2025: Ancient Paths: Soul Care in Past Places

This item includes audio of all sessions and video (where applicable) from the 2025 ACBC Annual Conference: Ancient Paths for streaming and downloading.

Session titles below:

Plenary 1 - Dale Johnson - The Great Business of Keeping the Heart
Plenary 2 - Keith Evans - Tricks of the Tempter
Plenary 3 - Joel Beeke - The Puritans on Conscience
Plenary 4 - Sinclair Ferguson - The Famous Case of the Catechizing Counselor
Plenary 5 - Stephen Yuille - Wisdom from Watson-What Thomas Watson Would Say to Biblical Counselors if He Were Alive Today
Plenary 6 - Sinclair Ferguson - The Surprising Case of the Theologian-Counselor
Plenary 7 - Keith Palmer - Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver-The Biblical Counseling Ministry of John Newton

Breakout sessions
1-1 Timothy Pasma - Trauma Counseling & Emotional Abuse
1-2 Ernie Baker - Isaiah 61 1-2a –The Mission of the Messiah and Giving Hope
1-3 Jim Newheiser - Counseling Procrastinators
1-4 Jim Newcomer-The Silent Sufferer
1-5 Joshua Greiner - Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
1-6 Cheryl Bell - Thomas Watson and All Things for Good
1-7 Lee Edmonds-Senses are not the problem
1-8 Chris Chumita-The Sinfulness of Sin-Ralph Venning
1-9 Joel Beeke-Puritan Casuistry
1-10 Matthew Rehrer - A Biblical View of Memory in PTSD
1-11 Rick Thomas-A Practical Plan to Break Free from Being Controlled by Others
1-12 Jim Fain - What's Wrong with Living by Emotions
1-13 Marco Bartholomae - Sensuality and Sanctification--Confronting the Flesh with Biblical Truth
1-14 John St. Pierre-Dealing With Those Who Disagree - Lessons from Romans 14
1-15 Garrett Higbee-Ancient Practice in a New Paradigm
1-16 Julie Ganschow-Debunking The Adverse Childhood Questionnaire (ACE)
1-17 Nathan Currey-Westminster Confession in Counseling
1-18 Keith Evans - Counseling Toward Commitment From Philemon
2-1 Stuart Scott - Helping the Counselee with Biblical Decision Making
2-2 Josh Weidmann-Is Anxiety a Sin and How Do We Address It Correctly?
2-3 Aaron Brewster-The Four Soils and the Homework Assignments They Need Most
2-4 Terry Enns - The Counselee’s Hope from Psalm 121
2-5 Jim Koerber-The Gospel Knows No Boundaries
2-6 Joshua Greiner - Theological Contradictions of Integration
2-7 Karen Haught-Nouthetic Inisights from Ichabod Spencer - “The Bunyan of Brooklyn”
2-9 Ernie Baker - Is Clinically Informed Biblical Counseling the Third Generation of BC
2-10 Sinclair Ferguson-The Famous Case of the Catechizing Counselor
2-11 Jim Newcomer-Staring Down the Fear of Man
2-12 Venessa Ellen-The Pull of the Flesh--Addressing Sensuality and Sexual Purity in Biblical Counseling
2-13 Scott Mehl - Understanding the Conscience through Learning from the Legacy of William Perkins
2-14 Keith Palmer - Decades of Care--John Newton's Counsel to William Cowper
2-15 Bryan Gaines-Preventing and Purging Sexual Sin
2-16 Keith Evans - Fasting through Starving our Desires as a Counseling Discipline
2-17 Andrew Rogers - The Sensualism of Gossip
2-18 Adam Tyson - Should Your Conscience be Your Guide
3-1 Robert Jones - A Biblical Approach to Priorities and Time Management
3-2 Joel Beeke-Puritans Counseling the Spiritually Depressed
3-3 J. Stephen Yuille - The Duty of Self-Denial through Pastoral Insight from Thomas Watson
3-4 Jonathan Okinaga-From Sin to Disease - Reclaiming Biblical Discernment in Addressing Addiction
3-5 Francine Tan - Do You Need to be Trauma Informed
3-6 Glenn Dunn - Laying Aside Laziness
3-7 Edward Wilde - Is Informed Therapy Even Legal
3-8 Joel Wood-Five for All - William Perkins and Common Grace
3-9 Aaron Brewster-Counseling Children Exposed to Sexual Sin
3-10 Mark Shaw-How Trauma-Informed Counseling Undermines A Biblical Approach to Idolatrous Addiction
3-11 Keith Palmer - Mysticism in Biblical Counseling
3-12 Jonathan Moorhead-Setting the Trajectory of Counseling in the 1st Session--1 Corinthians 10 31
3-13 Caroline Newheiser - A Positive View of God's Gift of Pleasure
3-14 Scott Mehl - Biblical Principles for Sex in Marriage
3-15 Adam Tyson-How to Talk to Teenagers about Sex
3-16 Tim Keeter - Counseling Truths from Thomas Boston's 'The Crook in the Lot'
3-18 Ryan Trzeciak-In-Law Relationships - Marriage Comes with Extra Family
4-1 Robert Jones - Thinking Biblically About Abuse through a Conceptual Model for Biblical Counselors
4-2 Jacob Elwart - Teaching Counselees How to Apply Truth from the Scripture
4-3 John Street-Taking Biblical Texts Out of Context in Counseling
4-4 Eric Abisror-Biblical Theology, Trauma, and the Body
4-5 Sybrand de Swardt-Thinking and Emotions According to Baxter
4-6 Terry Enns - What Can We--Eat Guiding Counselees Through Questions and Answers About Liberty
4-7 Sam Stephens-How to Become a Certified Training Center
4-8 Abby Crawford-How to Become ACBC Certified
4-9 Bryan Gaines - Counseling Themes from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
4-10 Zondra Scott-The Role and Method of Renewing Thoughts Biblically - Philippians 4 4-9
4-11 Kyle Gangel - The ‘Dysregulated’ Nervous System and A Biblical Evaluation of Polyvagal Theory
4-12 Kevin Carson - The foundation for the Counseling Session and Homework
4-13 Logan Williams-John Owen’s Mortification and Modern Biblical Counselors
4-14 Jim Newheiser - Overcoming Food and Body Idolatry
4-15 Joel Wood - The Counselor's Counselors - Counseling from the Book of Job
4-16 Martha Peace-Intimacy - What is Sinful and What is Not
4-17 Todd Sorrell-Counseling Hoarders and Those Who Love Them
4-18 Marshall Adkins - A Presuppositional Approach - The Influence of Cornelius Van Til on David Powlison
BO Bonus - Cheryl Bell - Grounding Therapy--A Temporary Panacea that Neglects the Soul
BO Bonus - Brad Brandt - The Importance of Prayer in Counseling
BO Bonus - Michael Burgos - Using it Lawfully--The First Use of the Law in Biblical Counseling
BO Bonus - Shelbi Cullen - Battling Bitterness--Exposition from Ephesians 4:31-32
BO Bonus - Daniel Dionne - Biblical Counseling and The Body
BO Bonus - Jacob Elwart - Cultivating Christian Contentment for Troubling Times
BO Bonus - Keith Evans - Puritan Demonology and Biblical Counseling
BO Bonus - Spencer Harmon - Helping Indecisive People
BO Bonus - Omri Miles - Grounded in the Text
BO Bonus - Matt Mumma - War of Words - Communication Principles from James
BO Bonus - Jim Newheiser - Two reformers - Jay Adams and Martin Luther
BO Bonus - Caroline Newheiser - What to Do When Your Counselee Lacks Discernment
BO Bonus - Jeremy Pray - Common Mistakes When Helping Others Overcome Sensuality
BO Bonus - Brian Sayers - Manipulation - Defining, Discerning, and Responding Biblically
BO Bonus - John St. Pierre - Three Roots of Sensual Sin
BO Bonus - Rush Witt - Bearing One Another’s Burdens--Counseling Principles from Galatians 6 1-5
BO Bonus - Jim Fain - Counseling Thoughts and Insights from 1 Peter 5