Gospel-centered counseling
Subtitle: how Christ changes lives
By: Robert W. Kellemen ; foreword by Deepak Reju
Series: Equipping biblical counselors series
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780310516132
Copyright date: 2014
Description: Everyone talks about the personal ministry of the Word, but how do we make one-another ministry truly biblical? Gospel-Centered Counseling equips readers to change lives with Christ's changeless truth. It does so by examining life's seven ultimate questions and then guiding readers on a journey that explores the biblical, gospel-centered narrative of: •The Word: “What is truth?” “Where can I find answers?” •The Trinity: “Who is God?” “Can I know Him personally?” •Creation: “Who am I?” “What makes people tick?” •Fall: “What went wrong?” “Why do we do the things we do?” •Redemption: “Can I change?” “How do people change?” •Glorification: “Where am I headed?” “How does our future destiny impact our present reality?” •Sanctification: “How can I help?” “How can I change lives?" Bob Kellemen builds on the foundation of the written Word and provides a gospel-centered resource for understanding people, diagnosing problems, and prescribing biblically-based solutions. Gospel-Centered Counseling is the first volume in The Equipping Christian Counselors Series, a comprehensive relational training curriculum for the local church that provides a model for equipping God's people to change lives with Christ's changeless truth. This two-volume series weaves together comprehensive biblical insight with compassionate Christian engagement.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Changing lives with Christ's changeless gospel truth; title: Mining the richness of God's word : God's treasures of wisdom; title: Discovering wisdom for life in a broken world : our treasure hunt for wisdom; title: Knowing the creator of the soul : our great soul physician; title: Recognizing the most important fact about us : our view of God; title: Engaging the battle for our soul : our spiritual warfare in spiritual friendship; title: Examining the spiritual anatomy of the soul : our view of people; title: Journeying into the heart ; our role as soul physicians and biblical cardiologists; title: Exploring serpentine seduction to sin : our spiritual adultery; title: Diagnosing the fallen condition of the soul : our fallen heart; title: Applying the gospel to suffering : our gospel-centered self-counsel; title: Prescribing God's cure for the soul : Part 1 : Our new nurture; title: Prescribing God's cure for the soul : Part 2 : Our new nature; title: Finding a place to belong and become : our growth in grace is a community journey; title: Remembering the future : our eternal perspective; title: Dispensing grace : our gospel-centered growth in grace; title: Putting off and putting on : God's heart change model of progressive sanctification; title: Conclusion : Living life empowered by Christ's changeless gospel truth