Committed to Craftsmanship: In Biblical Counseling

by Jay E. Adams

God is concerned about how you preach, how you counsel, and how you serve Him in all aspects of your life. He does not countenance slipshod work. In the Scriptures, He has spoken explicitly about becoming proficient at what you do. Though He will do as He pleases, God has not promised to bless the efforts of those who desire simply to "get by."

In this book, Jay Adams looks at the whole matter of competent ministry and challenges every believer to honor God and please Him in his work. But what does please God? How can you become effective in His service? What help does He offer if you want to improve the quality of your service? In Committed to Craftsmanship, you will explore these and other related questions. This book is dedicated to all those who seek to grow and improve in their service to their Savior.

Genres: Counselling, School

102 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

Jay Edward Adams is a Reformed Christian author. He has written over 100 books and these have been published in sixteen languages.
He received a Bachelor of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Johns Hopkins University,a Masters in Sacred Theology from Temple University, and a PhD in Speech from the University of Missouri.
Adams' book Competent to Counsel launched the nouthetic counseling movement, a movement whose aim was to use strictly biblical counseling methods. He is the founder of the Intitute for Nothetic Studies.

Reviews

[Ryan Cummings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Certified Banger

[Joseph Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though a very large proportion are stuffs Adams has written in other books, on a whole it is a very encouraging book, with several hits that will make you reflect over your ministry (or even repent in front of our Lord!). Great for leaders in church.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent