CCEF, Biblical Counseling, the Bible, and the Body
I appreciate CCEF’s biblically balanced approach to minister to the whole person—to the embodied-soul. Previously, I highlighted an excellent CCEF Journal of Biblical Counseling article by Tood Stryd. You can find my post here: Deep Breathing and Biblical Counseling. You can find Todd’s post here: “Take a Deep Breath”— How Counseling Ministry Addresses the Body. It’s behind a paywall, but wall worth the price.
Today I’ll highlight an excellent post by Dr. Mike Emlet from the 2024, JBC 38:2 edition.. You can find Mike’s post here: A Biblical Rationale for Embodied Spiritual Practices. It is also behind a pay wall, but again, well worth the minimal price. I’ll share some quotes—not too many because I want to respect the intellectual property rights of Dr. Emlet and CCEF—but just enough to encourage you to read further.
The Focus of the Article
“Why should biblical counselors be concerned with the body? To answer this question, Dr. Mike Emlet traces the role of bodily practices from creation to consummation and offers implications for our lives and for counseling. ‘To be spiritual, he says, ‘is not some otherworldly, disembodied experience of God, but a real flesh-and-blood existence
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