Resolve: Biblical Counselling Conversations

Part 1

Since the genetic/hereditary theory of mental illness was first proposed, it has resulted in harm to both individuals and the cultures in which it has been accepted. 

Yet, the theory is believed to be an altruistic and necessary approach to the human soul or psyche. 

What is sure, however, is that people are in dire need of genuine hope and solid answers to deal with their mental, emotional, and behavioural struggles.

Teaching by: Dr Daniel Burger

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Bonus Q&A

This is a bonus question-and-answer episode that follows the Instructing a Child's Heart teaching by Dr Tedd Tripp.

If you would like to join the next Biblical Counseling Conversations session at the end of this month, please email [email protected]

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Part 2

Children interpret their experience from a worldview that seeks to answer their fundamental questions: Who am I? What do I exist for? Where can I find joy? 

We need to provide our children with a consistent, persuasive, biblical framework for understanding the world God has made and their place in it. 

Instructing a Child's Heart is essential to Shepherding a Child's Heart. The instruction that you provide for them not only informs their mind; it is directed to persuade their hearts of the wisdom and truthfulness of God's ways. 

Impress truth on the hearts of your children, not to control or manage them, but to point them to the greatest joy and happiness that they can experience - delighting in God and the goodness of his ways.

Teaching by: Dr Tedd Tripp

If you would like to join the next Biblical Counseling Conversations session at the end of this month, please email [email protected]

For more information on SMTI, please click here: https://smti.co.za/

For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

For more information on Lynnwood Baptist Church, please click here: https://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/

Part 1

Children interpret their experience from a worldview that seeks to answer their fundamental questions: Who am I? What do I exist for? Where can I find joy? 

We need to provide our children with a consistent, persuasive, biblical framework for understanding the world God has made and their place in it. 

Instructing a Child's Heart is essential to Shepherding a Child's Heart. The instruction that you provide for them not only informs their mind; it is directed to persuade their hearts of the wisdom and truthfulness of God's ways. 

Impress truth on the hearts of your children, not to control or manage them, but to point them to the greatest joy and happiness that they can experience - delighting in God and the goodness of his ways.

Teaching by: Dr Tedd Tripp

If you would like to join the next Biblical Counseling Conversations session at the end of this month, please email [email protected]

For more information on SMTI, please click here: https://smti.co.za/

For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

For more information on Lynnwood Baptist Church, please click here: https://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/

Part 2

If there is any topic that a person would choose to be experienced in, very few would choose the area of singleness. Many, if not the majority of us, expect to finish our university lives with singleness far in the rearview mirror and will question God’s goodness if it is still our reality in our mid-30s. And yet, this is the case for many in our churches.

Rightly, churches exalt marriage as an excellent God-given gift, but the lack of consideration for singleness makes life difficult for those whom God has not given the gift of a spouse. Too often, churches communicate singleness as a second-best choice for individuals in the body of Christ, leaving singles limited to the youth ministry or without ministry opportunities at all.

A great deal of the literature and programs for singles are designed around helping them to cope and seem to reflect an underlying assumption that singleness is not quite normal and certainly not desirable.

Singles life often has a way of not turning out as we think or dream - Scripture says that God’s ways aren’t our ways - so we have to get to the point where we can say that this is where God has me and this is God’s best - God hasn’t made a mistake - I can serve God as he has me for his glory. 

Teaching by: Beth de Swardt

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For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

For more information on Lynnwood Baptist Church, please click here: https://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/

Part 1

If there is any topic that a person would choose to be experienced in, very few would choose the area of singleness. Many, if not the majority of us, expect to finish our university lives with singleness far in the rearview mirror and will question God’s goodness if it is still our reality in our mid-30s. And yet, this is the case for many in our churches.

Rightly, churches exalt marriage as an excellent God-given gift, but the lack of consideration for singleness makes life difficult for those whom God has not given the gift of a spouse. Too often, churches communicate singleness as a second-best choice for individuals in the body of Christ, leaving singles limited to the youth ministry or without ministry opportunities at all.

A great deal of the literature and programs for singles are designed around helping them to cope and seem to reflect an underlying assumption that singleness is not quite normal and certainly not desirable.

Singles life often has a way of not turning out as we think or dream - Scripture says that God’s ways aren’t our ways - so we have to get to the point where we can say that this is where God has me and this is God’s best - God hasn’t made a mistake - I can serve God as he has me for his glory. 

Teaching by: Beth de Swardt

For more information on SMTI, please click here: https://smti.co.za/

For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

For more information on Lynnwood Baptist Church, please click here: https://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/

PART 2

The particular episode was recorded as part of the annual conference hosted at Lynnwood Baptist Church. If you would like more information on SMTI, Lynnwood Baptist Church or ACBC Africa, please click on the links in the show notes.

While this talk was intended for ‘fallen oaks’ - men who have given up in the storms of life, the principles apply to all believers who experience hardship. God shows himself in the storms of life. God designs the storms of life to alleviate our ignorance regarding Christ, the Savior. God uses storms to deliver us from our unawareness regarding our own strength and the power of God.

Dr Sybrandt De Swardt uses Mark 6:45-52 to point out that the disciples witnessed Jesus Christ, the creator, create bread and fish before their very eyes, and yet they did not gain any insight about Christ and the event. They remained unaware of the person and work of Christ. The disciples lacked understanding because their hearts were hardened. And therefore, ‘they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves.  

In this section, we will see that Christ knows when we form the saviour into the likeness of our desires. We will see that Jesus will not live up to our expectations but will rather expose those longings that will draw us away from him.

Jesus is the expert storm designer who uses them to rescue us from ourselves and put the focus back on his real person. He removes our focus on our misplaced loyalties and unbiblical expectations that are self-directed. The storms of life also shows how the Lord is after our hearts - our thinking, our wrong beliefs, our wrong desires and commitments. 

For more information on SMTI, please click here: https://smti.co.za/

For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

For more information on Lynnwood Baptist Church, please click here: https://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/

PART 1

The particular episode was recorded as part of the annual conference hosted at Lynnwood Baptist Church. If you would like more information on SMTI, Lynnwood Baptist Church or ACBC Africa, please click on the links in the show notes.

While this talk was intended for ‘fallen oaks’ - men who have given up in the storms of life, the principles apply to all believers who experience hardship. God shows himself in the storms of life. God designs the storms of life to alleviate our ignorance regarding Christ, the Savior. God uses storms to deliver us from our unawareness regarding our own strength and the power of God.

Dr Sybrandt De Swardt uses Mark 6:45-52 to point out that the disciples witnessed Jesus Christ, the creator, create bread and fish before their very eyes, and yet they did not gain any insight about Christ and the event. They remained unaware of the person and work of Christ. The disciples lacked understanding because their hearts were hardened. And therefore, ‘they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves.  

In this section, we will see that Christ knows when we form the saviour into the likeness of our desires. We will see that Jesus will not live up to our expectations but will rather expose those longings that will draw us away from him.

Jesus is the expert storm designer who uses them to rescue us from ourselves and put the focus back on his real person. He removes our focus on our misplaced loyalties and unbiblical expectations that are self-directed. The storms of life also shows how the Lord is after our hearts - our thinking, our wrong beliefs, our wrong desires and commitments. 

For more information on SMTI, please click here: https://smti.co.za/

For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

For more information on Lynnwood Baptist Church, please click here: https://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/

Welcome!  This episode will serve as a bookmark as it is both the end of a wonderful series and the beginning of something very exciting. Rest assured, in this transition, there will be no change of direction in our faithfulness to the Word of God, nor to the commitment that it is sufficient for all of life's issues.

We are very excited to introduce - Resolve: Biblical Counseling Conversations

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For more information on the Biblical Counsellors Association of Africa (BCAA, formerly ACBC Africa), please click here: https://bcaa.co.za/

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How can you overcome the “Why me” problem?

Have you ever wondered what your purpose in life is? 

In this episode of Christian Life Issues for Today, Dr. Wayne Mack continues to discuss the common to man struggle called self pity. We continue delving into the Psalmist’s struggle with his own self pity and reach the turnaround where he realizes his own sin and takes control of his own thoughts. How can focussing on others help us overcome self pity? Why is it important to seek out God’s sanctuary in the midst of our struggles? What is our purpose as Christians? Listen to this episode to find out! 

Down, But Not Out: How to Get Up When Life Knocks You Down can be found on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Down-But-Not-Out-Strength/dp/0875526721 

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