Comments on: Should I be NANC Certified? http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/13/should-i-be-nanc-certified/ People Seeking Solutions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1-beta1 hourly 1 By: Janie-sue Wertheim http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/13/should-i-be-nanc-certified/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Janie-sue Wertheim Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:15:39 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=7861#comment-1022 I really appreciated this post very much--There are a lot of folks doing God-centered, Messiah exalting Biblical counseling and I think that at the end of the day, making sure that we are honoring Y'shua (Jesus) as Lord has to be the main thing. It is too easy to make doing for God more important than it should be. I am praying about taking further Biblical counseling training, and know that God will make it clear to me what to do and where to do it. I so appreciate these posts and all I'm learning. Thanks for serving us in this way! I really appreciated this post very much–There are a lot of folks doing God-centered, Messiah exalting Biblical counseling and I think that at the end of the day, making sure that we are honoring Y’shua (Jesus) as Lord has to be the main thing. It is too easy to make doing for God more important than it should be. I am praying about taking further Biblical counseling training, and know that God will make it clear to me what to do and where to do it. I so appreciate these posts and all I’m learning. Thanks for serving us in this way!

]]> By: Phil Hopper http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/13/should-i-be-nanc-certified/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Phil Hopper Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:34:15 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=7861#comment-981 I pray regularly that if I'm pursuing NANC certification or a degree in biblical counseling for prideful reasons God will let me know and correct the problem. Like other ministry opportunities, desiring to help people become more like Christ is a good thing that can become a "god" thing, which is a bad thing (to borrow a line from Mark Driscoll). Paul has helped a lot of people become more like Christ, and he wasn't NANC certified. The church survived 1900+ years without psychologists or NANC certified counselors. I pray regularly that if I’m pursuing NANC certification or a degree in biblical counseling for prideful reasons God will let me know and correct the problem. Like other ministry opportunities, desiring to help people become more like Christ is a good thing that can become a “god” thing, which is a bad thing (to borrow a line from Mark Driscoll).

Paul has helped a lot of people become more like Christ, and he wasn’t NANC certified. The church survived 1900+ years without psychologists or NANC certified counselors.

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