A Word from Bob 

You’re reading Part 4 in a multi-part series on What Makes Biblical Counseling Truly Biblical?

Go here for Part 1: Where Do We Find Wisdom for Life in a Broken World? Go here for Part 2: Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places. Go here for Part 3: The Gospel for Real Life.

I’ve developed this series from Chapters 1 and 2 of my book Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives. In Gospel-Centered Counseling, I use the ten classic systematic theology doctrines as a grid for answering the question, what makes biblical counseling truly biblical? I turn those ten doctrines into 8 ultimate life questions. In this blog mini-series, we’re focusing on the first question:

Question #1: The Word: “Where do we find wisdom for life in a broken world?” Redemption: Experiencing Abundant Life Today and Eternal Life Forever

Can you imagine if Paul ended with the Fall—with alienation from God, domination by Satan, and our hearts, minds, wills, and emotions surrendered to evil beliefs and behaviors? We would have no hope or help to offer Ashley and Nate. But God’s grand gospel narrative is a resurrection narrative. Death dies. Hope lives. Christ rises and we rise with Him.

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