Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling: Changing Lives with God's Changeless Truth

by Robert W. Kellemen (Editor), Stephen Viars (Editor)

"With a remarkable group of almost 40 respected contributors, Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling equips God's people to understand how to change lives with Christ's unchanging truth. This book increases people's confidence in the sufficiency and relevancy of God's Word to address real-life issues in any counseling situation"--

480 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2020

About the author

My passion is to write, speak, and consult on Christ-centered comprehensive, compassioante, culturally-informed biblical counseling and spiritual formation that changes lives with Christ's changeless truth

My web site is: www.rpmministries.org

I have authored:

Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direciton

Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction

Spiritual Friends: A Methodology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction

Sacred Friendships: Celebrating the Legacy of Women Heroes of the Faith

My wife, Shirley, and I have been married for 28 years. We have a married son, Josh (to Andi), and a young adult daughter, Marie, who is a college Senior.

Reviews

[Aurelia Mast-glick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me start by saying I have not finished this book yet, but decided to write a review before I was done with it. What I have read so far I have thoroughly enjoyed, but it is a book to read slowly and yet continuously to be able to follow the theme through the book.
While I am not a counselor, I enjoy reading and learning what I can about Biblical counseling because I believe it enables me to be a better friend and mentor to those that God places in my life. This book gives the baseline or the foundation on which to build off of for counseling people. I so appreciate the emphasis on the Bible when counseling.
"Biblical counseling is God-centered, Bible-saturated, emotionally-in-touch use of language to help people become God-besotted, Christ-exalting, joyfully self-forgetting loves of people." - John Piper -
The book is written by multiple people on various facets of Biblical counseling and I believe gives a well-rounded view of what Biblical counseling is. I look forward to finishing the book and learning more, but I would highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to learn more about helping people.
I received this book from Harvest House via NetGalley and was not required to write a posiitve review. All opinions expressed are my own.

[Anni Welborne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so glad to see this book published because it is a great summary and “bird’s eye view” of just how different Biblical counseling is from commonly accepted counseling.

This book confidently explains why the Bible is our only infallible source of truth, completely sufficient for every trouble we have. The contributors have an absolutely firm stand on how Jesus’s behavior is to be our example in all things. I never understood how the entire Bible was exemplified in Jesus’s life until I listened to these teachers. My life is definitely not the same as when I first walked into that church almost 30 years ago.

One thing I really like about the Biblical counseling movement is that it emphasizes that one must first counsel oneself before attempting to counsel others. This book is a great starting point for everyone who wishes to truly apply the example of Jesus to his or her own life and learn how the entire Bible is sufficient for every need.

I gratefully received an ARC from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.

[Tammy Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

As David Powlison writes in the Foreward, the book is like a "scale-model" of biblical counseling. Part 1 lays the groundwork for the discipline, explaining the theological underpinnings. Part 2 provides a practical methodology. This compilation of articles by well-regarded scholars, theologians, and biblical counselors, including John Piper, Deepak Reju, Mark Dever, and Elyse Fitzpatrick, distinguishes biblical counseling from other counseling models while showing how the Bible speaks to the practical issues of life.

The text is useful not only for biblical counselors but also for ministry leaders, as well as the lay individual who seeks to understand how God's Word applies to daily living. Indexes organized by topic, scripture, and author contribute to the practicality of this resource.

I received an e-copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review.