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Christian Character or Controlled Conduct?
ByAb Abercrombie July 31, 2015December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Many have a misunderstanding of what takes place in biblical counseling, seeing only part of the process while overlooking the larger objectives. Biblical care is often viewed as the administration of biblical imperatives only; directives to stop certain sinful expressions of behavior and replace them with godly conduct. And while behavioral change…

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A Little (Psychological) Leaven…Leavens the Whole Lump of Dough
ByAb Abercrombie June 17, 2014December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie The Southern Baptist Convention seems compelled to adopt annual resolutions designed to shape and direct its nearly 16 million members toward informed opinions and appropriate conduct. Their latest offering is a Resolution on Mental Health Concerns and the Heart of God. On the surface the proclamation appears compassionate, but in full context it contradicts scriptural…

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Asking The Right Questions…The Process of Biblical Counseling
ByAb Abercrombie October 30, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Biblical Counseling, obviously involves the reading and study of Scripture. But often getting the Bible open, within the context of an emotional discussion, can be a challenge. However, the importance of using God’s Word cannot be overstated. After all, it is the Word that is powerful, superior, and sufficient in its scope…

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“Say It Ain’t So…”
ByAb Abercrombie October 20, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie You may remember that oft-quoted plea that is a part of baseball lore, “Say it ain’t so, Joe!” In 1919, famous baseball player “Shoeless Joe” Jackson was accused, with several teammates, of betraying the fans of the game by “fixing” the World Series, after the highly favored Chicago White Sox lost the…

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“Do you wish to get well?”
ByAb Abercrombie September 18, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie As a biblical counselor, I sometimes encounter counselees who seem immobilized. They appear simply unable or unwilling to move forward, languishing in despair, relational struggle, and sin. Even when seeming to understand Scripture and claiming conviction, they remain unchanged. In one such occasion I was helping Ron, a professing believer, evaluate his…

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Marital Abandonment
ByAb Abercrombie August 29, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Don had been married thirty years to the wife of his youth. Together they raised three children, built two careers, and seemed headed for late-life contentment. Suddenly Don’s wife announced, “I don’t love you. This marriage has been a mistake from the beginning. I want a divorce.” Janice had been married 19…

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Me…An Evangelist?
ByAb Abercrombie August 12, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Most Biblical Counselors do not define their work as evangelism. We are more familiar, and perhaps more comfortable, with the biblical roles of teaching, encouragement, discipleship, and restoration. We often assume that because a counselee has selected a counselor with a biblical orientation, he/she is already a believer. But beginning with that…

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The Wall Is Broken Down: Homosexuality and the Church
ByAb Abercrombie June 21, 2013December 11, 2025

The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is in crisis and the enemy is gaining force. The biblical foundation of our faith has been ruptured by a secular assault, the likes of which, we have not seen. And while victory is assured and even the “gates of Hades” will not overpower Christ’s Church (Matt 16:18);…

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Love Her Into Submission…
ByAb Abercrombie May 22, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Christian men everywhere unite! It is time to help our wives toward biblical obedience once and for all! Women everywhere should answer their scriptural mandate: Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord (Eph 5:22). I know you have done everything to get these “weaker vessels” (1 Pet 3:7)…

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“It’s Not My Job…”
ByAb Abercrombie May 13, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie In the Book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul wrote about the importance of sanctification and maturity in the Christian life: As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in…

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The Homosexual Gospel: According to Rob Bell
ByAb Abercrombie May 6, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie I think Rob Bell has been eating some bad fruit. As a self-proclaimed spokesman for God and the Christian faith, Bell bears evidence of poor nutrition that has defiled his heart and mind. As Christians we all must be discerning of where we acquire our spiritual food. When God created the Garden…

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Hurricane Katrina: What is God Doing?
ByAb Abercrombie April 26, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Michael and Angela share the first mattress on the left as you enter the shelter. Both in their mid-twenties, are trying to occupy their three daughters in the midst of the chaos around them. There is a panicky energy about them; the kind of uneasy tension that comes when one is lost…

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