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Grounded in empirical research and richly illustrated with case studies, this introduction continues the theoretical, practical, and theological expansion of Pastoral Care and Counseling. Because of increasing cultural diversity and the fact that more training is done outside of seminaries in non-seminary related colleges and universities, there is fragmentation in the discipline. This makes a...

His letters are rich with examples of pastoral responses to specific problems. These included, for example, questions of sexual ethics (1 Cor 7:1-9), decision making in situations of personal difference (Rom 14:2-12), personal failure and depression (2 Cor 1:8, 11), marital problems (Eph 4–5), divorce (1 Cor 7:10-16), self-destructive lifestyles (1 Cor 5:4-6; 2 Cor 2:5-11; Gal 6:1), and mutual support within the community of believers (Rom 14:7, 15, 19; 1 Thess 5:11). Paul's personal greetings expressed