@timallchin

follower of Christ, counselor & training churches, rarely political, exec. dir. of Biblical Counseling Center in Chicago Area, M.Div @ TEDS, D. Min @ CBTS - MN

 Philly Native, now in Chicago
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Joined March 2011
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What Does “Secular” Actually Mean? open.substack.com/pub/timall…
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Enjoying listening to my Dad talk about the DNA of effective biblical counselors during our live class tonight. Counseling training doesn’t have to be complicated but does have to be caring and quality e.g James 3:17.
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BCC is filming a lesson today for teen youth counselors and concerned parents - providing biblical help for those struggling with anxiety, depression, sexual sin and distressing thoughts - with Jonathan Scurtu.
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Still working on part four of my series but here is another piece for our website that went out today! biblicalcounselingcenter.org…

How the Gospel Shapes Mental Health Conversations

This article is part of our new series on Mental Health. In this series, our counselors hope to call churches and Christians to re-engage with the discussion and care for mental health struggles....

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Galatians 5:14-15 “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” [15] But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.” We can do better in conservative biblical counseling than we are.
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timallchin.substack.com/p/wh… This is a discussion that biblical counselors need to take seriously. At times, we have been sloppy with the secular label and it hurts our ability to engage with valid research and undercuts our influence in discussion with the larger counseling world.
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timallchin.substack.com/p/wh… This was part two - How do we view the Zombie narratives and the concern about the "Clinical" viewpoint partnerning with biblical counseling.
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We keep using the word “secular” like it ends the conversation. It usually just hides the real disagreement. This is one place I think the biblical counseling debate is getting stuck.
Tim Allchin@timallchinApr 27
The most important word in the biblical counseling debate right now might be the least defined: “secular.” We use it like it settles arguments. It doesn’t. 🧵
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The most important word in the biblical counseling debate right now might be the least defined: “secular.” We use it like it settles arguments. It doesn’t. 🧵
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Reality check: Biblical counselors already use categories, structures, and observations not explicitly taught in Scripture The real question isn’t if we engage— It’s how carefully we do it. Do we reinterpret and redeem it?
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The better question isn’t: “Is this secular?” But: “How does Scripture teach us to understand this?” Part 3 is live 👇 open.substack.com/pub/timall…
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And when we don’t… We either reject things too quickly or accept things too loosely Both sides lose clarity.
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