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The Dangerous Doctrines of Grace Fellowship Church
I have recently presented evidence against my former church home Grace Fellowship Church (GFC) of Davenport, IA, and the pastor Mike Reid. My concerns are the doctrinal stances of the church. My family worshiped here for nine years, and I served for approximately four...
Moses Was Adopted
Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and...
Jude 1:5-7
“5 Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode,...
Role of Confidentiality in Biblical Counseling
The role of confidentiality largely is determined by the content discussed. If the counselee reveals evidence or reveals enough information to cause reasonable suspicion of abuse against her, a minor, an elderly person, or someone who is otherwise dependent, then I...
Role of Church Discipline in Biblical Counseling
Matthew 18 Matthew 18:15-20“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact...
Evaluation of Four Common Secular Based Therapies
This is a biblical evaluation of four common secular-based therapies: 12 Step Recovery Program The 12 Step Recovery Program is a lifestyle just as much as it is a set of life-principles. They are fairly spiritually-minded in an attempt to tackle addiction in a...
The Church Playbook?
At a time when some churches have the appearance of struggling to grow their congregation there are many tools available claiming to help grow their church. Many provide steps and techniques that they claim they have proven to bring growth. One that I see popping up...
Spiritual Warfare and Biblical Counseling
What does the Bible say about how the devil operates? What do we as believers need to do to protect ourselves from the devil’s schemes? Can a Christian be possessed by a demon? How do we as handle the demonic during the context of Biblical Counseling? The Devil...
When to Conclude a Biblical Counseling Case
There are a few instances in which a counselor would want to conclude a counseling case. Some of the reasons are encouraging reasons, for example, if the counselee is now equipped to handle his problems. Some of the reasons are less encouraging, such as when the...