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Be Anxious For Nothing…
ByAb Abercrombie June 19, 2017December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Anxiety can be a confounding and debilitating force in one’s life…and believers are not immune to its affect. Consequently, anxiety is often referenced as the reason for entering counseling. Most who become overwhelmed by this issue have tried numerous approaches before contacting a counselor including prayer, Bible study, and other Christian disciplines….

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The Language of Scripture…
ByAb Abercrombie April 30, 2016December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Thanks to the proliferation of television, self-help books, and the Internet, many counselees have researched their individual conditions and concerns before making an appointment for biblical counseling. As a result, many will enter counseling using secular, psychological, and even medical terms to describe their complaints. Often this terminology is applied to others…

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A Biblical Response to Dependency and Addiction
ByAb Abercrombie April 6, 2016December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Dependency and Addiction According to experts, alcohol and drug addiction are diseases; obesity and overeating are due to genetic predisposition; obsessive relationship attachments are labeled “codependent;” and excessive spending may be a symptom of bi-polar disorder. To refer to these matters as sin is considered taboo. After all, it isn’t our fault…

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When Ministry Leaders Fail…
ByAb Abercrombie December 11, 2015December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie The apostle James gave the following caution to leaders in the church: Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment (Jas 3:1). The calling to church leadership, in whatever role, is a call requiring much study, prayer, and meditation. James is…

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A Biblicist in an Unbiblical World…
ByAb Abercrombie November 21, 2015December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie Being a Biblicist in an unbiblical world is challenging. Long past are the days when children were taught to read using the Bible. It is no longer culturally correct to evoke the Word of God in public. Even those within the church often bristle when Scripture is revered as absolute, literal, and…

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Fruit Sins and Root Sins
ByAb Abercrombie August 18, 2015December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie In his Bible study entitled, “Behold Your God”, Dr. John Snyder provides an excellent teaching on “fruit sins” and “root sins” which has special relevance to the practice of biblical counseling. Within the study, Snyder emphasizes the importance of true repentance that reaches to the heart of one’s deepest spiritual condition so…

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When God’s Counsel Is Rejected…
ByAb Abercrombie June 17, 2015December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie God’s Word is fully sufficient for the counseling task and it is superior to anything the world can offer a hurting individual. Scripture, along with the working of the Holy Spirit, is complete in its provision for all matters eternal and functional. Paul wrote: All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable…

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An Empowered Life
ByAb Abercrombie March 18, 2013December 11, 2025

Dr. Ab Abercrombie The biblical counselor often meets with individuals and families who feel “powerless.” In their horizontal orientation, they look about frantically for stability through people and life circumstances that fail answer their most basic need. Too frequently the counseling approach taken unwittingly perpetuates this process by addressing these external influences first, instead of…

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