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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 253.5 EAN: 9780310511816 ISBN: 031051181X Label: Zondervan Manufacturer: Zondervan Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: July 27, 1986 Publisher: Zondervan Studio: Zondervan Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Change is the essential goal of the counseling process, as the author reminds us. This book provides us with an explanation of the idea that "substantial change requires the alteration of the heart." Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nouthetic vs. Integrational methodsJay Adams maintains that Scripture is the only thing necessary in counseling, insisting that psychology has no place in counseling and that "...the counselor must neither add to nor subtract from God's Word, but offer those needing help `the whole counsel of God,' which Paul declared `beneficial' to the church (Acts 20:20, 27) (Adams, 1986, p. 46)." Basing his approach on 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Adams' Four Step Biblical Process includes teaching, conviction, correction, and disciplined training ... Read More Rating:  - Counseling God's WayI was looking for a book that would help teach me how to better use the Bible in counseling and I found it in this Jay Adams book. He does a marvelous job in showing that the Bible is totally sufficient in correctly identifying and labeling our problems as well as fixing our lives. The outline of the book can be found in 2 Timothy 3:14-16 where it deals first with the Bible's total sufficiency in giving a person wisdom for salvation. Jay then shows, as the Apostle Paul did, that the Bible is ... Read More Rating: - Purely Biblical Approach To CounselingThe four-step biblical process that Adams (1986) puts forth is based on sound interpretations of the Scriptures. His views are distinctively biblical and are likely to be best applied by clergy in the discharge of pastoral counseling duties. Adams four-step model of biblical counseling is troubling for some - refreshing for others. The modern landscape of biblical counseling is filled a wide diversity of opinion in regard to the usage and integration of secular psychological principals ... Read More Rating:  - Nicely doneI appreciate all of Jay Adams' work and this book is excellent as well. Rating: - Indespensible for the Biblical CounselorJay E. Adams has done it again. He is right on point. Change is necessary and Adams truly shows you how to assist in that effort. Necessary reading and using for the Biblical Counselor and any one who cares about God's people. 
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