2026: Rooted in Truth: 50 Years of Faithfulness (DRAFT)

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:

Breakout sessions

Biblical Counseling Diagrams and Visual Tools
Keith Evans - Counseling Conflict Diagrams and Visual Tools
Jim Newheiser - Using Counseling Cards
Ken Schultz - Discerning One’s Responsibility
John Street - Probing the Profession of Your Counselee's Faith in Christ
Jill Wamsley - Rooted Daily in Christ
Tim Keeter - The Harvest Chart-Galatians 6:7-9

Common Problems That People Face
Darrell Rose - Battling Uncontrolled Thoughts
Nicolas Ellen - How To Deal With The Past
Jacob Elwart - Redeeming Anger
Manuel Herrera - Fragmented Reality:Ministering Biblical Hope Amid Psychotic Experiences
Scott Mehl - Jesus’ Strategy for Replacing Anger and Lust
Brent Osterberg - Hope for Those Experiencing Intrusive Thoughts
Matthew Rehrer - Why Can't I Sleep?

History of ACBC
Howard Eyrich - Riding the Wave: Perspectives from a Second Generation Biblical Counselor
Charles Hodges - Robert Smith, M.D.: The Effect of One Physician on the Biblical Counseling Movement
Mark Mann - For the Love of God: The Motive and Objective in Biblical Counseling
Todd Sorrell - Contributions of John MacArthur to the Biblical Counseling Movement
Wayne Vanderwier - Why ACBC Certification Remains the “Gold Standard”
Marshall Adkins - The Influence of Cornelius van Til on Biblical Counseling
Deborah Dewart - Legal Issues Over the Years
Karen Haught - Mission Guardians: A Brief History of ACBC

Key Tenets of Biblical Counseling
Kyle Gangel - Union with Christ and Progressive Sanctification
Tim Pasma - Sufficiency: The Superiority of Revelation Over Observation
Sean Perron - What Homework Would Jesus Give?
Kevin Carson - The Supremacy of Christ
** Keith Evans - Elements and Circumstances: The Use of Extra Biblical Material in Counseling
Joshua Greiner - Informed Consent vs. Confidentiality: The Difference Between Biblical Counseling and Psychology
** Samuel Stephens - Hanging Shingles: Biblical Counseling as Church Ministry and not Professional Practice

Various

Amy Baker - Growing in Our Understanding of Emotions
Robert Jones - Four Core Biblical Counseling Truths in Psalm 119
Austin Collins - Common Grace and Scientific Claims
Donald Roy - Pointing to the Indicatives as Heart Motivation for the Imperatives

Common Problems That People Face
** Jenn Chen - Counseling Shame
Keith Christensen - How Should I Pray When I'm Anxious?
** Howard Eyrich - Neutralizing Bitterness
Nicole Heppner - Faithful Care in Fragile Seasons: Counseling Women through Complicated Pregnancies
Jim Koerber - Compassionate Care to the Psychologized Counselee

History of ACBC
** Rob Green - The Influence of a Local Church on the Biblical Counseling Movement

Key Tenets of Biblical Counseling
** Sybrand de Swardt - Distinguishing Biblical Counseling From Secular and Traditional Worldviews
**Adrian Martinez - Involvement and Integrity: Distinctives of the Biblical Counseling Relationship
Michael Mock - Plundering the Egyptians: Exposing a Faulty Argument for Integration
** Randy Patten - The Four Step Process of Biblical Change

Various
** Spencer Harmon - The Way Anxiety Works and How to Fight It
**Trevor Komatsu - How to Use the Bible Well: Overcoming 7 Common Mistakes Biblical Counselors Make
** Omri Miles - Now Hiring: How Professionalism Sabotages Biblical Counseling
Jonathan Okinaga - When the Well Runs Dry: Addressing Burnout in Counseling