
Truth in Love
A podcast providing biblical solutions for the problems people face. This podcast is a resource from the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. For more information about ACBC visit biblicalcounseling.com.
Latest episodes

Dec 19, 2022 • 16min
TIL 394: Christmas Traditions with Randy Patten
1. Favorite Christmas Memories
2. How the Patten family prepares their hearts for the Christmas season.
3. Gatherings on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
4. Keeping the incarnation and Christ's coming to Earth central during Christmas
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Dec 12, 2022 • 21min
TIL 393: Spurgeon the Pastor (feat. Geoff Chang)
1. Why should Christians be interested in Spurgeon?
2. Background on Spurgeon and the Metropolitan Tabernacle.
3. Spurgeon's view of church membership.
4. The important relationship between regenerate church membership and soul care.
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Dec 5, 2022 • 28min
TIL 392: Confession in Counseling (feat. Joel Wood)
1. The role confession plays in counseling.
2. The importance of vertical and horizontal confession.
3. What to do when you are under conviction of sin.
4. The relationship between confession and repentance
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Nov 28, 2022 • 22min
TIL 391: Biblical Counseling and Youth Ministry (feat. Adam Tyson)
1. The relationship between expository preaching and youth ministry.
2. The myth of adolescence.
3. The connection between biblical parenting and youth ministry.
4. Principles to keep in mind when counseling youth
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Nov 21, 2022 • 20min
TIL 390: The Church Behind Barbed Wire (feat. Tom Sugimura)
1. A historical overview of the Japanese American internment.
2. Counseling issues encountered during the internment.
3. How soul care was done during the internment.
4. Lessons learned from the Japanese American internment.
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Nov 14, 2022 • 16min
TIL 389: Hope in Our Temptations (feat. John Crotts)
1. Understanding the background of 1 Corinthians 10:13
2. Wrong ways to view trials
3. How 1 Corinthians 10:13 inspires hope
4. How to minister the truths of 1 Corinthians 10:13 in the counseling room
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Nov 7, 2022 • 18min
TIL 388: Keeping the Gospel Central in Counseling (feat. Keith Christensen)
1. Why biblical counselors should keep the gospel central in counseling.
2. How to connect the gospel in the counseling room.
3. Practical ways for counselors to keep the gospel central in counseling.
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Oct 31, 2022 • 17min
TIL 387: Forgiving Where There Is Not Repentance (feat. George Sanders)
1. Does our sense of justice need to be satisfied before we forgive someone?
2. Should Christians forgive unconditionally in every case?
3. What is the difference between reconciliation and forgiveness?
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Oct 24, 2022 • 19min
TIL 386: Teaching Counselees to Meditate (feat. Howard Eyrich)
1. How does meditation differ from memorization?
2. Helpful tips for helping counselees meditate.
3. The purpose of meditation in counseling.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 17min
TIL 385: Counseling Those in Debt (feat. Jim Newheiser)
1. Why do people get into debt?
2. Is debt always sinful?
3. How should Christians wisely use debt?
4. How to reduce debt wisely.
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