What is? What is? What is? What is biblical counseling?

Biblical counseling will grow you from brokenness to wholeness.

I think what you just said made me look at those scenarios differently.

God replaced all my junk with a beautiful light.

God's really been changing the way that I parent my children.

The most amazing thing is the sufficiency of his word.

This is Transform.

And now your host, Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Master's University

and certified biblical counselor, Dr. Greg Gifford.

Welcome back to Transform. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford. Welcome back to Transformed. My name is Dr. Greg Gifford.

We've been talking about relationship skills that help you strengthen any relationship.

Last episode, we talked about time together.

An investment in a relationship takes time.

So remember that all relationships, in order for them to grow, they require,

it's not a nice thing, it's not great if it can happen, but they require time together to

strengthen that relationship. So you are going to be the closest to the people you spend the most

time with. That brings many implications, especially for why you don't spend a lot of time with

unbelievers because you know you're going to grow closer to them and maybe even befriend an

unbeliever in ways that you should not. Rather, you're recognizing that that time together

is a key ingredient to strengthening relationships. Remember the types of relationships that we're wanting to invest in, peer-to-peer, Christ-centered relationships. I need some brothers in Christ that are like, hey, Greg, that's whack. I'm imagining that's what a brother in Christ might say. My brother in Christ would just be like, hey, not cool, man. Hey, be careful with that. That's what my friends would say. So I need those brothers in my

life. They don't see me as Dr. Gifford. They don't care what I've written or published. They see me

as Greg and they see me as a brother in Christ at church. I need those friends and you need those

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