TIL 552: ACBC Mailbag - Discipleship vs. Counseling? (feat. Sam Stephens & Francine Tan)

TIL 552: ACBC Mailbag - Discipleship vs. Counseling? (feat. Sam Stephens & Francine Tan)

Author: Association of Certified Biblical Counselors January 26, 2026 Duration: 19:23

1. What are some pros and cons for using the term discipleship rather than counseling?

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Duration: 14:32
1. Is this the only question we should ask when considering the question of sin? 2. How are these five categories addressed by Scripture? 3. How do we process our sinful actions towards others? 4. How do we avoid downpla…
TIL 482: Counseling in a Bicultural Context (feat. Manuel Herrara) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:35
1. What has been your experience in counseling in a bicultural context? 2. How can we be culturally sensitive but not compromising of biblical truth? 3. What are some specific challenges to working in different cultural…
TIL 481: What Can an Unbeliever Know? (feat. Greg Gifford) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:43
1. What are some helpful categories to frame what an unbeliever can know? 2. What are some relative passages? 3. What are some key doctrines pertaining to knowledge? 4. What are unbelievers able to know? 5. What are the…
477: Counseling Troubled Dreams (feat. Keith Evans) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:43
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TIL 476: Finding Rest in Christ (feat. Paul Twiss) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:28
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TIL 474: Journeys to Biblical Counseling (feat. Brad Brandt) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:01
1. Who is Brad Brandt? 2. What was life like before biblical counseling? 3. What convinced you to seek help in biblical counseling? 4. What has been the impact of biblical counseling on your ministry? 5. Why do you belie…