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Counseling is a means of help. For centuries, the church looked to her leaders as the primary source of counseling when faced with challenging times and situations. As servants of the gospel of Jesus Christ and students of Scripture, the leaders were equipped with the wisdom needed to encourage and care for church members in this way. While the modern landscape presents the church with different context, the wisdom of Christ remains relevant and beneficial for guiding our lives through difficult issues. Whether in marriage or at work, with our kids or in times of illness, God’s Word brings “grace and truth.” Science has uncovered the complexities as well as the harmony of God’s design in our bodies and minds. Science has also shown us the degree to which sin has vandalized that design. Science can sometimes offer very helpful remedies for physical illness. True healing must come to the whole person, medicine and science can only address a part. At BetterDays, we believe that biblical wisdom in counseling doesn’t ignore science, nor does it use scientific data as its starting place. Science aids our understanding of the complex struggles people face. Also, we reject the use of Holy Scripture as a quick-fix or another self-help manual. God’s wisdom in Scripture focuses our hearts on God and thus a greater dependency on the Creator. Wisdom calls us to love others. Wisdom dethrones self as the center of the universe while exalting God. Wisdom, in other words, provokes worship, which is the purpose of our life. It calls us to present ourselves as a “living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship” (Romans 12:1). Worship leads us to transformation “by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2). In this way, the Word of God is creative and recreative, it is “living and active” (Hebrews 4:12) and has authority in the believer’s life: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV). As the Word of God in human flesh, Jesus came to bring life and light. He reached out to people who were weary and burdened by a life without God. Jesus was offering a spiritual healing that manifested itself in very practical ways. As the Apostle Paul says of Jesus’ mission: Counseling at BetterDays involves coming to terms with this mercy from God poured out through Christ Jesus. It is working from the wisdom of God revealed in Scripture. It is a practical guide to what it means to daily live as one who has been raised with Christ. Chad Karger is not a licensed professional counselor (LPC). BetterDays is a faith-based agency. He holds a Master of Arts in biblical counseling in addition to having served as a pastor/elder in the local church for more than 20 years. He works with individuals facing an array of issues including: In the event that he believes that someone needs the help of a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, or counseling psychologist, he will work with that individual to connect him or her to one his trusted referrals. Referrals are available upon request as is information setting an appointment:
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