The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 1999

by David Powlison

Publisher:

The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation

, 1999

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

“This question exposes your aims in terms of what you hope to receive, get, and keep. Felt needs are frequently taken as self-evident necessities to be acquired, not as deceptive slave-masters. Our culture of need reinforces the flesh’s instincts and habits. In most cases, a person’s felt needs are street talk for idolatrous demands for love, understanding, a sense of being in control, affirmation, and achievement.” (Page 4)

“Various desires rule people, so go for details of this person, now, in this situation” (Page 4)

“Theories of what makes people tick incarnate into counseling models. Explanations are signposts to solutions: take medication, experience reparenting, cast out a demon, get your needs met, don’t make big decisions on bad star days, reprogram your inner monologue, explore your pain.” (Page 2)

“21. What do you see as your rights? What do you feel entitled to?^{21” (Page 6)}

“The question WHY? launches a thousand theories of human nature. Why do people do what they do? An ‘answer’ to this question anchors each analysis of human personality, and every attempt to fix what ails the human race.” (Page 2)

Product Details

• Title: The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 1999
• Author: David Powlison
• Series: The Journal of Biblical Counseling
• Publisher: The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation
• Print Publication Date: 1999
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Counseling › Practice; Pastoral counseling › Practice; Pastoral theology
• Resource ID: LLS:JBC18_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-16T17:44:08Z

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.