Recently, we’ve seen more terms like “clinically-informed” and “trauma-informed” emerge in the counseling world. How are we to tell what is in line with biblical counseling and what isn’t? Many of these movements are more syncretistic in nature.
To help us understand more about the new arguments coming out and how we should respond as biblical counselors is Dr. Heath Lambert. He is the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida and he previously served as the Executive Director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC)
In this episode, Heath discusses how some will use biblical truths to smuggle in lies, current issues facing the biblical counseling movement, the importance of firmly establishing the sufficiency of Scripture, and much more.
Listen in!
Resources:
- Connect with Heath on Instagram or Facebook
- First Baptist Church Jacksonville
- (BOOK) A Call to Clarity: Critical Issues in Contemporary Biblical Counseling
- (BOOK) The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context
- (BOOK) The Biblical Counseling Movement after Adams
- Learn more about our 5-Project Biblical Counseling Blueprint Model™
- Explore the rest of our website – bcmnational.org
Key Takeaways
- God shows us the problem of our hearts AND provides the solution. The idea that Scripture plus anything is the solution implies that Scripture alone is not enough to handle any issue we may face. But if that were true, then God through Scripture points out the problem of our hearts and then withholds the solution for a few thousand years. It’s simply not true!
- Biblical counseling at its core addresses relational issues. Almost any issue can be traced back to how your life and heart relate to God and how you relate to other people. This is the foundation for all that we do and what we believe.
- We need to be watchful and ready to provide a response as new movements emerge. It’s important to be wary of new treatments and movements. As pastors and leaders, we should be cautious about any counselor who advocates for a treatment that includes resources outside of Scripture. It’s our job to keep a watchful eye over our sheep and that includes emerging theories and secular or syncretistic movements.
Meet Heath
Dr. Heath Lambert is the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida, he previously served as the Executive Director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC), and he was a professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Heath has his M.Div. in Christian Ministry and a Ph.D. in biblical counseling and systematic theology. He also authored several books including The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams, Counseling the Hard Cases, and A Theology of Biblical Counseling. Health is married to Lauren, and they have two sons, a daughter, a son-in-law, and a beautiful granddaughter.
