Counsel With Confidence is a book to guide counselors and church leaders in being well informed and to help them bring about heart-based change in the lives of the people they counsel, through the right application of Scripture.
This book will be an invaluable resource when seeking to counsel others. I expect it will often be nearby. I enjoyed reading Part I which contained excellent principles for counseling. I then skimmed the remainder of the book which contains topic-by-topic suggestions for counseling in various areas. This is a fantastic summary of many of the basic tenets of biblical counseling. 4.5 stars!
Joel James is always enjoyable and accessible. Doesn’t suffer from the overly polemical approach of many biblical counseling works. Points to more thorough resources to help you develop your thinking further.