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     On this website we provide an overview of the salvation-based, biblically-derived Faith Therapy methodology, a bookstore with links to the best Christian counseling resources, biblical answers by topic for many of life's difficult problems, a comprehensive video counseling training curriculum, an invitation to joins us in our mission out reaches, and links to the Word of Life Counseling Training Institute website where we offer free video training courses, low cost certifications, and College Degrees in Christian counseling.    

Understanding Faith Therapy

Faith Therapy is a new methodology for in-depth Christian Counseling and life coaching derived directly from the Bible and based on the process of salvation by faith. God's method of salvation works! It is our job as counselors and life coaches to assist the Holy Spirit, the chief counselor, by removing the roadblocks to the process of salvation in order to help God's people achieve the wonderful, fulfilled life that God intended them to have.  Please watch the slide show and videos below on the many aspects of Faith Therapy.

  • God created the universe by His Word through faith.
  • Sin came into the world when we chose to be our own God and meet our own needs without relying on God.
  • Jesus Christ endured the cross that we might be saved, healed and made whole through faith.
  • Justification and peace with God comes through faith in what Jesus did in our place on the cross.
  • Faith therapy was derived from and revealed by God from the Word of God.
  • Faith Therapy is based on understanding the process of Salvation by faith.
  • Faith Therapy overcomes the obstacles that hinder the process of salvation through counseling.
  • Faith Therapy overcomes selfishness by trusting God to meet all the client's needs.
  • Faith Therapy teaches the client to clearly hear and follow the still small voice of God's Spirit.
  • Faith Therapy confronts the lies the client believes with the truth of God.
  • Faith Therapy helps the client confront his fears through faith in the power of God.
  • Faith Therapy uses the Spirit to overcome the problems caused by the flesh.
  • Faith Therapy conquers addictions by relying on God to break the power of the addiction.
  • Faith Therapy used boundaries to stop abuse and overcome codependency.
  • Faith Thearpy overcomes failures by encouraging and valuing the client as God does.
  • Faith Therapy teaches the client to forgive by turning the situation over to God.
  • Faith Therapy helps calm the storms of life through knowing God's unmerited favor.
  • Faith Therapy builds Christian maturity through Peter's 8 steps for spiritual growth.
  • Faith Therapy helps the client die to self so God can manifest His life through him.
  • Faith Therapy helps the client learn to love everyone as he has been loved by God.
  • Finally Faith Therapy helps transform the client more and more into the image of Jesus Christ.

The Need for In-depth Bible-based Counseling

     The numbers of dysfunctional and emotionally hurting people in our society and churches with complex and difficult problems are rapidly increasing. The church today desperately needs Bible-based resources to meet these needs, in-depth biblical answers for these complex problems, and Christian counseling training easily available to everyone. 

 

The Statistics of Tragedy in Our Society are Increasing

The statistics of tragedy, dysfunction and emotional trauma within our society began to increase significantly around 1950 and reached epidemic proportions in the 1980s. The trend has continued since that time. Currently, over one-half of our marriages are ending in divorce. One-half of those who are married are reported to have had at least one affair. One-third of the women in America have been sexually abused and one-sixth have suffered incest. Domestic violence occurs repeatedly in at least 25 per cent of our homes and at least once in two-thirds of marriages. Approximately 20 per cent of men abuse alcohol, 10 per cent are dependent on it and 6 per cent use illicit drugs. Even though most of us would like to believe that these statistics do not apply in our churches, studies have indicated that there is little difference concerning psychological and abuse problems within Christian churches in comparison to the United States' society as a whole.

 

A national survey of pastors conducted by the Task Force on the Family for the National Association of Evangelicals as early as 1984 concluded by saying that the "problems of today's Christian families compared to those of non-Christian families are more similar than different." The Barna Research Group in Ventura, California reported that the number of persons divorced among evangelical Christians, especially Baptists and non-denominationals, exceeded those of agnostics and atheists, and of our society as a whole. Six to seven percent of Christians are problem drinkers or alcoholics. Battered spouses and children seemed to be more prevalent inside than outside the church. Sexual abuse was estimated to be at least as high in Christian as non-Christian homes. In fact, both incest and physical abuse have been more highly associated with those holding religious values than those who do not. Archibald Hart, in his book, The Sexual Man, reported that approximately 12 to 30 percent of ministers have had some inappropriate sexual contact while in the ministry.

 

Some churches seem to be in denial of these facts and have even challenged the need for counseling within the church at all. Many other churches have taken the approach that if preaching, repentance and spiritual warfare are not enough, it is the person's fault because the person lacks faith or is not willing to be helped. We, as pastors, have to admit that many times we have given shallow and simplistic advice for complex problems that we did not fully understand, with meager results.  

 

For many Christians the statistics that I have cited concerning the problems within the church seem almost unbelievable. This is because the modern church has a long history of attempting to deny, hide, or refer rather than admit these problems and effectively deal with them. We have attempted superficial solutions by giving shallow advice and commanding repentance. Although most pastors have a good general understanding of Bible principles, they lack a deeper understanding of how to address most of the more difficult psychological, addiction, and abuse problems. The survey of pastors cited above went on to say that pastors as a whole lack sufficient training to meet these challenges effectively. As an example, pastors in most fundamental churches have a notoriously bad record of sending battered women back into abusive relationships without help. With the lack of comprehensive biblical answers, it is not surprising that the most usual response of a pastor facing problems like abuse or addictions is to refer them to an "expert" outside of the church.

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    All of our books Faith Therapy, Transformation, Revelations and Principles for Life are now available on our bookstore direct sales page.

 

     You can now obtain eight of the sound tracks of our counseling courses pre-loaded on a RCA MP3 player for $1 per class ($80.00) on our bookstore flash drive page.

On this new updated website: On our Answers by Topic pages all of our videos can now be more easily viewed directly on this website on individual video screens without bandwidth problems. You can now obtain our video and audio files on a flash drive or download the counseling certification courses as audio MP3s. Our bookstore now offers direct links to buy books from Amazon.com at signifcicantly lower prices. Finally, you now have a opportunity to partner with us by donating to make this material freely available on the missions field even where adequate Internet connectivity is not available.

From a Curriculum User

At Life Christian University, we firmly believe that Jesus is the answer to every problem of life. Because of this, we have chosen Dr. Troy Reiner’s “Faith Therapy” program as the basis of our counseling program. His books are wonderful! They carefully lay a biblical foundation for complete recovery for every believer. Taking the truth that salvation works, he trains Christian counselors to help individuals remove the blockages in their minds and hearts that prevent them from experiencing the fullness of what Jesus purchased for them on the cross. Feedback from both our students and our faculty has been overwhelmingly positive. I heartily recommend these books! Dr. LeAnna Eldridge

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