Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
The Lord Upholds My Life To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?” (1) O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me correct my sinful attitudes by your might. (2) O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. (3)… Continue reading The Nouthetic Counseling (and Peacemaker’s) version of Psalm 54
Nouthetic counseling (fathered by Jay Adams) finds widespread reception in our conservative, Bible-believing churches today. It is not appropriate for abuse victims in our opinion. In fact, we think it isn’t appropriate in most any case! It is too simplistic, it employs people who simply are not “competent to counsel”, and naively confronts essentially every… Continue reading Abuse and Nouthetic Counseling: A Firsthand Analysis of the Harm it Does
I could not help but notice that the more directive I became (simply telling counselees what God required of them), the more people were helped. Spelling out and getting commitments to biblical patterns of behavior after an acknowledgement of and repentance for sin seemed to bring relief and results. (Jay Adams, Competent to Counsel) Apart… Continue reading Is Nouthetic Counseling Appropriate for Victims of Abuse and PTSD?
Christians must always face the threat of man-made traditions being taught as if they were the Word of God. This is how we are brought into bondage and robbed of the freedom for which Christ redeemed us (Gal 5:1ff). Preachers, church teachers, theologians, and fellow Christians confidently repeat the “company line” without ever truly thinking… Continue reading Another Example of “Biblical Counseling” that is Enslaving
The God of truth, justice and wisdom doesn’t want His children fed bread mixed with stones. CCEF (Christian Counseling and Education Foundation) is offering a new course in 2015: Counseling Abusive Marriages. It starts running quite soon: Jan 29th. Their announcement encourages pastors and Christian counselors and others who might deal with cases of abuse in… Continue reading Pt 1. CCEF’s ‘Counseling Abusive Marriages’ course — bread mixed with stones?
A guest post by Valerie Jacobsen. Misogynistic bias is a real thing, and it is very obvious here. Painfully obvious. Jay Adams is TEACHING counselors to side with male abusers and against female victims. He is TEACHING them to overlook crimes. So, if you have ever been in nouthetic counseling or “biblical” counseling and have… Continue reading Jay Adams taught counselors to side with male abusers and against female victims.
A Cry For Justice 