Getting God’s Perspective of Life’s Problems – 10 hrs
Course One covers the following topics:
- What is Counseling?
- How to Counsel Unbelievers
- How to Counsel Believers
- Why Do People Do What They Do?
- Understanding Problems Biblically
- Getting to the Heart Issues
- Gathering Needed Information
- Giving Hope
- Understanding Change
- Helping People Commit to Change
- Giving Homework
Student Comments
Taking the BCI course was one of the most fruitful experiences I have had in my walk with the Lord. The instruction given in Course I should be a requirement for every Christian! We all need to know the Biblical process of change as we all have things in our lives we need to change. We need to know why we do the things we do and how we can live the fruitful Christian life operating in the Spirit and not the flesh. I strongly encourage anyone and everyone to take this course. You will be changed!
Sincerely in Christ,
Chris Canzurlo
“Prior to this class I wasn’t exactly sure what this course would entail. I believed I would walk away with some good information to supplement my teaching and use “here and there” at home, however, I was very moved and convicted that has changed many aspects of my life both professionally and personally….”For the past several years I have taught many psychology classes and though I never subscribed to all the theorists, I found some relevancy in B. F. Skinner with regards to rewards and punishment as well as Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems and even a little of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, with respect to deficiency needs such as food, shelter and water. I have also worked as a school psychologist and found that when counseling other students I have totally separated God and scripture from students’ emotional and social problems and have looked to secular methods to help my students. My eyes have once again been opened during this course to the reality that people suffering with anger, emotional issues, etc., are actually results of matters of the heart. It is not that such individuals haven’t struggled or dealt with troubling family issues or even abuse, but the fact is, that they can never truly heal without making their heart right with God. As I mentioned in a previous email to you, I have been convicted with the way I teach and practice as a professor and school psychologist. I am not sure where the Lord will lead me from here, but I know I can never go back to the way I counseled or taught psychology as I did before taking this course.
Wendi B., Cleveland
