is no establishment of counseling clinics in the New Testament—just the church. By design, God intended for the church to be the place where the greatest struggles and difficulties of life find their answers (Romans 15:14; Galatians 6:1). Theology is life. Pastors should counsel and train men and women in the church with theology so that they too can address serious soul problems (Ephesians 4:11-16). Counseling done under the authority of godly elders in a local church has credibility as well. There