That’s the question WSC student Simon Jooste considers at Creed or Chaos.
Counseling
Jay Adams Has a Blog
He would rather call it a column. (HT: Nick Batzig). If you’re not familiar with Jay, you’ve missed out. I remember where I was when I read Competent to Counsel. Jay taught at WTS/P and WSC for a number of years. In . . . Continue reading →
Audio: Hywel Jones on Counseling from Job
Thanks to the folks at IBCD for posting these talks by our own Hywel Jones on lessons from Job for pastoral counselors. Here is the HB audio archive of this talk.
Office Hours: Side By Side With Ed Welch
We live in a fallen world. It is broken and dysfunctional. More importantly for us, we are fallen. We are not what we were made to be and we’re not what we shall be. I do not know where you are right . . . Continue reading →
Pastors, The Graham Rule, And Wisdom
It was announced this week that another pastor was recently removed from ministry. It has happened before and, sadly, it will happen again. As I write, a series of cases are running through my mind but one of the themes that unites . . . Continue reading →
11th Circuit: A Ban On Therapy For An Unwanted Sexual Attraction Is Unconstitutional
We understand and appreciate that the therapy is highly controversial. But the First Amendment has no carveout for controversial speech. We hold that the challenged ordinances violate the First Amendment because they are content-based regulations of speech that cannot survive strict scrutiny. . . . Continue reading →
What Does A Pastor Do?
This week I was chatting with someone who curiously asked me: “What does a pastor do?” Unsurprisingly, it’s a question I get from people inside and outside of the church. Sometimes it’s asked with a note of interested inquisitiveness, and other times . . . Continue reading →
Are P&R Churches “Wholly Inadequate” To Investigate Abuse?
Julie Roys reports that, on May 14, 2021, the Central Indiana Presbytery (PCA) approved a committee report recommending that the Presbytery bring charges against a pastor (Teaching Elder).
How The Church Can Address Mental Illness
Mental illness can be difficult to recognize physically. It tends to lay hidden beneath the surface. Many people are ashamed to admit they struggle with a mental illness, and some may not even know they have one. This can be particularly painful . . . Continue reading →