The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 1993

by David Powlison

Publisher:

The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation

, 1993

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

“Your eating is a mirror upon your heart. Like other everyday activities—the way you view and use money, the way you drive your car, the way you talk—eating reveals either your faith or your idolatry, either godliness or ungodliness.” (Page 20)

“I believe that Scripture teaches both feasting and fasting. The world’s counterfeits are gluttony and anorexia.” (Page 22)

“This initial test with food actually involved their trust in God for safety.” (Page 21)

“Have you elevated your physical desire for food above God’s word? Do you ignore His commands to patience, peace and thankfulness when you experience hunger pangs? Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness? Or godliness? Or appreciation? Or recognition? Or some of ‘that red stuff there’? What are you most hungry for? How do you respond when you’re tempted to worry, anger, boasting or depression, or when you experience pain, tiredness, boredom, or loneliness? Is food ever your god? Your savior? Your comforter? How? When? Where? Jesus Christ can reorient you.” (Page 22)

“Esau’s immediate, demanding, physical desire for food (which was a good, God-given hunger) became more important to him than God’s demand and call on his life.” (Page 21)

Product Details

• Title: The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 1993
• Author: David Powlison
• Series: The Journal of Biblical Counseling
• Publisher: The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation
• Print Publication Date: 1993
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Counseling › Practice; Pastoral counseling › Practice; Pastoral theology
• Resource ID: LLS:JBC12_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-21T18:14:37Z

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.