Truth in Love

This episode explores the landmark Supreme Court case, Chiles v. Salazar, focusing on issues of conversion therapy laws, free speech, and religious liberty. Ed Wilde, a seasoned lawyer and biblical counselor, provides expert insights into the legal and moral implications of these regulations and their impact on biblical counseling.Supreme Court Decision on Charles v. Salazar (Full Text)Mental Health Awareness Month ResourcesAlliance Defending Freedom Chapters (00:00:00) - Introduction to the Case and Its Importance(00:05:39) - Background of Charles v. Salazar(00:14:30) - Supreme Court Decision and Its Implications(00:20:25) - Future Outlook and Legal Trends for Counseling

1. What are biblical counselors trying to accomplish by utilizing grounding? 2. Does Scripture address the concept of grounding? 3. What are some biblical alternatives to grounding for the counseling room? Click here to find out more about CEU's! Click here to read our JBSC!

1.) What are the origins of therapuetic grounding?  2.) What is the goal? 3.) How are biblical counselors trying to leverage this concept of therapeutic grounding with embodied practices? Click here to find Biblical Counseling training near you!

1. What is mysticism? 2. Why is this concerning for us? 3. How does mysticism work against core doctrines and the way we view our relationship with God? Click here to see our highschool curriculum Foundations of Discipleship!

1. What do you mean when talking about a dark past? 2. How are you going to help someone in this situation through Psalm 3? 3. In what way would you work through this particular experience of David with someone? 4. How do you provide hope from a place like Psalm 3? Click here to register for our annual conference "Rooted in Truth."

1. What is at stake when considering what we use in counseling? 2. How do we understand the idea of neutral observation? 3. Is it a dangerous perspective to simply take insight but leave the worldview? 4. What is the difference between supplication and integration? 5. What warning do you want people to hear regarding current CIBC movement in biblical counseling? Click here to access our Journal of Biblical Soul Care.

1. Help us understand the claim of CIBC being the third generation. 2. What is the tone in which you want to address this question? 3. What are things David Powlison did to help you in addressing topics like this? 4. What are the distinctives you are seeing within CIBC? 5. What are your concerns with CIBC and how are you evaluating their approach? 6. What is the difference of epistomology in CIBC counseling? 7. What should the next generation of biblical counselors look like? Click here to sign up for one of our CDT's!

1. What is memory? 2. Why is the concept of memory and important concept in biblical counseling? 3. How does memory prioritize meaning and emotion? 4. How does memory suffer from the noetic effects of sin? 5. How does God redeem our memory? 6. What is trauma and how does it relate to our memory especially in regards to PTS? 7. What role does memory play in the concept of PTS? 8. How does Scripture guide our reorientation of memories? 9. How can we help someone find genuine comfort and hope? Click here to register for our annual confernece "Rooted in Truth: 50 Years of Faithfulness"

1. Why did you write on the polyvagal theory? 2. Defining polyvagal theory. 3. How has this theory been popularized in our culture today? 4. What are the short comings of the polyvagal theory especially when considering the Scriptures? Please click here to find out more about what we do! Click here to see Craig Troxel's book With All Your Heart! Click here to see Kyle Gangle's booklet on the Polyvagal Thoery!

1. How is psychological therapy defined? 2. How is it confusing to the law when counseling looks like a professional practice? 3. How does licensing muddy the waters in practicing the christian religion? 4. How do we help people think through some of the pitfalls of professional practice? 5. What are some of the comming legal battles with christians who use informed secular methodology? Click here to learn more about ACBC and our certification process!

1. Why is body image an important discipleship and counseling topic? 2. What do you say to someone who says that they hate some aspect about their body? 3. How is the issue of body image an issue of worship? 4. How does God's Word help us to start untagling these issues? 5. How does the Bible correct our expectations? 6. How do we steward our bodies well without idolizing our body image? Click here to see our booklets for purchase!

1. What are we describing when we are talking about the heart from a biblical perspective? 2. Where are we seeing the concept of the heart always being active? 3. What are some ways to get to the heart issues? Click here to learn more about us at ACBC!

1. What is the function God has given for emotions? 2. How does the Bible command an approach to life? 3. Should this approach change when we face suffering in our life? 4. What are the dangers of living by our emotions? 5. How do we help the counselee to live by faith? Click here to register for our upcoming CDT's!

1. What are some of the things you are thinking about as you step into the first session. 2. What is guiding how you set the trajectory from the first session? 3. How are you helping the counselees to get on board with this trajectory? 4. What fruit have you seen from approaching counseling this way? Click here to learn more about our certification process!

1. What are psychedelics and how do you think about them as a physician? 2. What is microdosing? 3. What is the claim with microdosing? 4. What are some of the side effects of microdosing? 5. What is the legality of psychedelics and microdosing? 6. Who is recommending this concept of psychedelic microdosing? 7. What does the research look like concerning psychedelics? 8. Is there an issue of tolerance and long term effects of psychedelics? 9. How should biblical counseling think about this issue? Click here to register for our annual conference "Rooted in Truth: 50 Years of Faithfulness."

1. How do we approach complex cases regarding methodology? 2. Why is it important to have clarity and simplicity in counseling? 3. How do we get from something complex to something specific to address? 4. What are some particular things you do to break down a complex case to more managable pieces?  Click here to learn more about us at ACBC!

1. What are some pros and cons for using the term discipleship rather than counseling? Click here to register for our annual conference "Rooted in Truth! Click here to find out more about what we do at ACBC!

1. What is the notion of sensuaility? 2. What makes the body soul reality difficult to understand? 3. How does thinking about Jesus help us with this concept of sensuality? 4. How does temptation work with this concept of sensuality? 5. How do we navigate temptation in realition to the concept of our senses and biblical change? 6. Why is sexuality such a unique area of our sensuality? 7. How can we as Christians overcome sexual temptation? Click here to register for our annual 2026 conference "Rooted in Truth"

1. How do we think about God's gift of sexuality? 2. What are some of the paths or temptations of sexual sin? 3. How are we helped by the puritans to get to the heart of sexual sin? 4. What hope do you give to those struggling with sexual sin? Resources Mentoned: John Bunyan: The Pilgram's Progress. The Holy WarJohn Flavel: The Fountain of LifeMilton Vincent: A Gospel Primer for ChristiansBrian Hedges: Christ Formed in YouChris Mueller: Let the Men be Men Click here to see our free resources on sexuality and sexual sin. Click here to see all of our podcast episodes and their transcripts on our website!

1. What did the Puritans mean when they approached the concept of spiritual depression? 2. How did the Puritans view this and how God might use it in the lives of His people? 3. How did the Puritans utilize the means of grace for spiritual depression? 4. Why did the Puritans say meditating on Christ is central to working through spiritual depression? 5. How did the Puritans think about the communion of the saints in relation to the problems we face? Please leave a rating or review of our podcast! Click here to sign up for our newsletter!

We are excited to announce our top listened to podcast of the year.  Click here to read the latest edition of our Journal of Biblical Soul Care (JBSC).  Find the podcast transcript here.

1. What are some of your favorite Christmas traditions? 2. What are some of the special ways that you guys celebrate Christmas? 3. What do Christmas eve and day look like with your family? 4. What are some of the key things that are comforting for you about the Incarnation? 5. What are some of the special meals that you have with one another? Merry Christmas to all of you from us at ACBC!! Please click here if you want to learn more about what we do at ACBC?

1. Describe the concept of catechism and its history and importance. 2. What are some ways our culture has detracted from chatechizing as we see in church history? 3. What is the value in catechizing? 4. What is the value of teaching this way in the church? 5. What are some of the palces you would encourage people to start with catechisms? Click here to register for our annual conference Rooted in Truth!

1. What is the goal of biblical counseling and the concept of homework? 2. How do you help people learn the basics of applying Scripture? 3. What are some categories of homework we can give? 4. What do we do to motivate counselee's to do the homework? 5. How can the local church be involved in the counseling process? Don't forget to vote for the biblical counseling book of the year by Dec. 19th! Click here to learn more about ACBC!

1. How should we think of in-law relationships and what does the Bible have to say? 2. What are some examples of in-law relationships in the Bible? 3. What conflict can arise from in-law relationships? 4. How do we rightly order God's design and mitigate in-law conflict? 5. How do we see the importance of leaving and cleaving in the Bible? 6. What would you say to a young couple struggling to navigate in-law relationships? Click here to partner with us at ACBC!

1. How do we approach someone who is involved in secular therapy? 2. Questions to ask in an initial conversation. 3. How to approach the conversation in a winsome and intentional way. 4. How to refraim the conversation towards hope in Jesus and His Word. Click here to see more about what we do at ACBC!

1. Why do you think Scripture seems to make fasting more important than we do today? 2. How do we define fasting? 3. What are some of the purposes of fasting? 4. What is the role of fasting in discipleship? 5. How can fasting be helpful in the counseling context? Click here to learn more about ACBC

1. What are some of the practice promoted in Gentle Parenting. 2. How are thoughts of depravity being modified into thoughts of sensitivity? 3. How does Gentle Parenting address the lack of self control in children? 4. How do we discern between Gentle Parenting's view of discipline and a biblical view of discipline? Click here to find out more about becoming a training center! Click here to find out more resources to start a biblical counseling ministry!

1. What is Gentle Parenting 2. What are the foundational teachings/beliefs of Gentle Parenting? 3. What are some of the ideas behind the teaching or beliefs of Gentle Parenting? 4. What makes Gentle Parenting appealing? 5. How does Gentle Parenting wrongly focus on parents? 6. How do we respond when we fail? 7. How does Gentle Parenting use the fear of messing up your kids as motivation? Click here to learn more about CEU's!

1. Can you explain the difference between shame and guilt? Please click here to find out more about us at ACBC!

1. Who was Van Til? 2. What was Van Til's presuppositional approach to apologetics? 3. How would Van Til lay out the distingush between what human beings can observe and know? 4. How does a fallen human being use their mind? 5. What is the connection from Van Til to David Powlison? 6. What are ways Van Til influenced the biblical counseling movement through David Powlison? Please click here to find out more about our certification process at ACBC!

1. Who was Thomas Watson? 2. What stands out about Thomas Watson? 3. What is a Puritan? 4. Why is Watson such an important read for a biblical counselor? 5. What does Watson/Puritans have to lend help to a biblical counselor? 6. Where do we begin reading Watson? Click here to see the booklets we have available?

1. Who are the Puritans? 2. What is unique about this particular set of books? 3. Why should biblical counselors think of this series as an essential read and resource? 4. How should we approach the series? What should we read first? Please click here to register for our conference virtually!

1. Why did the Puritans focus on this so much? 2. How do the Puritans distinguish between categories of temptation? 3. What role does self-knowledge play in resisting temptation? 4. How did the Puritans help give us a sense of moving toward the remedy of temptation? 5. What are some examples of remedies the Puritans gave us for temptation? Click here to register for our Annual Conference: Ancient Paths: Soul Care in Past Places

1. Who was John Newton and why should we look to him for counseling? 2. How is John Newton helpful as we think about biblical counseling? 3. What are the factors that informed John Newton's pastoral ministry? Click here to register for our annual conference: Ancient Paths: Soul Care in Past Places

1. What are some of the practical things we can learn from the puritans today? 2. How are the puritans different from the reformers? 3. How to begin reading the puritans? Click here to register for our Annual Conference "Ancient Paths: Soul Care in Past Places"

1. What do you think is the best Scripture passage or two to help counselors combat someone when they say being clinically informed or trauma informed is better than just the Bible? 2. What are percieved strengths or pitfalls to healing memories theory applied to traumatic experiences? Click here to register for our Annual Conference!

1. What are we talking about with AI and counseling? 2. How are these chat bots being used in therapy? 3. How should we think about AI therapy or counseling? 4. How is the church a better place to seek help? Click here to register for our events!

1. How did the Puritans think of keeping and cultivating the heart? 2. How are the spiritual disciplines are a means of grace for us? 3. What are the spiritual disciplines that have helped you the most? 4. What are some books from the puritans that you would recommend on this? Click here to register for our annual conference "Ancient Paths: Soul Care in Past Places"

1. What is the importance of the ministry of the Word and the Church in biblical counseling? 2. What are the means of grace? 3. What are some examples of how these are significant in the life of the believer? 4. How do we think about justification in relation to counseling? 5. How do we think about the Lord's Supper in relation to counseling? 6. How do we implement these concepts in the homework we give? 7. What are some ways we are tempted to professionalize these concepts in counseling? 8. How can we stand against the world with its secular methodologies and uphold the ministry of the church in bibilcal counseling? Click here to find out more about ACBC and what we are doing!

1. How have you partnered with the local church in this endeavor? 2. What are some of the topics in your classes and how do you determine those? 3. How do you face issues of discipline? 4. How do you start to engae when you notice an issue? 5. How does biblical counseling help your school operate in a biblical fashion? Click here to submit an application for our pastor's retreat!

1. How did Kings Academy begin? 2. How to develop a culture of biblical counseling in the school? 3. How do you train staff in biblical counseling? 4. How do you structure your classes to support or teach biblical counseling? Click here to see the CDT's we are doing this Fall!

1. How do we think through the recent use of the term of integration? 2. How to think in categories of essential elements and incidental circumstances in counsleing? 3. What are some of the essential elements? 4. What are some elements that would fundamentally alter biblical counseling? 5. How do we acknowledge the incidental circumastantial elements of biblical counseling? Click here to register for our annual conference Ancient Paths!  

1. Why is it important to understand God's nature before we counsel? 2. How does God's independence shape our counseling relationships? 3. What does this look like as we shepherd others with God's Word? 4. What does success look like in counseling? 5. How do we guard against pitfalls in ministering the truth of Scripture? Thank you for your prayers. Please click here to learn more about us at ACBC

1. What is psychology and what does it claim to be and do. 2. What is the definition of emprircism? 3. What are some problems that arrise when applying this definition to humanity? 4. What are some other problems when dealing with empiricism? 5. How is empiricism utilized in the DSM? 6. How should we discern as we read psychological information? 7. Final thoughts on opportunity cost? Click here to learn more about our certificaiton process!

How do we handle despair biblically? Biblical hope in all affliction from 2 Corinthians 1. Click here to learn more about ACBC!

1. God glorifying change as a key tenet of biblical counseling. 2. Where do we get the concept that sanctification is the primary aim in biblical counseling? 3. What texts come to mind when thinking about not adding to God's Word in counseling? 4. Why do we see sanctification as such an important issue when considering helping others in counseling? 5. Where do we see people substituting other ideas for sanctification? 6. What is the goal of biblical counseling and how does that determine the methods we use? Click here to partner with ACBC!

1. Why should counselors be careful when sharing the Gospel? 2. What are the potential pitfalls? 3. How can our mishandling of the Gospel harm someone? 4. How can counselors avoid some of these pitfalls? 5. What resources have helped you? Click here to find the resource Free to Be Holy by Jerry Wragg and Paul Shirley Click here to find out more about what we do at ACBC!

What is a biblical understanding of discontentment? What are common factors that contribute to discontentment? What are the dangers of not dealing with discontentment biblically? What are good resources on discontentment? How can the counselor or pastor think through discontentment? Click here to find out more about ACBC!

1. Who is Bessel Van der kolk? 2. What is the concept of the body keeps the score? 3. What is dissasociation and how do we think about it? 4. How does Van der Kolk utilizes the concept of re-experiencing unresolved trauma? 5. How is Van der Kolk impacted by LeDoux and darwinsim? 6. How does Van der Kolk understand dysregulation? 7. How do we account for different responses if these things genuinely are stored in the body? Click here to find out more about ACBC!

1. What is CPTSD? 2. Why was CPTSD excluded from the DSM IV and DSM V? 3. How did Freud influence Judith Herman? 4. What halted this movement in the 80s and 90s? 5. What is Judith Herman's view of a recovery model? 6. What is ACEs and how is it being used today? Click here to find out more about ACBC!