““Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be RESOLUTE...””
What is Biblical Counseling?
We know the Bible isn’t simply a how-to book or a recipe book for happiness. We believe that the Bible ultimately points us to a person and a relationship – Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. We believe that real change comes when people learn to see themselves and their problems in the context of a living, vital relationship with Christ.
This does not mean that you must be a Christian to benefit from our counseling. Although we believe that deep and lasting change is brought about only by God himself, the Bible is never brought to bear in an artificial or heavy-handed way.
Meet Eric Atherton
Eric began his ministry career at the age of 19 and earned his ordination from Global University. Eric has over 20 years of full-time ministry experience in California, Montana, and Texas with adolescents, couples who are dating, engaged, or married and adults in all stages of life. While in full-time ministry, Eric earned a degree in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University. Eric is a certified SYMBIS (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) facilitator for premarital counseling. He is also an authorized partner and certified trainer with Everything DiSC®.
Eric and his wife and 2 sons, moved to McKinney, Texas in 2015 when he became the Vice-President of Future-Sync International, an Organizational Development firm specializing in Executive Coaching. Eric returned to ministry in McKinney at a local church. Upon his return to ministry, Eric discovered his true passion: pastoral care, counseling, and coaching. Eric decided to mesh his talents, experience, and passions and establish his own biblical counseling office, ResoluteBC.
Meet sam deford
Sam is a pastor, biblical counselor, and spiritual formation leader bringing nearly two decades of ministry experience to Resolute BC. He earned a degree in Biblical Studies from Southwestern AG University and is currently completing his Master of Divinity at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Sam was one of three founding pastors of a church plant launched in 2010 in McKinney TX, where he spent over twelve years helping shape the church’s vision, spiritual formation, and discipleship culture.
Throughout his years in pastoral ministry, Sam encountered the deep and complex needs of individuals navigating spiritual, emotional, and relational challenges. This experience led him to recognize the vital role of biblical counseling in the life of the Church—a form of soul care that speaks to the whole person. Out of this conviction, Sam has stepped more intentionally into the counseling arm of pastoral ministry, combining theology, spiritual formation, and emotional health into his work with individuals and families.
Sam lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with his wife, Audrey, and their five young children—Flora, Freya, Winifred, Whitaker, and Ira. In the middle of raising kids, Sam continues to pastor, counsel, write songs and sermons, and invest deeply in the life of the local church. Sam speaks with a pastoral heart and a deep desire to see men formed in the love of Christ.
““The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.””