Keeping Christ Crucified in Times of Crisis
by Mary Paas, Chaplain, ACBC & FBC Certified Biblical Counselor "I didn’t look up," my Christian friend Sara said in reflection as I walked her through the pain of past events that many people would consider a crisis. She had grown up in a family void of the knowledge of God. Her statement was referring […]
The Ominous Gateway: Exploring the Spiritual Perils of the Ouija Board, Halloween, and Other Dark Practices, Particularly for Children
by Pastor Warren Lamb, Retired USMC, TILBC Introduction When I was growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, our family was not like other families. We were not regular church attenders, and God was not much of a topic of conversation—except when my father used His name to curse one of us. We […]
The Clay Pot Allegory
by Marti Anne Gilman, TILBC Certified Biblical Counselor Several years ago, when I was a recent college graduate, I was assigned to the Anchorage, Alaska, Police Department as a police chaplain. During that time, I was trained in Critical Incident Stress Management through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). This training was to help […]
Progressive Sanctification (Becoming More Like Christ)
by Randall "Zeke" Cash, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor Progressive sanctification is the process by which God makes us holy, gradually separating us from the world and its ways. This process not only separates us from the world but also causes us to be conformed into the image of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). It requires us […]
Be Faithful: Navigating the Waters of an Integrationist University
by Scotty Cameron, Assistant Fire Chief, Volunteer Chaplain, Nouthetic Counselor Theological liberalism and progressive Christianity are not new threats to the church in the Western world. Since the eighteenth century, enlightenment tension has grown and at times surfaced to a point of reckoning.[1] During the early nineteenth century, the modernism and fundamentalist controversy severed denominations […]
Deaf Mother's Love Inspires Enlisted Son
by Suzanne Clothier, Deaf Biblical Counselor Since our son enlisted, I’ve found out there are a number of deaf people who are either parents of a soldier, children of a soldier, or even a spouse of a soldier. Because deaf people don’t speak the same language as the hearing do, there can be much lost […]
Law Enforcement Perspective on Post Traumatic Stress
by Ronald Marler, Retired Police Academy Sergeant & SWAT Team Officer, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor The manifestations and types of PTS are not mutually exclusive. People can suffer from multiple types. The greatest focus has been primarily on intense and traumatic experiences and exposure. In law enforcement, at least numerically, there is a more common […]
Honoring Dr. Jay Adams: Does Biblical "Nouthetic" Counseling Work?
by Dr. John Babler, Chairman & Professor, MidAmerica Baptist Theological Seminary College FSM Advisory Board When I first started taking classes in psychology and sociology, I was intrigued by the various empirical studies we read in my undergraduate classes. For example, I found it intriguing that one study showed that when one of the researchers […]
Flee Practices of Psychologists; Seek Out Biblical Counselors for Combat-Related Anxieties
by Pastor Joshua Smith, U.S. Army Veteran I thank the Lord I was born into a Christian home and raised in the faith. Professing faith at a young age and being rooted in the Scriptures and the church from the start was a great and gracious providence that would prove to be an incredible help […]
Church Solution to Prohibiting the Free Exercise Thereof . . . 508 (c)(1)(A)
by Bennett McPhatter, USMC Veteran Epilogue by Warren G. Lamb, USMC Veteran, FSM Senior Advisor Disclaimer: This article represents the opinion of the author and is not certified tax advice, legal counsel or the opinion of Fallen Soldiers Ministries. Broadly speaking, you can form your church under the protection and rights of the Constitution of […]
Grace Abounds "Post Tenebras Lux" Conquering Addiction
by Trevor Vestey, Army Veteran, ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor My name is Trevor Vestey. I am a veteran, and it is a privilege to share my testimony of God's grace with the recipients of the Fallen Soldiers Ministries quarterly newsletter. I have chosen to write this testimony didactically, hoping it could be used to help […]
Help Me Decrease So Christ Will Increase
by David "Alden" Inglee, Army Veteran Epilogue by USAF Veteran Pastor Joseph "Robby" Robinson ACBC Phase III Candidate In John 10:10 (ASV) Jesus says, "I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly." As many times as I had heard that verse, it never really seemed to carry as much weight with […]
