Master the essentials of effective biblical counseling
Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling is a comprehensive resource that will help you understand how to minister from God's truth to change lives. With the cumulative wisdom of almost 40 contributors with exceptional credentials and experience, you'll discover a valuable model for counseling that explains…
The Why of Biblical Counseling
• Why the Bible is sufficient and relevant for addressing every issue we face
• Why biblical counseling is so effective in helping people face life's struggles in Christ's strengthThe How of Biblical Counseling
• How you can lead struggling, hurting people to the hope and strength available only in Christ
• How to counsel in a way that is Christ-centered and God-glorifying Every chapter provides a wonderful blend of theological wisdom and practical expertise, and is written to be accessible to everyone who wishes to extend Christ's love to others-pastors, church leaders, counseling practitioners, instructors, lay people, and students.
In this massively important new book…leading figures in the biblical counseling movement set forth a wealth of wisdom. We have needed this book for a long time.
-Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling is warm, personal, gentle, always wanting to listen and know the person, confident in the Spirit's working through the Word of Christ.
-Dr. Ed Welch, CCEF faculty, author of Shame Interrupted With a remarkable group of almost 40 respected contributors, Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling equips God's people to understand how to change lives with Christ's unchanging truth. This book increases people's confidence in the sufficiency and relevancy of God's Word to address real-life issues in any counseling situation. Bob Kellemen, ThM, PhD, is the executive director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition and the founder and CEO of RPM Ministries. Bob has pastored for over a dozen years and now serves as chair of the MA in Christian Counseling and Discipleship department at Capital Bible Seminary (Maryland). He is the author of 16 books, including Equipping Counselors for Your Church.
Stephen Viars, DMin, has served as the senior pastor of Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana, for more than 30 years, where in addition to his teaching ministry, he oversees Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries. He is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide and abroad, and the author of Putting Your Past in Its Place.
