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