy of the local church in our mission has not wavered. There are many different counseling ministries that equip and train...
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “biblical counseling”? It’s a phrase that’s been used for over half-a-century now. And in that time, it’s come to mean different things to different people. Some people consider biblical counseling to be a codeword that...
We all want to have healthier, stronger, and closer relationships. But why are healthy relationships important? Relationships aren’t just a perk to life on earth, they are a fundamental aspect of our identity as those created in the image of a triune God. What’s more,...
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! Why did God create sex? How does the whole of Scripture reveal God’s purposes for sexual intimacy within marriage? In this session we will take a survey of the entire Bible, examining how God has revealed his...
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! What is anxiety? How should we understand it biblically? What do we do with the fact that Scripture speaks both positively (Phil 2:19-20) and negatively (Phil 4:4-9)? Understanding the difference between...
To say that our world is confused about sex is a dramatic understatement. You don’t need an anecdote or statistic. You face the reality of it every day. And, unfortunately, this confusion isn’t only “out there” in the world, but it also has dramatic effects in both...
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here!
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here!
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here!
I find that many Christians get uncomfortable when talking about God and healing. To discuss God bringing physical healing raises controversial questions about spiritual gifts. To discuss emotional healing seems to reflect a concept created by modern psychology, and...
Your roommate doesn’t come home when they said they were going to come home, and you worry. You hear rumors about a merger at your company and wonder what it will mean for your job, and you worry. You imagine all the things that could happen to your child while...
Life is messy, yet God calls us into the mess with one another. Even when it comes to the...
Life is messy, yet God calls us into the mess with one another. Even when it comes to the...
Life is messy, yet God calls us into the mess with one another. Even when it comes to the...
Life is messy, yet God calls us into the mess with one another. Even when it comes to the...
In our efforts to help, counsel, and disciple others, we seek to gain the appropriate knowledge and skills for the task. But, in our attempt to be good counselors, good disciplers, or even just good friends, we can skip right past the fundamental requirement to all personal ministry: to love. In this session we’ll explore why loving those we’re ministering to and caring for is so centrally important to the work we’ve all been called to.
Sexual struggles are some of the most common, yet unaddressed, difficulties for many married couples. To help a couple grow in their marriage will often involve counseling them through their sexual struggles. But, as always, biblical counsel must begin with a clear biblical vision for what God created sex to be and how couples should view and understand it rightly in light of that design.
We hear every day that our nation and our communities are in the midst of a mental health crisis. But, what exactly is mental health? Does the Bible have anything to say about it? How can we, as Christians, understand what the world calls mental health? And what, if anything, do biblical counselors have to offer to those struggling with these common and serious problems?
How do we understand the dynamics of eating disorders and how do we interpret them as caused by both sin and suffering? This session wiil seek to answer these questions from a biblical perspective and discuss how the gospel offers hope and help in the midst of the struggle.
Depression is an extremely common counseling problem but can be one of the most difficult issues to deal with. This is a case study of a twenty-something girl who is struggling to believe the forgiveness of the gospel and is struggling with debilitating depression.
There are numerous similarities between a number of different sexual struggles, and the gospel offers hope and help in the midst of each of them. In this workshop we will focus on equipping you to minister to those who struggle in these areas.