1. Following the Ancient Paths:
Mapping the Intersection of
Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation

2. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

3. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

4. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

5. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

6. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

7. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

8. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

9. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

10. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

11. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

12. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

13. Need Some Directions?

14. Need Some Directions?

15. Sharing/Growing as Spiritual Friends
How might the typical secular psychologist
respond?
How might the typical Christian
counselor/psychologist respond?
How might the typical pastor respond?
How might the typical spiritual director
How might the typical lay spiritual friend

16. Mapping Our Spiritual Journey
How might Jesus respond?
How might “Church History” respond?
How might We respond?

17. Following the Ancient Paths
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is,
and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls” (Jeremiah 6:16a).

18. Searching for Buried Treasure:
The Forgotten Arts

19. Searching for Buried Treasure:
The Forgotten Arts
Pedersen: “Lack sufficient awareness”
Oden: “Without the historic voices”
Oates: “Start over from scratch”
Peterson: “Abandoned historic call”
Hiltner: “Lack identification with roots”
Butman: “Exists in a historical vacuum”
Clebsch/Jaekle: “Too readily adopted”

20. Finding Buried Treasure: Changeless Truth for Changing Times
Chesterton: “Democracy of the dead”
Lane: “Balance changing/changeless”
Edwards: “Reclaim spiritual friendship”
Oates: “Enter into durable fellowship”

21. Investing Buried Treasure: Soul Care and Spiritual Direction
Clebsch/Jaekle: “Grand tradition”
McNeil: “Soul Care/Spiritual Direction”
Didascalia Apostolorum: “SHRG”
Oden: “Historical consensus”
Lake: “Suffer/Sin, Deprivation/Depravity”
Clebsch/Jaekle: “Classic spiritual care”
Leech: “Standard definition”

22. Following the Ancient Paths:
Mapping the Intersection of
Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation

23. Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding
Our Treasure Map:
Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding
Sustaining: “Hurt”
Healing: “Hope”
Reconciling:
“Horrible/Wonderful”
Guiding: “Mature”

24. Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding
Our Treasure Map:
Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding

25. Soul Care: Sustaining Sufferology: “Evils We Have Suffered”
Sustaining—“It’s Normal to Hurt”
2 Corinthians 1:3-9—Sense the Soul’s
Earthly Story

26. Soul Care: Sustaining Empathy: Compassionate Commiseration
Shared Sorrow Is Endurable Sorrow

27. Soul Care: Sustaining Dual Listening: Listen to God’s Story While
You Listen to Your Friend’s Story.
We Have to Climb in the Casket with
Them.

28. Soul Care: Healing Healing—“It’s Possible to Hope”
2 Corinthians 1:9-11: God’s Eternal Story
Stretching the Soul to Great Things.
When Life Stinks, Our Perspective Shrinks.

30. Soul Care: Healing Help Your Spiritual Friend
Look at Life with Spiritual Eyes
Matthew 6:22-23
2 Kings 6:15-17
Trialogue
“Celebrate the Empty Tomb!”

32. Sharing and Growing As
Soul Care Givers
Share: Sustaining?
Share: Healing?

33. How might each of the following offer sustaining and healing to Carl?
Sharing and Growing As
Soul Care Givers
How might each of the following offer sustaining and healing to Carl?
Secular Psychologist?
Christian Counselor?
Pastor?
Spiritual Director?
Lay Spiritual Friend?

34. Sharing and Growing As
Soul Care Givers
How might Jesus sustain and heal Carl?
How might you sustain and heal Carl?
What Ideas? Illustrations? Suggestions?
What questions do you have?

35. Spiritual Direction: Reconciling
Sancticology: “The Sins We Have
Committed.”
Reconciling—“It’s Horrible to Sin.”
Puritans: Load the Conscience
with Guilt.

36. Spiritual Direction: Reconciling
Recognize the “Quadralog”: Matthew 4
Catch Them Red-handed: Hebrews 3, 10
Leave the Conviction to God: 2 Timothy
2:24-26

37. Spiritual Direction: Reconciling
“It’s Wonderful to Be Forgiven.”
Puritans: Lighten the
Conscience with Grace.
Dispensers of Grace.
Provide Tastes of Grace.
Pen Psalms of Home Coming:
Psalm 32, 51

38. Les Miserables

39. Spiritual Direction: Guiding
Guiding—“It’s Supernatural to Mature”
Envisioning Who They Are: Eph. 1-3;
2 Tim. 1:5-7
New Nurture: Reconciliation—Sons!
New Nature: Regeneration—Saints!

40. Spiritual Direction: Guiding
Universal Identity
Unique Identity

41. Spiritual Direction: Guiding
Empowering Them to Be All They Can Be:
Ephesians 4:17-24; 2 Timothy 1:8-18
Putting Off—Mortify
Putting On—Vivify

42. Spiritual Direction: Guiding
Equipping Them to Do All They Can Do:
Ephesians 4:11-16; 2 Timothy 2:1-10
Stir Up the Gift of God

43. Sharing and Growing As
Spiritual Directors
Share: Reconciling?
Share: Guiding?

44. How might each of the following offer reconciling and guiding to Carl?
Sharing and Growing As
Spiritual Directors
How might each of the following offer reconciling and guiding to Carl?
Secular Psychologist?
Christian Counselor?
Pastor?
Spiritual Director?
Lay Spiritual Friend?

45. Sharing and Growing As
Spiritual Directors
How might Jesus reconcile and guide Carl?
How might you reconcile and guide Carl?
What Ideas? Illustrations? Suggestions?
What questions do you have?

46. Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding
Our Treasure Map:
Sustaining, Healing, Reconciling, and Guiding

47. Follow the Ancient Paths: Sustain, Heal, Reconcile, Guide