One Size Does Not Fit All

Twenty years ago, I sat in Introduction to Biblical Counseling with Wayne Mack, and I quickly realized my Bible would never be the same to me again. In the first day and a half of a weeklong class, he used the first four chapters of Genesis to demonstrate that the whole Bible is about counsel. We looked at how God counseled before sin entered the world and what we see of God in that counsel; how Satan counseled; how Adam and Eve counseled each other; the outcomes of bad counsel; and, finally, how God counseled after the Fall. I was experiencing a new depth of intimacy not only with God, but also—to my great delight—with the human writers and subjects of the Bible. I saw them and the counsel given in living color. I will be forever grateful. Continue Reading →