Expository Counseling
Most of us in the biblical counseling world are familiar with expository preaching. And it’s probably safe to say most of us believe it’s the best method of preaching as the steady diet for the church. Why? Because the underlying conviction of those committed to expository preaching is that God’s Word is authoritative and sufficient to save and sanctify God’s people.
However, for some biblical counselors (including myself at times!) there seems to be a disconnect in this regard when it comes to our counseling method. Pastors committed to biblical preaching, and church members who expect their pastor to “rightly handle the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15) often fail to do the same in the counseling room.
Here’s what I’m getting at: as biblical counselors, we should minister the Word with the same care we’d expect from our pastor in his preaching.
