Competent to Counsel

by Jay E. Adams

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 1970

Overview

A classic in the field of Christian counseling, Competent to Counsel has helped thousands of pastors, students, laypersons, and Christian counselors develop both a general approach to Christian counseling and a specific response to particular problems. Using biblically directed discussion, nouthetic counseling works by means of the Holy Spirit to bring about change in the personality and behavior of the counselee. As Dr. Jay Adams points out in his introduction, "I have been engrossed in the project of developing biblical counseling and have uncovered what I consider to be a number of important scriptural principles . . . There have been dramatic results . . . Not only have people's immediate problems been resolved, but there have also been solutions to all sorts of long-term problems as well."

Key Features

• The introduction written by the author states his personal experience and journey to counseling others
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents

Top Highlights

“Apart from organically generated difficulties, the ‘mentally ill’ are really people with unsolved personal problems.” (Page 29)

“The thesis of this book is that qualified Christian counselors properly trained in the Scriptures are competent to counsel-more competent than psychiatrists or anyone else.” (Page 18)

“Counseling without the Scriptures can only be expected to be counseling without the Holy Spirit.” (Page 24)

“Probably the chief reason why nouthetic counselors fail is because they sometimes become too sympathetic to the complaints and excuses of the counselee.” (Page 58)

“Two essential qualifications for nouthetic counselors are goodness and knowledge, but there is also a third: wisdom (cf. Colossians 3:16).” (Page 62)

Product Details

• Title: Competent to Counsel
• Author: Jay E. Adams
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 1970
• Logos Release Date: 2005
• Pages: 287
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Pastoral counseling
• ISBNs: 9780310499121, 9780310511403, 0310499127, 0310511402
• Resource ID: LLS:CMPTNTCNSL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:50:34Z

About Jay E. Adams

Jay E. Adams A.B., B.D., S.T.M., Ph.D. (1929-2020) served as a pastor, church planter, denominational executive, seminary professor, author, and lecturer. He taught homiletics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and was the Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Seminary in California. He was the founder of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (formerly NANC), and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies (INS). He was the author of over 100 books including the best seller Competent to Counsel which launched the modern biblical counseling movement. He was the recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State of South Carolina.