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Introduction to Biblical Counseling

Authors: John MacArthur, Wayne Mack, & The Master's College Faculty

Summarized by Craig N. Johnson

Chapter 1: Rediscovering Biblical Counseling

Chapter 2: The English Puritans: A Historical Paradigm of Biblical Counseling

Chapter 3: Biblical Counseling in the Twentieth Century

Chapter 4: The Scriptures and Biblical Counseling

Chapter 5: Counseling and the Sinfulness of Humanity

Chapter 6: Union with Christ: The Implications for Biblical Counseling

Chapter 7: The Work of the Spirit and the Biblical Counselor

Chapter 8: Spiritual Discipline and the Biblical Counselor

Chapter 9: The Godward Focus of Biblical Counseling

Chapter 10: Developing a Helping Relationship with Counselees

Chapter 11: Instilling Hope in the Counselee

Chapter 12: Taking Counselee Inventory: Collecting Data

Chapter 13: Interpreting Counselee Data

Chapter 14: Providing Instruction through Biblical Counseling

Chapter 15: Biblical Counseling and Inducement

Chapter 16: Implementing Biblical Instruction

Chapter 17: Biblical Counseling and the Local Church

Chapter 18: Spirit-Giftedness and Biblical Counseling

Chapter 19: Preaching and Biblical Counseling

Chapter 20: Resources for Biblical Counselors

Chapter 21: Frequently Asked Questions About Biblical Counseling

This book introduces you to Nouthetic (Biblical) Counseling. The basis for purely biblical counsel (over against integrationism) is explained and defended, a methodology is described, and further resources are recommended.

Published: 1994, Word.

Pages: 385

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