The Biblical Beef (Biblical Counseling Exposed‪)‬ Chris Leins, MA, LPCC, NCC

Chris discloses parts of his personal story in Christianity. Christianity is for sinners. That's a biblical reality. But journeying toward the realization that the Gospel is for you - a sinner - is not for the faint of heart. 

Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have. Chrisleins04@gmail.com

Chris presents and discusses a quote by Dr. David Powlison, and raises questions as to the concrete specifics of Biblical Counseling-Theory.

Chris shares a passage from Paul David Tripp's (2002) Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands, and explains where and how Biblical Counseling-theory falls short on delivering what it promises. 

Ok, maybe not so little. On this episode Chris discusses some of the logical upshots of biblical counseling. That sin-habits cause sickness should, for example, mean that everybody, everywhere is sick: there should be no such thing as a "clean bill of health." And that is because everybody, everywhere is a sinner who sins. We're all sinning. So we should all be sick. 



And if faith in Christ and repentance from sins are the way to make real, therapeutic gains, then why does psychotherapy work? 

The discussion continues of whether Biblical Counseling is actually biblical.

This episode presents the second idea of Biblical Counseling-theory: that repentance brings about therapeutic gains. Both empirical and theological problems are presented in response to this idea. The most notable is that individuals without symptoms, the logic would seem to indicate, are also without sins.