TIL 562: Is the Clinically Informed Biblical Counseling the Third Generation (feat. Ernie Baker)

TIL 562: Is the Clinically Informed Biblical Counseling the Third Generation (feat. Ernie Baker)

Author: Association of Certified Biblical Counselors April 6, 2026 Duration: 21:00

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?

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Duration: 24:28
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 valu…
TIL 546: Teaching Counselees to Apply the Truth (feat. Jacob Elwart) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:07
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…
TIL 545: In-Law Relationships (feat. Ryan Trzeciak) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:28
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 right…
TIL 543: Starving Our Desires (feat. Keith Evans) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:04
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 fa…
TIL 539: A Presuppositional Approach (feat. Marshall Adkins) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:03
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 m…