Wise speech from Proverbs on this edition of Truth and Love.

I'm Dale Johnson and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors,

where we seek to provide biblical solutions to the problems that people face.

And this week I am thrilled to have with us Dr. Jim Neuheiser, who is a professor of biblical counseling

at Reform Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He's also the director of their Christian

counseling programs there in Charlotte as well.

He's married to his wife Caroline.

And Jim is a longtime ACBC certified member.

He's a fellow.

And he also serves on our board.

And I am so grateful to be working on a consistent basis with Dr. Neuheuser and the wisdom that he brings and the way in which he is a

wonderful sounding board to me on so many issues and I just really appreciate his wisdom.

And he really needs no introduction to our audience at ACBC.

He's been a teacher among us for quite some time.

And Jim, recently you did a breakout session at one of our annual

conferences on this topic, why speech from Proverbs, the beauty of words and the way in which

God, by revelation, has given us words in language and communication and how we are to utilize

those words. And one of the things you talk

about is the beauty of a theology of words. Help our listeners to understand what you mean by

a theology of words. Many years ago, Paul Tripp wrote a book called War of Words. And I was really

impressed by the fact he begins, in terms

of the fact the Bible begins with God speaking. He speaks the world and everything in it

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