In this Association of Biblical Counselors author interview Q & A, we connected with Bob Kellemen to learn more about his newest book, Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives.
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Note: Developed from Spiritual Friends. Spiritual Friends is part of the ABC’s biblical counseling curriculum and the ABC’s certification process. In Spiritual Friends you learn how to develop twenty-two biblical counseling relational competencies. This is the fifth in a ten-part ABC series. In this blog series, we’re learning five biblical counseling and one-another skills by using the acronym GRACE.
When our friend is hurting or struggling in life, how do we listen biblically? We can use the acrostic LISTEN to remind ourselves of basic components of competent biblical listening. L Loving Motivation: Proverbs 21:13 I Intimate Concern: Galatians 6:1-3; Colossians 4:6; James 3:17-18 S Slow to Speak: Proverbs 18:13; James 1:19 T Timing: Proverbs 15:23; 25:11
In January of each new year, I craft my list of the most important biblical counseling books published the previous year. They may be books about biblical counseling, or by biblical counselors, or they may be books that serve as important resources for biblical counselors. I list them in alphabetical order…the first ten today, and the second ten in my next post.
Note: You’re reading Part One in a blog mini-series on The Law and Church Counseling. I’m summarizing this series from material in chapter twelve of Equipping Counselors for Your Church. To learn more about the book, visit Equipping Counselors (embed link http://bit.ly/EC4YC4E). The Elephant in the Room When I discuss legal and ethical issues in my seminars on Equipping Counselors for Your Church, I show a PowerPoint slide with a picture of an elephant in a living room. No one likes to talk about ethical and legal concerns in church counseling. They are often the unspoken elephants in the room that motivate church leaders to squelch biblical counseling ministries.
The Big Idea: Learn how to help others to receive the wonders of Christ’s forgiveness. (Excerpted from Spiritual Friends.) Grace Dispensers When a brother or sister repents of sinful patterns of the heart, we need to become dispensers of Christ’s grace who communicate “it’s wonderful to be forgiven." Three categories summarize the types of gospel
Yesterday in the car I was listening to a Christian radio station (Moody Radio out of
A church member knocks on her pastor’s door early Monday morning. She’s in tears over her teenage son’s suicide attempt. Her pastor greets her with a loving, gentle welcome, ushers her into his office, and opens in prayer. Together they’re ready to engage in the art of arts: spiritual friendship.
The List, Part Two In January of each new year, I craft my list of the most important biblical counseling books published the previous year. They may be books about biblical counseling, or by biblical counselors, or they may be books that serve as important resources for biblical counselors.
Listening carefully to people’s words is biblical, not secular. Listen to what God’s Word teaches about listening to human words: Words Are Powerful Words Are Meaningful Words Convey Soul Messages Words Are Worthy of Soulful Attentiveness Words Reflect One of Two Life Interpretations