The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 27, Number 1, 2013
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.
Top Highlights
“But conversion is the first step in a long salvation, initially from sin’s penalty, gradually from sin’s power, and ultimately from sin’s presence. It is the birth that leads to a lifetime of growing up into Jesus’ image. Sanctification is discipleship into his way of life.” (Volume 27, Number 1, Page 49)
“The most damaging effect of pornography is that it creates a rift in the man’s relationship with God. A man who regularly violates God’s boundaries for sex by using pornography is estranged from him. Somewhere along the way, he has come to live as if God has not provided what he really needs regarding sex, so he has provided it for himself. Even if he feels guilty and is trying desperately to stop, his behavior shows that the good gifts of God in his life are not enough, that happiness requires something more. This is the most basic and pernicious deception of pornography: the implicit belief that God is withholding something good.” (Volume 27, Number 1, Page 8)
“When the risen Jesus gave final instructions to his disciples, he commissioned them to make more disciples (Matt 28:18–20). In other words, they were to serve the processes of sanctification: the birth and growth of new people with a new way of life.” (Volume 27, Number 1, Page 49)
“Marriage is not the answer, because a lack of sex is not the problem. The problem is lust, and lust is never satisfied” (Volume 27, Number 1, Page 12)
“Sex is for marriage—and for marriage alone. Pornography removes sex from its God-given setting and depicts it in the opposite way—as a temporary, depersonalized experience—stripped of any trace of relationship. With no need for the care and commitment of marriage, sex mutates into an isolating, loveless compulsion. Over time, it undermines the user’s relational ability to love and respect women.” (Volume 27, Number 1, Pages 7–8)
- Title: The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 27, Number 1, 2013
- Author: David Powlison
- Edition: 1
- Series: The Journal of Biblical Counseling
- Volume: 27
- Publisher: The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Counseling › Practice; Pastoral counseling › Practice; Pastoral theology
- ISBN: 10632166
- Resource ID: LLS:JBC27_1
- Resource Type: Journal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:48:28Z