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The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 27, Number 3, 2013 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,...

want—lust. So the sins of grumbling have an identifiable “psychological” dimension. They also have a “sociological” dimension. When I grumble, I conform to the community of grumblers and want things that current opinion, cultural values, and modern advertising teach me to need. And the sins of grumbling also have a “Satan-like” dimension. I am exhibiting what James 3:14–16 portrays as the logic of a devilish wisdom. It is helpful to name the mastering lust, fear, felt-need or expectation that hijacks
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