Piper’s definition of biblical counseling from The Journal of Biblical Counseling, Winter 2002:
God-centered, Bible-saturated, emotionally-in-touch use of language to help people become God-besotted, Christ-exalting, joyfully self-forgetting lovers of people.
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Category Archives: Counseling
Piper on Biblical Counseling
The Church and Counseling
I just got the latest Journal of Biblical Counseling in the mail and am currently reading David Powlison’s articles addressing crucial questions of the chuch’s current practical theology of counseling. In particular he looks at the two major camps within Christian counseling - the integration camp and the biblical counseling camp. It is powerful and [...]
The Cross and Criticism
This article by rapper Curtis Allen has been circulating the blog and is a great example of humility in the face of criticism. In it Allen mentions this article by Alfred Poirier that is available here on the Peacemaker website. It is a great article that puts criticism in the right perspective - namely, in [...]
Victim or Sinner?
One of the greatest challenges in pastoral ministry, counseling, discipleship, or simply loving our neighbor is how to understand the relationship between our past experiences and our present behaviors and beliefs.
For example, how do you respond and help a friend who has experienced great sin done against them and their life is now marked with [...]
Addiction on HBO
Though definitely not from a Biblical perspective this 14-part documentary still looks very interesting. Check out the website for more info.
Every Christian a Counselor
For the past year I have been serving on staff at a Christian counseling center. It has been a joyful, challenging and stretching experience on so many different levels. I am deeply thankful for it all though. One of the reasons I am thankful for it is that I recognize more and more that life [...]
