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Biblical Counseling for Today: A Handbook for Those Who Counsel from Scripture is unavailable, but you can change that!

In his preface to this challenging book Jeff Watson describes biblical counseling as "a noble adjective married to a nervous noun." Believers are wise to be skeptical of much that is done in the name of counseling in secular settings. Even under the umbrella of "Christian counseling," one has heard horror stories of cases where God's Word has been misused. But Jeff Watson makes a strong case in...

discovered the power of humility (1 Pet. 5:5) and honesty (John 21:15–22). The latter, still known for his pride, had built up a following based on deception. Ancient Pride, Modern Pride The pride of Simon Magus warns us today about two deceitful thoughts common to the modern therapy movement. One is “We can change people and we don’t need God!” The other is “No one can change people, not even God!” In these caricatures God is slandered as irrelevant and impotent. Some people today reject all notions
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