“But as for you, continue in what you learned and have firmly believed...the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

2 Timothy 3:14-17

“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.”

2 Peter 1:3-4 

The preceding verses capture well Audubon's vision for Member Care & Counseling. We not only believe that the Word of God is authoritative, inherent, and infallible; moreover, we believe it is sufficient for "all things that pertain to life and godliness." We believe the Word of God is necessary for salvation and sanctification; it is able to make humans truly complete. Therefore, we believe God's Word is indispensable to counseling the human heart. 
What is biblical counseling?

Counseling is about a person—and not primarily the person sitting in front of a counselor. It’s about Christ. The core of biblical counseling, in fact, is the conviction that the whole of a person’s life—his/her thoughts, feelings, behavior, circumstances—has to do with Christ. Therefore, in simple overview, counseling is not primarily about the conveyance of new information or strategies for health. It is about people, both profoundly sinful and genuinely hurting, meeting Christ and being changed by him through His Word. It is about establishing fruitful disciples (John 15:8), imitators of God (Ephesians 5:1), those matured in Christ (Colossians 1:28) by introducing people to the living God through careful consideration of how His Word calls their hearts to faith in His promises and obedience to His will in the context of their present circumstances.

Biblical counseling sees all of life as occurring before God and therefore having to do with the gospel. God himself, the Ruler of all circumstances, does not give inappropriate answers to real life. All of life is His. In our suffering, confusion, and sin, He grants to those of us who humbly seek Him the vision to see any circumstance, no matter how horrible, according to His redemptive purposes, for His glory and our good. This is how there is no disconnect between God and life. As we help people, including help in the form of counseling, we guide them to the God whose gracious purpose in their difficulty is far better than they could ever imagine on their own. Their troubles are real, and so is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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