The Journal of Pastoral Practice: Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 1992

by David Powlison

Publisher:

The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation

, 1992

Overview

For nearly 30 years, the Journal of Biblical Counseling (previously the Journal of Pastoral Practice) of CCEF (the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation) has provided a forum for biblical counseling’s development and application. The journal’s mission is to develop clear thinking and effective practice in biblical counseling through articles that faithfully bring the God of truth, mercy, and power to the issues faced by ministries of counseling and discipleship.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Most overeaters have the ruling motivations that are found in any self-indulgent person, especially the desire for approval and the desires to feel good or to experience pleasure or comfort.” (Page 53)

“The meaning of life is not looking good or feeling good. Rather it is to glorify God in every part of our existence; everything else is worldly vanity.” (Page 55)

“Justification, or being right with God, is, in practice, secondary to a desire for personal meaning, identity, self-esteem, purpose, pleasure, or happiness. The formula is then reduced to this: ‘feeling good about myself = personal accomplishments or the way others meet my needs.’” (Page 12)

“‘feel bad’ that she overeats, gains weight, and has to buy new, larger clothing. But her version of repentance has more to do with that worldly sorrow leading only to death than with that godly sorrow leading to life, joy, and the energy to change (2 Corinthians 7:9f).” (Page 53)

“The first thing that you can do is begin to challenge your congregation to live self-disciplined lives. Just because America has more food than any other country doesn’t mean that we should eat it all.” (Page 55)

Product Details

• Title: The Journal of Pastoral Practice: Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 1992
• Author: David Powlison
• Edition: 1
• Series: The Journal of Biblical Counseling
• Volume: 11
• Publisher: The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation
• Print Publication Date: 1992
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Counseling › Practice; Pastoral counseling › Practice; Pastoral theology
• Resource ID: LLS:JBC11_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-16T17:43:45Z

About David Powlison

David Powlison, M.Div., Ph.D (1949-2019) was a popular speaker, writer, and faculty member of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation’s School of Biblical Counseling. He also taught Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and edited the Journal of Biblical Counseling. Dr. Powlison has also written Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture, a 2004 nominee for the coveted ECPA Gold Medallion Award. In addition, he has written Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare, and numerous articles on counseling.