Speak The Truth

Association of Biblical Counselors
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A podcast devoted to giving biblical truth for educating, equipping, and encouraging the local church in counseling and discipleship.

  1. EP. 204 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 Counseling Through Colossians Track Invitation W/Pete Potloff

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    EP. 204 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 Counseling Through Colossians Track Invitation W/Pete Potloff

    In this bonus episode of Speak the Truth, Michael welcome's Pete Potloff to introduce a new track for the 2026 Call to Counsel conference: “Counseling Through Colossians.” They reflect on recording at Salem Heights since 2019 and share plans for remodeling space into a counseling center and future training facilities. Pete explains that the track will walk expositionally through the four chapters of Colossians to show how to counsel from a full book of the Bible rather than topically, aiming to help attendees rightly handle Scripture (2 Timothy 2:15). Track speakers include Pete Potloff, Lee Lewis, Jonathan Holmes, and Nathan Scroggins, and sessions will include case studies and suggested homework, covering themes like Christ’s preeminence, godly wisdom, avoiding legalism, renewed mindset, and the Christ-ruled life. 00:00 Podcast Welcome00:24 Reunion and Memories01:19 Church Growth Plans02:06 New Colossians Track03:08 Meet the Speakers03:58 Practical Workshop Format05:19 Session Topics Overview06:58 Who Should Attend08:21 Register and Closing Episode MentionsRegister for the Counseling Through Colossians

    9 min
  2. EP. 203 Breaking Free from Codependency: A Biblical Perspective on Burdens, Boundaries, and Trusting God W/Counseling & Soul Care Director Chris Minott

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    EP. 203 Breaking Free from Codependency: A Biblical Perspective on Burdens, Boundaries, and Trusting God W/Counseling & Soul Care Director Chris Minott

    In this episode of Speak the Truth, Michael interviews Chris Minott, Director of Soul Care and Biblical Counseling at Summit Church in Fort Myers, Florida, about codependency within ongoing discussions of trauma. Minott explains codependency’s cultural origin in the late 1970s around addiction-affected relationships and defines it as overly responsible, controlling, identity-seeking behavior that continues even when the addict recovers. She frames codependency biblically as relational idolatry and fear of man, drawing on Ed Welch’s When People Are Big and God Is Small, and describes manifestations such as people-pleasing, caretaking, rescuing, and helpless-victim patterns. Using Galatians 6:1–5, she distinguishes burden-bearing from carrying one’s own load, offers tools to clarify responsibility versus concern and entrusting concerns to God, emphasizes God’s attributes, and points to Jesus’ example (including Lazarus) for compassionate, truth-filled love. 00:00 Welcome and Topic Setup00:49 Meet Chris Minott03:37 What Codependency Means04:44 Cultural Roots and Heart Issues09:39 Common Codependency Patterns14:03 Burden Bearing vs Enabling16:16 Tools for Healthy Boundaries23:07 Jesus as the Model25:07 Final Thanks and Wrap Up Episode MentionsCounseling Codependency Handout - Chris Minott

    25 min
  3. EP. 202 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Practical Theology in Biblical Counseling Track Invitation W/Nathan Penny

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    EP. 202 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Practical Theology in Biblical Counseling Track Invitation W/Nathan Penny

    The episode of Speak the Truth previews the new Practical Theology track at the Call to Council Conference (April 23–25, 2026) at Doxology Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, featuring host Michael and guest Nathan Penney, Pastor of Soul Care Ministries at Hope Bible Church in Oakville (Toronto area). Nathan describes his ministry overseeing counseling and discipleship, then explains the track’s objective: working through the first seven questions of the ABC Level 2 theology exam using a “head, heart, hands” approach that defines doctrine, shares personal transformation, and applies truth to counseling and discipleship. The team includes Shanda Anderson and Jason Kovacs (a Canadian Biblical Counseling Coalition board member). Sessions cover sufficiency of Scripture, God’s revelation (including applied revelation), incommunicable and communicable attributes, names of God, the will/sovereignty/providence of God, the Trinity, and an eighth-session Q&A panel, emphasizing accessibility for both Level 2 students and all Christians. 00:00 Welcome and Mission00:53 Meet Nathan Penney01:14 Soul Care Ministry Context02:17 Conference Connection and Sabbatical03:03 Why This Track Matters04:01 Practical Theology Objective06:23 Track Team and Audience08:23 Who Should Attend10:38 Session Breakdown Overview10:56 Sessions One to Three14:29 Sessions Four to Eight18:42 Making Theology Street Level20:59 Final Invitation and Wrap Episode MentionsRegister for the Conference

    23 min
  4. EP. 201 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Fundamentals of Biblical Counseling Track Invitation W/Emily Dempster

    MAR 9

    EP. 201 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Fundamentals of Biblical Counseling Track Invitation W/Emily Dempster

    Mike interviews Emily, director of certification training at ABC, as the track leader for the Fundamentals of Biblical Counseling Methods at the Call to Council conference. Emily explains the track’s purpose for online and newer counselors, those in Level One, and others exploring biblical counseling methods, and outlines sessions that move from a theology of care in the church through beginning, middle, and ending counseling sessions. Speakers include Dan Ghramm on theology of care and using the Bible’s story “from Garden to Glory,” Emily on starting well and ending well, Chris Minott on unpacking a counselee’s story and dynamics of the heart, and Shauna on the character of God and sharing Scripture in counseling. The track ends with a panel applying the methods to a case study, with several new lessons from last year. 00:00 Podcast Welcome00:28 Emily Joins In01:19 Emily’s Role at ABC02:00 Why This Track Matters02:41 Track Overview and Flow02:51 Theology of Care04:08 Starting Well Sessions04:28 Garden to Glory Framework04:59 Unpacking the Story05:37 Heart Dynamics and Change05:51 God’s Character and Scripture06:29 Ending Well and Case Panel07:33 Register and Final Invite Episode MentionsRegister Now

    8 min
  5. EP. 200 Frontlines Ministries: Strengthening Missionaries Through Church-Centered Biblical Counseling W/Lay Pastor Danny Falcone

    MAR 6

    EP. 200 Frontlines Ministries: Strengthening Missionaries Through Church-Centered Biblical Counseling W/Lay Pastor Danny Falcone

    Front Lines Ministries: Strengthening Missionaries Through Church-Centered Biblical Counseling In this “Speak the Truth” episode Mike interviews Danny Falcone, a lay elder at Delray Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, and leader of Front Lines Ministries’ training and equipping. Danny explains Front Lines’ mission to help churches strengthen missionary care and extend faithful years on the field through heart-focused, church-centered training, counseling, and consulting, responding to high missionary attrition and preventable issues like team conflict and spiritual or emotional struggles. He describes their counseling approach that involves sending or field churches, work with missionaries and indigenous pastors in regions including Africa, China, and the Middle East/North Africa, and plans to launch a care-and-equipping platform with dashboards, care notes, and training pipelines for missions, member care, and pastoral internships. He shares how to connect via flmin.org, give financially, and pray for wisdom and Christ-centered endurance. 00:00 Podcast Welcome00:35 Meet Danny Falcone01:17 Danny’s Family and Ministry01:56 Why Front Lines Exists03:20 Heart Focused Missionary Care05:12 Care Dashboard Platform06:29 Training Pipelines and Member Care09:24 Where They Serve Globally11:17 How to Support Front Lines12:35 Partnerships and Resource Library14:21 Prayer Needs and Vision16:20 Closing Encouragement and Farewell Episode MentionsFrontlines Ministries

    19 min
  6. EP. 199 Bonus Episode Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Mental Health Track Invitation W/Track Leader Jeremy Lelek

    MAR 6

    EP. 199 Bonus Episode Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Mental Health Track Invitation W/Track Leader Jeremy Lelek

    Mike is joined virtually by Jeremy Lelek to preview his Call to Council conference track on biblically unpacking mental health diagnoses. Jeremy explains the objective of engaging intimidating DSM categories by describing them from a psychiatric perspective while bringing Scripture to bear on what to do and how to interpret struggles through a biblical anthropology that includes spiritual realities without ignoring physiological and empirical data. The track will cover PTSD, borderline personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, OCD and scrupulosity, and bipolar disorder, with sessions led by Beth Claes, Dr. Nate Brooks, and Dr. Matthew Lapine. They aim to equip licensed professionals, pastors, and laypeople with practical tools and confidence that God’s Word speaks comprehensively to these issues. 00:00 Podcast Welcome00:21 Meet Jeremy Lelek00:43 Track Overview02:06 DSM and Scripture03:28 Diagnoses Covered04:20 Track Team Spotlight07:41 Why This Matters08:21 Church Lens on Labels09:46 Biblical Anthropology10:59 Who Should Attend12:32 Final Invitation Episode MentionsRegister for the Mental Health Track

    13 min
  7. EP. 198 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Trauma Track Invitation W/Track Leader John Henderson

    MAR 2

    EP. 198 Bonus Episode: Called to Counsel Conference 2026 - Trauma Track Invitation W/Track Leader John Henderson

    In this bonus episode of Speak the Truth, Michael introduces John Henderson to preview the Trauma Track for the Call to Counsel Conference 2026, led by Henderson alongside Darby Strickland and Curtis Solomon. They describe the track’s aim of equipping counselors to bring compassionate, patient, gospel-centered ministry to men and women suffering trauma, emphasizing deep healing that requires biblical wisdom and a robust view of the person as an embodied soul made in God’s image. The eight sessions include biblical anthropology of trauma, defining trauma and its development, describing and entering the sufferer’s world, remembering/reliving/retelling and reinterpreting through Scripture, grief and lament, guilt and shame and God’s covering in Christ, and a closing Q&A. The track is presented as culturally and personally relevant and intended to demystify trauma while fostering dependence on God’s grace, Spirit, and Word. 00:00 Podcast Welcome00:19 Bonus Episode Setup00:33 Trauma Track Purpose01:38 Session 1 Biblical Anthropology01:55 Session 2 Defining Trauma02:12 Sessions 3-4 Entering Their World02:44 Session 5 Retelling the Story03:23 Sessions 6-7 Lament and Shame04:17 Session 8 Q&A Wrap Up04:34 Why This Track Matters05:56 Demystifying Trauma Counseling06:55 Hope in Christ and Scripture07:32 Final Invitation to 2026 Register Now

    8 min
  8. EP. 197 Missions Mini-Series Biblical Counseling in New Zealand(NZBCA) W/Darryl Burling & Jason Winslade

    FEB 27

    EP. 197 Missions Mini-Series Biblical Counseling in New Zealand(NZBCA) W/Darryl Burling & Jason Winslade

    Recorded at the Biblical Counseling Coalition Global Summit, Michael interviews New Zealanders Darryl Burling and Jason Winslade about advancing biblical counseling and missions in New Zealand. Darryl founded the New Zealand Biblical Counseling Association (NZBCA) in 2017 and says it is being rebuilt with new board members and a renewed, context-sensitive approach rather than importing an American system. Winslade a Christchurch pastor, describes developing biblical counseling in his church, launching New Zealand’s first biblical counseling center (Hope Counseling Center), and joining the NZBCA board to strengthen national reach across both islands. They explain NZBCA’s virtual structure, speaker/workshop requests, volunteer opportunities, and a national counseling request process that routes people to certified counselors or seasoned pastors. They announce two 2027 conferences: March in Christchurch with Jim Fain and September in Auckland with Stuart Scott, emphasizing equipping local churches to reclaim soul care and use counseling evangelistically. 00:00 Welcome and Setup00:58 Meet Darrell and Jason03:39 NZBCA Vision and Context05:43 Nationwide Structure and Travel07:24 Request Speakers and Workshops09:09 Conferences and Guest Speakers11:26 Volunteering and Church Support13:14 Counseling Requests and Local Hubs16:20 Why Counseling Belongs in Church18:46 Final Thanks and Next Steps Episode MentionsNZBCA Hope Counseling Center

    20 min
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A podcast devoted to giving biblical truth for educating, equipping, and encouraging the local church in counseling and discipleship.

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  • Creator
    Association of Biblical Counselors
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    206
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Association of Biblical Counselors
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    Speak The Truth

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