Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ

by Robert W. Kellemen; Brian Croft

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 2015

How does a person learn to counsel others with the truth of God’s Word? Bob Kellemen believes that the best way to learn counseling is by doing it—by giving and receiving biblical counseling in the context of real, raw Christian community.

Gospel Conversations explores the four compass-points of biblical counseling:

• Sustaining: “It’s Normal to Hurt.”
• Healing: “It’s Possible to Hope.”
• Reconciling: “It’s Horrible to Sin, but Wonderful to Be Forgiven.”
• Guiding: “It’s Supernatural to Mature.”

These four compass points combine to equip readers to develop twenty-two ministry relational competencies—the “how to” of caring like Christ. This book serves as a practical training manual that can be used for lab and small group interaction.

Gospel Conversations is the second volume in The Equipping Biblical Counselors Series, a comprehensive relational training curriculum for the local church that provides a model for equipping God’s people to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. This two-volume series weaves together comprehensive biblical insight with compassionate Christian engagement.

Contents

Introduction: How Not to Use (and How to Use) This Book
Chapter 1: Developing the Resume of the Biblical Counselor
Chapter 2: Reading the 4 Compass Points of Biblical Counseling

Compass Point #1: Sustaining---“It’s Normal to Hurt”
Chapter 3: Climbing in the Casket
Chapter 4: Listening to the Earthly Story

Compass Point #2: Healing---“It’s Possible to Hope”
Chapter 5: Celebrating the Empty Tomb!
Chapter 6: Listening together to God’s Eternal Story

Compass Point #3: Reconciling---“It’s Horrible to Sin, but Wonderful to Be Forgiven”
Chapter 7: Speaking the Truth in Love
Chapter 8: Dispensing Grace

Compass Point #4: Guiding---“It’s supernatural to Mature”
Chapter 9: Fanning Into Flame the Love of Christ
Chapter 10: Stirring Up the Gift of God

Conclusion: How to Care Like Christ

Appendix Material: Biblical Counseling Forms
Bibliography: Works Cited and Consulted
Author and Subject Index
Scripture Index

Product Details

• Title : Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ
• Authors:
  • Kellemen, Robert W.
  • Croft, Brian
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication Date: 2015
• ISBN: 9780310516163