Post on 28-Mar-2015
How to Care Like Christ:Changing Lives with Christ’s
Changeless Truth
1 Thessalonians 2:8
Knowing What to Do After the Hug Can Feel Like a Maze
Ever Feel a Little Lost?
Ever Feel a Little Lost?
Some Signs State the Obvious
Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others
Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others
Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others
Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others
We Need a Soul Physicians GPS
Competent to Share Scripture and Soul
Romans 15:14“I myself am convinced, my
brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness,
complete in knowledge, and competent to counsel
one another.”
Competent to Share Scripture and Soul
1 Thessalonians 2:8“We loved you so much that we were
delighted to share with you not only the Scriptures, but our own souls, because you were dear to us.”
Changing Lives Seminar
Learn how to use the Bible accurately, powerfully, and lovingly.
Learn how to change liveswith Christ’s changeless truth. Learn how to care like Christ.
Session One:How to Change Lives with Christ’s
Changeless Truth
The Tale of Two Counselors
Do you tend to be more on the “truth/Scripture side” or more on the “love/soul side”? Why?
Has anyone ever interacted with you like either of Tim’s counselors? What did it feel
like? What were the results? What view of the Bible and people helping
might have motivated Tim’s counselors? What content does a person need to know to be a biblical counselor, pastoral counselor, lay
counselor, spiritual friend, soul physician, mentor, discipler, or people helper?
Why We Are Here
Everyone talks about biblical ministry, buthow do we make one another ministry truly
biblical? We are here to learn how to use God’s Word accurately, powerfully, and lovingly.
You are here to be equipped to become an artful soul physician by developing a Christ-centered,
comprehensive, compassionate, culturally-informed biblical model of people helping,
counseling, and one another ministry that values and applies the sufficiency, supremacy,
authority, profundity, and relevancy of Scripture to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth.
Why We Are Here
The Great Soul Physician
The The SPDRSPDR!!
Life’s Seven Ultimate Questions
The The SPDRSPDR!!
“What is truth? Where can I find answers?” “Who is God?” “Who am I?”
“What went wrong?” “Can I change? How do people change?”
“Where am I headed?” “How can I help?”
Whet Your Appetite
Nourish the Hunger of the Soul: Preventative Medicine—God’s Word
Feast on the Word of God—Col. 2:3-10; 2 Peter 1:3 Make Truth and Love Kiss—Phil. 1:9-10; 1 Thess. 2:8; Eph. 4:15
Nourish the Hunger of the Soul: Preventative Medicine—God’s Word
Read the Bible as the Story of Relationship . . . Relate God’s Truth to Human Relationships through Trialogues
In how you live and in how you minister, what difference could it make if you: Feasted on and helped others to feast on God’s Word? Made truth and love kiss as you ministered to hurting and hardened people? Read and shared the Bible as the story of the battle for our hearts? Related God’s truth to human relationships through trialogues—personally relating truth to life?
Know the Creator of the Soul: The Great Physician—The Trinity
Begin Before the Beginning Build Your Life/Ministry on the Trinity
Know the Creator of the Soul: The Great Physician—The Trinity
Relate Soul-to-Soul Because God Is Trinitarian Make Spiritual Friendships All about Him
Know the Creator of the Soul: The Great Physician—The Trinity
Know the Soul Physician Personally to Be a Soul Physician
In how you live and in how you minister, what difference could it make if you: Began before the beginning where God related before He created—soul contact? Built your life and ministry on the Trinity—deep connecting? Related soul-to-soul because God is Trinitarian Made spiritual friendship all about Him—spreading His fame? Knew the Soul Physician personally, not just academically?
Understand People: Creation
Value The CFR Narrative
Creation Fall Redemption
Understand People: Creation
Creation: Understand People Fall: Diagnose Problems Redemption: Prescribe Solutions
Understand People: Creation
Pursue God’s Target: The Image of God—God’s Design of the Soul
Soul-u-tion Focused Counseling
Understand People: Creation
Our inner life increasingly reflecting the inner life of Christ!
Understand People: Creation
We Are Relational: Designed to Love Sacrificially: Matthew 22:35-40
Understand People: Creation
We Are Spiritual: Worship
Understand People: Creation
We Are Social: Ministry
Understand People: Creation
We Are Rational: Designed to Think Wisely: Romans 12:1-2
Understand People: Creation
We Are Volitional: Designed to Choose Courageously
Understand People: Creation
We Are Emotional: Designed to Feel Deeply
What would be missing in our personal lives and in our ministry to one another if we omitted: Spiritual Relationship: Worship—Communion with God? Social Relationship: Ministry—Unselfish connection with each other? Thinking Wisely: Spiritual Eyes—Imagination? Choosing Courageously: Living boldly and unselfishly for God and others? Feeling Deeply: Managing our emotions? Experiencing joy and expressing sorrow with hope?
Diagnose Problems: Fall
“This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be!” We Must Face Reality. . . The Only Explanation for Sin and Suffering.
Diagnose Problems: Fall
Diagnose Sin Biblically Diagnose Sin Comprehensively
Diagnose Problems: Fall
Diagnose Sin Spiritually The Sin in Our Home Is Always Due to the Sin in Our Heart
Diagnose Problems—Fall
Diagnose Sin Relationally The Sin in Our Heart Is Always Due to Forsaking God (Relational) Because We Have Lost Our Awe of God (Rational) and Chosen (Volitional) to Love False Gods
In how you live and in how you minister, what difference could it make if you: Faced the reality that “this ain’t the way it’s supposed to be”? Faced the fact that the world is fallen and it often falls on us? Diagnosed sin comprehensively—relating, thinking, choosing, and feeling? Diagnosed sin spiritually—the sin in our heart? Diagnosed sin relationally—spiritual adultery/false lovers, god-substitutes?
Prescribe God’s Solution: Redemption
Grasp the Big Picture The Bible Is Comedy Not Tragedy
Prescribe God’s Solution: Redemption
Apply Our Complete Salvation to Our Daily Lives and Relationships Justification: New Pardon
Prescribe God’s Solution: Redemption
Reconciliation: New Peace
Prescribe God’s Solution: Redemption
Regeneration: New Person
Our New Nature: Saints
Prescribe God’s Solution: Redemption
Redemption: New Power Coram Deo Sola Gratia: Grace Alone
Dispense Grace
In how you live and in how you minister, what difference could it make if you: Grasped the big picture that the Bible is comedy not tragedy? Applied justification: our new pardon/forgiveness? Applied reconciliation: our new peace/family/new nurture? Applied regeneration: our new person/purity/heart/new nature? Applied redemption: our new power/victory?
Envision the Final Healing of the Soul: Home—Glorification
Live Today in Light of Eternity Our Future Destiny Impacts Our Present Reality
Envision the Final Healing of the Soul: Home—Glorification
Read the End of the Story! We Win! God Triumphs!
In how you live and in how you minister, what difference could it make if you: Lived today in light of eternity? Saw your present suffering in light of your future glory? Allowed your future destiny to impact your present reality? Read the end of the story?
Dispense God’s Care for the Soul: Spiritual Friends
Session Two: How to Care Like Christ
How to Care Like Christ:Changing Lives with Christ’s
Changeless Truth
1 Thessalonians 2:8