When persons are being introduced to biblical counseling, one of the aspects that they will either have to accept or reject is what to do with confrontation. Confrontation is one of the unique hallmarks of biblical counseling as compared to other forms of Christian care (such as Christian Psychology or Integrationism), because biblical counseling does not ground the goal of change in what the person wants or some other standard, rather it grounds the change in the Scriptures and the person of Christ. That means then that one of the jobs of the counselor is to come alongside and point out—with all love, patience, and care—how that person may need to change their thoughts, desires, and actions to conform to the person of Christ (Ephesians 4:13). Places like Romans 15:14 tell us that this role is not just for counselors, but for the entire church.
A person might believe they are equipped to confront, that Scripture does indeed have a standard that it is to be calling others to, but they may choose to not confront sin for a number of reasons. Perhaps it is fear—they are worried the person will be upset or chose to not talk with them
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