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The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 22, Number 1, Fall 2003 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,...

pride and autonomy point to the fact that we are creatures who want something. We want more (Eph. 4:19). In the Old Testament, idolatry was typically associated with orgies, drunkenness, and other forms of self-indulgence (Ex. 32; 1 Cor. 10:7), but throughout the New Testament, idolatry is described as covetousness, greed (Eph. 5:5) and desire. So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. (Gal. 5:16) All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying
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