In Counseling One Another, Paul Tautges calls the church to embrace intense interpersonal discipleship. In contrast with secular theories of psychology that reject the exaltation of Christ as the ultimate goal of human experiences and the epistemological essentiality of Scripture, Tautges provides the biblical basis of counseling: a targeted form of discipleship (18). He does so by reinforcing the theological foundations in which biblical counseling ministry happens. For him, it is paramount that the church be taught and trained with biblical wisdom to live under the influence of the Spirit and prayerful dependence on God, being driven by the gospel and motivated and moved by love for God and others.
Following the introduction, Tautges goes on in Chapter 2 to argue for biblical counseling as the fulfillment of Jesus’ great command to the church to make obedient disciples. For such a task, the church has received delegated authority from Jesus Himself and is empowered by God the Holy Spirit. According to Tautges, authentic biblical counseling is nothing more and nothing less than the fulfillment of the Great Commission—which explains his interchangeable use of counseling and discipleship (23).
The chapters that follow highlight several theological aspects essential to understanding God’s vision
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