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

Master the essentials of effective biblical counselingChrist-Centered Biblical Counseling is a comprehensive resource that will help you understand how to minister from God?s truth to change lives. With the cumulative wisdom of almost 40 contributors with exceptional credentials and experience, you?ll discover a valuable model for counseling that explains?The Why of Biblical CounselingWhy the Bible is sufficient and relevant for addressing every issue we faceWhy biblical counseling is so effective in helping people face life?s struggles in Christ?s strengthThe How of Biblical CounselingHow you can lead struggling, hurting people to the hope and strength available only in ChristHow to counsel in a way that is Christ-centered and God-glorifying Every chapter provides a wonderful blend of theological wisdom and practical expertise, and is written to be accessible to everyone who wishes to extend Christ?s love to others-pastors, church leaders, counseling practitioners, instructors, lay people, and students.  In this massively important new book?leading figures in the biblical counseling movement set forth a wealth of wisdom. We have needed this book for a long time.-Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling is warm, personal, gentle, always wanting to listen and know the person, confident in the Spirit?s working through the Word of Christ.-Dr. Ed Welch, CCEF faculty, author ofShame InterruptedAbout the AuthorBob Kellemen, ThM, PhD, is the executive director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition (www.biblicalcounselingcoalition.org), the executive director of the Association of Biblical Counselors? Center for Church Equipping, and the founder and CEO of RPM Ministries (www.rpmministries.org). Bob has pastored three churches and has chaired the MA in Christian Counseling and Discipleship department at Capital Bible Seminary for 17 years. Bob and his wife, Shirley (a kindergarten teacher), have been married for more than 30 years. They have two adult children, one daughter-in-law, and one granddaughter. Dr. Kellemen is the author of nine books, including Equipping Counselors for Your Church.Stephen Viars earned his DMin degree in biblical counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary and has served as a pastor and biblical counselor for more than 20 years at Faith Baptist Church and Faith Biblical Counseling Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana. He serves as the president of the board of the Biblical Counselors Coalition, the vice president of the board of National Association of Nouthetic Counselors, and is a frequent speaker at conferences, colleges, and seminaries in the United States and abroad.