What Distinguishes Biblical Counseling from other Methods?
By David Powlison | 2.26.2010
What are the differences between biblical counseling and various other approaches to counseling that are popular in the church?
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Praying Beyond Health Concerns
By David Powlison | 2.26.2010
How can pastors encourage their church members to pray beyond the sick list? The question has a simple answer, but one that may take time: members will begin to pray beyond the sick list when their pastors know how.
The Problem
This process sounds simple, but it must not be. Many pastoral prayers don’t go beyond the sick list. And even these prayers are not very pointed or intelligent. Instead, they sound uncannily like a nursing report at the local hospital’s shift change:Read more >
Looking at the Past and Present of Counseling
The following is an interview with David Powlison
LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING
9Marks: Are there significant points of commonality between biblical counseling in the past, such as the Puritan approach, and proper biblical counseling today?
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The Therapeutic Gospel
What may be the most famous chapter in all of western literature portrays the appeal of a "therapeutic gospel."
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