This article shows that being a biblical listener is a prerequisite for being an effective counsellor. It examines several passages from Proverbs from the perspective of being a loving counsellor who listens.

The parables of Luke 15 reveal the heart of Christ. This article calls for counselling to reflect such a heart by moving toward the messed up people in this life in order to demonstrate the love of Christ.

What should be the priorities of a pastor? This article answers by considering the role of shepherds. It discusses how the kings of Israel often failed to serve as shepherds, but how the Lord Jesus was the perfect shepherd of his sheep. The article issues a call to imitate the Chief Shepherd.

What do your prayer requests look like? How do they match up with the focus of Scripture's prayers? This article explains how right praying and prayer requests are good avenues to pursue in order to care well for one another.

This article outlines ways in which biblical counseling is different from other types of counseling.

One of the ways of helping people deal with their pain is to show them the connecting dots between sin and misery. This article explains that Christian counselling should aim at helping people see the link between sin and the results of sin.

How are you dealing with suffering? This article, as an open letter, encourages you to cling to the promises of the Lord, as caught in passages such as Romans 8:28-29 and 2 Corinthians 1:2-5.

Biblical counselling seeks to solve problems biblically. Solving problems biblically requires that problems be defined biblically. This article explains what this means.

When is texting church members a good idea and when should you avoid texting? This article gives three guidelines to follow.

How do you deal with problem people in the church? 1 Thessalonians 5:14 identifies three groups of problem people: unruly, fainthearted, and weak. This article explains how do you deal with such church members.

The goal in Christian counselling is to lead sinners and sufferers to exchange their false stories for the one true Story that Christ invites us to join. How do you achieve this in counselling? Stress the gospel and its implications, and counsel within the church.

This article considers how the doctrine of justification by faith is important to pastoral ministry. It speaks good news to a variety of people for whom a pastor cares: the guilty, the insecure, the indifferent, and the resentful.

How do you reach out to hurting Christians? This article outlines ten practical tips you can use to bring comfort to Christians facing suffering or pain in their lives.

Is crying a sign of weakness? This article shows from Scripture that tears are instead given to express emotion, and that in certain instances we are even instructed to weep. It mentions specific individuals from Scripture who wept for a variety of reasons.

This article counsels pastors on how to be comfortable in pastoral visits where there can be silence at times. It suggests learning to be comfortable with such silence, especially with the elderly, as well as making an effort to learn the things they like and enjoy.

In pastoral counselling how do you deal with people who are not listening? Be patient, present, petitioning.

The goal of discipleship in the midst of suffering is to bring comfort in Christ. Knowing that people suffer differently, what are ways to comfort the suffering? This article looks at eight of them.

How can the church disciple those with mental illness? Discipleship to the mentally ill should at least embrace these four things.

Gospel-centred counselling is what should characterize the ministry of believers to one another. This article explains that this counselling can only be found in the church because being rooted in Christ makes sense of the past, present, and future.

Biblical counselling is part of obeying Christ's law to love one another. This article gives biblical grounds for the call to care for each other and how this is linked to the law of love.

How can help those face suffering in a way that they do not become hopeless]? You need to apply Scripture to the aches of suffering. This article offers three ways to do so.

This article offers a definition of biblical counselling that shows it is not just in the domain of official counsellors. It can be defined as "a fluid event and process of a Spirit-empowered Christ follower providing face-to-face ministry of the Word to others."

This article explains the place of silence in conversation with another person, in a counselling setting or otherwise.

This article offers nine reminders for Christians as we minister to those who are suffering. It brings Scripture to bear on the matter, urging great wisdom in how we speak to the suffering.

As a pastor or an elder, how do you do a hospital visit? This article offers some practical ways to conduct such visits.

Biblical counselling thrives when it is placed in the context of a local church. Why? This article explains that there are five advantages to making the church the place for biblical counselling.

Without the work of the Holy Spirit, counselling will fail. Why? The article highlights twelve ways in which the Spirit energizes counselling.

This article presents the profile of a bad listener, also with a view to what Proverbs says, and then offers the profile of a good listener.

This article argues that there is a form of shepherding that is needed by the church. It is shepherding the people of your congregation by approaching members when you suspect that there is something wrong. The article advises on how to do this.

Pastors are involved in counselling. How can you make sure that you make progress in your counselling sessions? This article suggests the practice of taking notes.

Christians in their suffering and pain should not find comfort by comparing themselves to others. Their comfort must come from God. The article explains how.

Anxiety and fear can only be overcome through knowing the peace of Christ. How does one know the peace of Christ? This article gives eight disciplines that will help you as a believer experience this peace.

This article shows that biblical counselling is rooted in a conviction that Scripture is sufficient to define and cure man's problem. Scripture does this by looking at the meaning of desires of the flesh.

This article discusses the reason for prayer and what that means for its role in pastoral care and counselling. It reflects on what prayer communicates about your beliefs, what you need to pray for, and how you may pray.

The author highlights five advantages to having counselling carried out in the local church, over against the secular model of the office-bound counsellor.

When it comes to counselling or ministering to others, a lot of harm can be inflicted when you proof-text instead of using proof texts. The author outlines the difference, and advocates a use of Scripture that is sensitive to someone's life circumstances.

In this article the author starts by talking about counseling and preaching, and counseling and Jesus Christ. He then shows us that counseling brings to people the union with Christ, the example of Christ, the identity in Christ, the victory in Christ, and the future with Christ.

As a method of counselling, commiserating does not work. In fact, it gives a wrong picture of God. The article explains what commiserating is.

Counselling must be done by identifying issues and how they relate to the relationships of those needing help. This article explains how a counsellor can offer such counselling.

This article offers a succinct reasoning for pastoral visits, as well as how and when such should be done.

Christian counselling can only be done by embracing the truth about God, and true hope in counselling can only be given by embracing the sovereignty of God. This article explains the relationship between counselling and God's sovereignty.

In this article comprehensive introduction to the subject of Spiritual Direction is given. The author outlines the purpose, processes and content of Spiritual Direction. She further explores various models for understanding the practice of one person meeting with another for guidance and companionship.

The aim of this article is to offer a possible Christian theological approach to counseling. The author first gives an overview of different perspectives on applying the insights of counseling psychology to the practice of Christian counseling and caring. With this as his background, the author sketches an approach to counseling which keeps the concept of covenant at its core.

This article focuses on the counsel of Proverbs 27:5-6, and shows how a rebuke and wound brought by a friend is faithful and trustworthy. The author explains how this is beneficial in the sphere of counselling.