Act One: The Sacred Trinity Love

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Mining the Riches of Gods Word Gods Treasures
of Wisdom Col. 1
Robert W. Kellemen, Th.M., Ph.D. http//biblicalcc
.org
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Where Do We Find Wisdom for Life in a Broken
World?
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Where Do We Find Wisdom for Life in a Broken
World?

• How do we capture the big story of the Bible so
  that the main message of our counseling builds
  upon the main message of the Bible?
• What does gospel-centered counseling look like?
• Link http//bit.ly/BCTC2014

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Ashelys Story, Nates Questions, And Our
Responses

• Pastor Bob, can you help?
• Does the Bible offer any hope for my wife?
• How would you respond?

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You Can Handle the Truth

• Refer
• Sprinkle
• Concordance

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Why We Follow Shallow Approaches

• We have failed to ponder how the Bibles
  storyline should shape our counseling
  relationships to broken people in a broken world.

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The Fourth Way The Gospel Narrative Way

• In 8 words or less, what is your current best
  attempt to capture the Bibles central message
  (storyline)?

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The Fourth Way The Gospel Narrative Way

• The Drama of Redemption
• A War and a Wedding
• Slay the Dragon Marry the Damsel
• Weve Read the End of the Story!
• Paul Christs Gospel Victory Col. 16, 13-14
• A Tweet to Remember To view the Bible
  confidently and to use the Bible competently we
  must understand the Bibles story the way God
  tells itas a gospel victory narrative.

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Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places

• Their Situation and Ours Facing Suffering Sin
• Dear Brother Paul
• Relational and Relevant Col. 128-23
• Rich and Robust Col. 127 22-3
• Christ in you, the hope of glory (Col. 127)
• What would it look like to develop an approach to
  the personal ministry of the Word built solely
  upon Christs gospel of grace?

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Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places

• We point people to a person, Jesus our Redeemer,
  and not to a program
• Promoting Personal Change Centered on the Person
  of Christ through the Personal Ministry of the
  Word
• It is in Christ that Ashley and Nate will find
  rich treasures of wisdom for their life in their
  broken world.

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The Gospel for Real Life Heaven Invading Earth

• Col 16The gospel is for Christians!
• What Story Motivates Us?
• Christs Story and Peoples Story

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The Gospel for Real Life Heaven Invading Earth

• Dr. Lawlors Story CFR
• Pauls Story CCFRCC

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The Good NewsThe Epi-Center

• Community Col. 113-19
• Creation Col. 116-19
• Fall Col. 113, 21
• Redemption Col. 13-6, 10-12, 14, 22
• Church Col. 128 31-17 42-6
• Consummation Col. 113, 22, 28 214-15
• Gospel-Centered Counseling Deriving our
  understanding of earthly life from the lens of
  Christs gospel victory!

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Gospel-Centered Counseling

• How would a focus on Christs Gospel Victory
  Narrative impact the Refer, Sprinkle, and
  Concordance approaches to helping people?
• What difference could a focus on Christs Gospel
  Victory Narrative make in how you view and use
  the Bible for biblical counseling?
• What difference could a focus on Christs Gospel
  Victory Narrative make in your life?

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Mining the Riches of Gods Word Gods Treasures
of Wisdom Col. 1
Robert W. Kellemen, Th.M., Ph.D. http//biblicalcc
.org
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Gospel-Centered Biblical Counseling

• Link http//bit.ly/BCTC2014
• Community Col. 113-19
• Creation Col. 116-19
• Fall Col. 113, 21
• Redemption Col. 13-6, 10-12, 14, 22
• Church Col. 128 31-17 42-6
• Consummation Col. 113, 22, 28 214-15

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Community Listen to the Creator of Life for
Wisdom for Living

• Where does our CN model begin? Col. 115-19
• Lifes Ultimate Question What comes into our
  mind when we think about God? Whose view of God
  will we believeChrists or Satans?
• What does love look like? From whom do we learn?

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Community Listen to the Creator of Life for
Wisdom for Living

• What impact could it have on your counseling if
  you focused on the ultimate life question related
  to God/Community What comes into our mind when
  we think about God? Whose view of God will we
  believeChrists or Satans?

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Creation The Way Things Were Meant to Be

• Our understanding of people must start with
  creation/design not with the Fall/depravity.
• Lifes Ultimate Question Who am I? Whose are we?
  In what story do we find ourselves? Col. 116-17
• What does it look like to live a whole life in a
  broken world?

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Creation The Way Things Were Meant to Be

• Dependent Worshipping Beings
• Cling to Christ Dependent Being
• Love Christ Worshipping Being
• What impact could it have on your counseling if
  you focused on the ultimate life question related
  to Creation Whose am I? (Dependent Worshipping
  Being)

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Fall Not the Way Things Are Supposed to Be

• Colossians 121, 113
• Lifes Ultimate Question To whose counsel will
  we submit our hearts and minds?
• Lifes Ultimate Question Whats the root source
  of our problem? What went wrong?

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Fall Not the Way Things Are Supposed to Be

• Choosing Satans Counsel Over Gods False Idols
  of the Heart
• Choosing Satan Over God False Lovers of the Soul
• What impact could it have on your counseling if
  you focused on the ultimate life question related
  to the Fall To whose counsel do we submit our
  hearts and minds? Who do we love? Whats the root
  source of our problem?

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Redemption Experiencing Abundant Life Today and
Eternal Life Forever

• Remembering the victory narrative Col. 113-14,
  21-22
• How do people change?
• Lifes Ultimate Question How does Christ bring
  us peace with God? How does Christ change people?

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Redemption Experiencing Abundant Life Today and
Eternal Life Forever

• What impact could it have on your counseling if
  you focused on the ultimate life questions
  related to Redemption How does Christ bring us
  peace with God? How does Christ change people?

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Church Love Poised Between Faith and Hope

• Col. 312-16 with Col. 39-10
• Sanctification is a Christ-centered community
  journey.
• Lifes Ultimate Question Where do we find a
  place to believe, belong, and become?

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Church Love Poised Between Faith and Hope

• What impact could it have on your counseling if
  you focused on the ultimate life question related
  to the Church Where do we find a place to
  believe, belong, and becomelike Christ?

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Consummation The War Is Won The Bride Is Wed

• We need biblical imagination to see life today in
  light of Christ victory and the Brides purity!
  Col. 113 214-15 122 Rev. 196-8
• Lifes Ultimate Question How does our future
  destiny with Christ make a difference in our
  lives today as saints who struggle against
  suffering and sin?

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Consummation The War Is Won The Bride Is Wed

• What impact could it have on your counseling if
  you focused on lifes ultimate question related
  to Consummation How does our future destiny with
  Christ make a difference in our lives today as
  saints who struggle against suffering and sin?

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Sanctification

• We can only answer the progressive sanctification
  question (the goal of biblical counseling) in
  light of our answers to the preceding questions
• Sanctification Why are we here? How do we become
  like Jesus? How can our inner life increasingly
  reflect the inner life of Christ?

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Prompting Discussion Questions

• How can the grand redemptive narrative of the
  Bible (CCFRCC) impact your biblical counseling?
• How would this big picture understanding of the
  movement of Gods Word shape how you moved into
  Ashley and Nates life?

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Where Weve Been and Where Were Headed

• Where Weve Been A Summary to Ponder
• To view the Bible confidently and to use the
  Bible competently we must understand the Bibles
  story the way God tells itas a gospel victory
  narrative.
• Where Were Headed Questions to Ponder
• How does our view of Gods Word impact our view
  of the worlds competing understandings of
  people, problems, and solutions?

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Mining the Riches of Gods Word Gods Treasures
of Wisdom Col. 1
Robert W. Kellemen, Th.M., Ph.D. http//biblicalcc
.org