 This session develops and illustrates a four- dimensional, Christ-centered equipping model that unites Christ-like character (heart/being), biblical content (head/knowing), counseling competence (hands/doing), and Christian community (home/connecting).  Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.resume-of-a-biblical-counselor1.mp3

This session develops and illustrates a four- dimensional, Christ-centered equipping model that unites Christ-like character (heart/being), biblical content (head/knowing), counseling competence (hands/doing), and Christian community (home/connecting). <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.resume-of-a-biblical-counselor1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kellemen.the-resume-of-a-biblical-counselor.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.resume-of-a-biblical-counselor1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.resume-of-a-biblical-counselor1.mp3</a>

The Resume of A Biblical Counselor: A Four-Dimensional Model of Christ-Centered Equipping

 The biblical counseling world is a large and growing network. What is the role of the BCC in promoting BC? More importantly, this session addresses how each of us can find our place in God’s vision for promoting personal change centered on the person of Christ. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.your-place-in-the-biblical-counseling-world1.mp3

The biblical counseling world is a large and growing network. What is the role of the BCC in promoting BC? More importantly, this session addresses how each of us can find our place in God’s vision for promoting personal change centered on the person of Christ. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.your-place-in-the-biblical-counseling-world1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kellemen.your-place-in-the-biblical-counseling-world.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.your-place-in-the-biblical-counseling-world1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.your-place-in-the-biblical-counseling-world1.mp3</a>

Your Place in the Biblical Counseling World: The BCC, Biblical Counseling and You

 To cultivate the atmosphere of Christ-Centered counseling in our churches, we must live worthy of the gospel by living through Christ, like Christ, and for Christ. This session will seek to give a real-life picture of what this radical ministry looks like. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.Christ-centered-counseling.mp3

To cultivate the atmosphere of Christ-Centered counseling in our churches, we must live worthy of the gospel by living through Christ, like Christ, and for Christ. This session will seek to give a real-life picture of what this radical ministry looks like. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.Christ-centered-counseling.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kellemen.Christ-centered-counseling.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.Christ-centered-counseling.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.Christ-centered-counseling.mp3</a>

Christ-Centered Counseling: Radical Ministry in a Darkened World

 We nurture a culture of care in the church when the Word of God is shared with the love of a father, mother, brother, child; and shared with the respect of a mentor! This session will discuss how a counselor’s character and motivation profoundly impact the counseling process. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.sharing-scipture-and-soul1.mp3

We nurture a culture of care in the church when the Word of God is shared with the love of a father, mother, brother, child; and shared with the respect of a mentor! This session will discuss how a counselor’s character and motivation profoundly impact the counseling process. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.sharing-scipture-and-soul1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kellemen.sharing-scripture-and-soul.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.sharing-scipture-and-soul1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.sharing-scipture-and-soul1.mp3</a>

Sharing Scripture and Soul: Five Biblical Portraits of the Biblical Counselor

 How do we care for others when we just don’t feel like it? This message will discuss the call for Christians to care for others, the challenges that arise in caring for others, and what we shoulld do when our emotions run contrary to this. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.caring-when-you-dont-feel-like-caring.mp3

How do we care for others when we just don’t feel like it? This message will discuss the call for Christians to care for others, the challenges that arise in caring for others, and what we shoulld do when our emotions run contrary to this. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.caring-when-you-dont-feel-like-caring.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/borgman.caring-when-you-dont-feel-like-caring.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.caring-when-you-dont-feel-like-caring.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.caring-when-you-dont-feel-like-caring.mp3</a>

Caring When You Don’t Feel Like Caring

 Often adoption is romanticized and the challenges are minimized, leaving adoptive parents feeling guilty as they struggle with their child. This two-part message will deal with some of its common challenges and help equip counselors to minister to adoptive parents. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-1.mp3

Often adoption is romanticized and the challenges are minimized, leaving adoptive parents feeling guilty as they struggle with their child. This two-part message will deal with some of its common challenges and help equip counselors to minister to adoptive parents. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-1.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-1.mp3</a>

The Grace and Grit of Adoption Part 1

 Biblical marriage counseling must be built on God’s narrative of the ultimate purpose of marriage. This session will look at typical problems that result when we do not define marriage base upon God and will discuss four pillars for building onenes in marriage. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.gospel-centered-marriage-counseling.mp3

Biblical marriage counseling must be built on God’s narrative of the ultimate purpose of marriage. This session will look at typical problems that result when we do not define marriage base upon God and will discuss four pillars for building onenes in marriage. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.gospel-centered-marriage-counseling.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kellemen.gospel-centered-marriage-counseling.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.gospel-centered-marriage-counseling.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kelleman.gospel-centered-marriage-counseling.mp3</a>

Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: Four Pillars for Glorifying God through Oneness in Marriage

 There is a biblical theology of the emotions which should play a critical role in much counseling. This workshop will address the subject of the emotions in the Christian life and lay the biblical-theological foundation for understanding the emotions. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.does-God-care-about-how-I-feel.mp3

There is a biblical theology of the emotions which should play a critical role in much counseling. This workshop will address the subject of the emotions in the Christian life and lay the biblical-theological foundation for understanding the emotions. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.does-God-care-about-how-I-feel.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/borgman.does-God-care-about-how-I-feel.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.does-God-care-about-how-I-feel.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.does-God-care-about-how-I-feel.mp3</a>

Does God Care How I Feel?

 To what extent to our body (nature) and relationships (nurture) affect our hearts? This session discusses how God has created humans as complex creatures  that exist in a social context. Counselors must learn to care for the whole person to counsel effectively. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-for-the-whole-person.mp3

To what extent to our body (nature) and relationships (nurture) affect our hearts? This session discusses how God has created humans as complex creatures  that exist in a social context. Counselors must learn to care for the whole person to counsel effectively. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-for-the-whole-person.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/newheiser.caring-for-the-whole-person.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-for-the-whole-person.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-for-the-whole-person.mp3</a>

Caring for the Whole Person: Understanding the Influences of Nature & Nurture in Counseling

 Often adoption is romanticized and the challenges are minimized, leaving adoptive parents feeling guilty as they struggle with their child. This two-part message will deal with some of its common challenges and help equip counselors to minister to adoptive parents. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-2.mp3

Often adoption is romanticized and the challenges are minimized, leaving adoptive parents feeling guilty as they struggle with their child. This two-part message will deal with some of its common challenges and help equip counselors to minister to adoptive parents. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-2.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-2.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.the-grace-and-grit-of-adoption-2.mp3</a>

The Grace and Grit of Adoption Part 2

Audios from the IBCD 2013 Summer Institute

Churches Equipped to Care (SI13)

 Emotions, though extremely powerful, do not need to control us. In this session we will explore Scriptural examples of how truth is used to control and even sanctify the emotions. This is the follow-up session to Does God Care About How I Feel? Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.helping-people-handle-their-emotions-through-truth.mp3

Emotions, though extremely powerful, do not need to control us. In this session we will explore Scriptural examples of how truth is used to control and even sanctify the emotions. This is the follow-up session to Does God Care About How I Feel? <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.helping-people-handle-their-emotions-through-truth.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/borgman.helping-people-handle-their-emotions-through-truth.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.helping-people-handle-their-emotions-through-truth.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/borgman.helping-people-handle-their-emotions-through-truth.mp3</a>

Helping People Handle Their Emotions Through Truth

 Many married women feel alone and isolated from their spouse. How can we help women who find themselves in this situation? What does the Bible have to say about the intimacy we should have in marriage, and what should we do when we find our expectations are not being met? Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.c.helping-women-who-are-married-but-lonely.mp3

Many married women feel alone and isolated from their spouse. How can we help women who find themselves in this situation? What does the Bible have to say about the intimacy we should have in marriage, and what should we do when we find our expectations are not being met? <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.c.helping-women-who-are-married-but-lonely.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/newheiser.c.helping-women-who-are-married-but-lonely.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.c.helping-women-who-are-married-but-lonely.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.c.helping-women-who-are-married-but-lonely.mp3</a>

Helping Women Who Are Married But Lonely

 Adultery is something that many of us will have to deal with in one way or another in the church. The gospel gives great hope in these difficult situations. The goal of this workshop is to help equip you to bring that hope to those who have felt the pain of a broken covenant. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-in-cases-of-adultery.mp3

Adultery is something that many of us will have to deal with in one way or another in the church. The gospel gives great hope in these difficult situations. The goal of this workshop is to help equip you to bring that hope to those who have felt the pain of a broken covenant. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-in-cases-of-adultery.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/newheiser.caring-in-cases-of-adultery.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-in-cases-of-adultery.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/newheiser.caring-in-cases-of-adultery.mp3</a>

Caring in Cases of Adultery

 How do you help someone who already has many labels regarding their condition? In our heavily psychologized culture it can be hard to know the accuracy of these diagnoses.  This workshop aims to equip you to work with those who have diagnoses from the psychological community. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.counseling-people-with-psycological-disorders.mp3

How do you help someone who already has many labels regarding their condition? In our heavily psychologized culture it can be hard to know the accuracy of these diagnoses.  This workshop aims to equip you to work with those who have diagnoses from the psychological community. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.counseling-people-with-psycological-disorders.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/scipione.counseling-people-with-psychological-disorders.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.counseling-people-with-psycological-disorders.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.counseling-people-with-psycological-disorders.mp3</a>

Counseling People with Psychological Disorders

 From the beginning we are told that God created man in His own image. What does it mean to be an image bearer of God? This workshop explores the concept of Man as the Image of God and the practical implications for the counseling process. Download MP3 Audio | Download Outline Notes as PDF https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.what-is-man.mp3

From the beginning we are told that God created man in His own image. What does it mean to be an image bearer of God? This workshop explores the concept of Man as the Image of God and the practical implications for the counseling process. <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.what-is-man.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download MP3 Audio</a> | <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/scipione.what-is-man.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Outline Notes as PDF</a> <a href="https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.what-is-man.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ibcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scipione.what-is-man.mp3</a>

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