Attack Battalion Discipleship Kindles Biblical Soul Care
by Nathanael Logan, Army Chaplain, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor I want to give you a small taste of what biblical soul care looks like in an Army attack battalion. Over the years as an Army chaplain, I’ve observed changes as a whole and, of course, with inner unit culture. Each aspect presents unique challenges to […]
My Brother, My Hero
by Dr. Julie Ganschow, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor I’m the youngest child in my family, and there’s quite an age difference between me and my siblings, one of whom is my only brother. I have very few memories of him from my childhood. I barely recall when he took his girlfriend to the prom, and […]
Chaplaincy Today and Its Prospects
by Pastor Richard DeFord, MDiv, BCC/BCPC What is a chaplain? Frequently, I’m asked this question as a chaplain delivering care in a healthcare and hospice context. What’s very troubling is the continual leftward move from the definition of chaplain. While chaplains were initially Christian clergy offering soul care to individuals in war, coming face-to-face with […]
From the Trenches of Child Sexual Abuse
by Juantrice Kirby, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor People often ask how I got started in biblical counseling. Honestly, the journey emerged in beautiful, God-ordained twists and turns, laced with His perfect timing. More specifically, an incident of child sexual abuse between two church families catapulted me into counseling. At that time, there wasn’t a plan […]
All I Want for Christmas Is a Thoughtful and Useful Gift to Our Military in 2024
by Pat Devine, Chaplain, US Army (Retired) Pastors and their churches provide invaluable, and unreplaceable, support to our military men and women through biblical counseling. Would you consider supporting our servicemembers with the gift of Biblical counsel? The best Christmas gifts are thoughtful. Think back to the most memorable gifts you have received, and I […]
Keeping Christ Crucified in Times of Crisis
by Mary Paas, Chaplain, ACBC & FBC Certified Biblical Counselor "I didn’t look up," my Christian friend Sara said in reflection as I walked her through the pain of past events that many people would consider a crisis. She had grown up in a family void of the knowledge of God. Her statement was referring […]
The Ominous Gateway: Exploring the Spiritual Perils of the Ouija Board, Halloween, and Other Dark Practices, Particularly for Children
by Pastor Warren Lamb, Retired USMC, TILBC Introduction When I was growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, our family was not like other families. We were not regular church attenders, and God was not much of a topic of conversation—except when my father used His name to curse one of us. We […]
The Clay Pot Allegory
by Marti Anne Gilman, TILBC Certified Biblical Counselor Several years ago, when I was a recent college graduate, I was assigned to the Anchorage, Alaska, Police Department as a police chaplain. During that time, I was trained in Critical Incident Stress Management through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). This training was to help […]
Progressive Sanctification (Becoming More Like Christ)
by Randall "Zeke" Cash, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor Progressive sanctification is the process by which God makes us holy, gradually separating us from the world and its ways. This process not only separates us from the world but also causes us to be conformed into the image of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). It requires us […]
Be Faithful: Navigating the Waters of an Integrationist University
by Scotty Cameron, Assistant Fire Chief, Volunteer Chaplain, Nouthetic Counselor Theological liberalism and progressive Christianity are not new threats to the church in the Western world. Since the eighteenth century, enlightenment tension has grown and at times surfaced to a point of reckoning.[1] During the early nineteenth century, the modernism and fundamentalist controversy severed denominations […]
Deaf Mother's Love Inspires Enlisted Son
by Suzanne Clothier, Deaf Biblical Counselor Since our son enlisted, I’ve found out there are a number of deaf people who are either parents of a soldier, children of a soldier, or even a spouse of a soldier. Because deaf people don’t speak the same language as the hearing do, there can be much lost […]
Law Enforcement Perspective on Post Traumatic Stress
by Ronald Marler, Retired Police Academy Sergeant & SWAT Team Officer, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor The manifestations and types of PTS are not mutually exclusive. People can suffer from multiple types. The greatest focus has been primarily on intense and traumatic experiences and exposure. In law enforcement, at least numerically, there is a more common […]
