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Tim St. John
Building a Biblical Culture of Counseling: How Scripture Promotes the Flourishing of Both God’s Truth and His Love
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! What does it look like for biblical counseling to shape not just a ministry but the entire culture of a church? This workshop explores how the biblical discipleship vision for counseling can guide the...
Scripture for the Brokenhearted: Restoring Trust in God’s Words After It Was Misused to Harm
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! When Scripture has been misused to harm, it can be hard to trust God’s Word again. This workshop explores how to wisely walk with those hurt by misused Scripture, helping them find life in the gentle...
Anger After Church Hurt
“It’s not just that I’m angry,” one counselee told me. “I feel like I lost my family.” That sentence captures a painful reality about church hurt. In After Church Hurt, I define church hurt as “any unrepentant sin that is minimized, normalized, or protected by a...
Three Ways to Help Someone Hurt by Their Previous Church
For the past several years, a counseling burden we’ve seen increase is “church hurt.” By church hurt, I’m referring to any unrepentant sin that is minimized, normalized, or possibly promoted by a church community and/or a church’s leadership. At first, I didn’t like...
Counseling Church Hurt
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! In times of trouble, your church should be eager to weep with you (Rom 12:15), bear your burdens (Gal 6:2), and patiently walk with you toward Christ (1Thess 5:14). But where do you turn for help when the...
Building a Counseling Culture in the Church
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! Every church family must have a culture that moves toward the hurting, that gently bears their burdens, and that patiently walks with them toward Christ. Sadly, this type of care is often only available within...
Two Truths and a Lie about Caring for the Abused
What comes to mind when you hear the term “abuse”? Maybe you imagine crime scenes, physical violence, or torture. Perhaps just the sight of this word causes your radar to go up because it seems to be so overused and underdefined. My hope with this blog is to bring...