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The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 20, Number 1, Fall 2001 is unavailable, but you can change that!

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,...

BY DAVID COVINGTON* ALL OF US CHRISTIANS, FROM baby believers to the faithful gray, have trouble with repentance. We don’t get around to it quickly; when we do turn to Christ in prayer, we regularly soft-peddle our sin, or call it something less ugly than it is. I have been tempted to wonder whether the proverb, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink,” doesn’t apply to repentance, too. Once, as I was saying goodbye to Edward, a long-time and growing
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