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The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2006 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,...

God’s Word says that man is driven primarily by lusts residing in his heart, not needs. Our heart cravings drive our behavior. What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. (James 4:1–2) To define controlling behavior as a “need” assumes that the lust to control another person is a given,
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