Interviewed by the Wonderful Counselor
Imagine that the Divine Counselor—Christ the Wonderful Counselor—was interviewing you for the position of Biblical Counselor. As you prepared your résumé, what qualifications would you highlight to demonstrate your eligibility to enter the ranks of biblical counselor?
Fortunately, the apostle Paul has already completed the biblical counselor’s résumé.
“I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another” (Romans 15:14).
In this verse, the surrounding context, and other biblical passages, we discover the four résumé qualifications of an equipped biblical counselor.
The 4 Dimensions of Comprehensive Biblical Counseling
Since 1992, I’ve used Romans 15:14 to teach the “4C/4H” model of biblical counseling equipping. Today’s post is the culmination of 30+ years of thinking about the biblical counselor’s résumé.
For a much fuller development of how to equip biblical counselors in the “4C/4H” model, see Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ.
Character/Heart/Being: Christlike Character—“Full of Goodness” Content/Conviction/Head/Knowing: Biblical Content/Conviction—“Complete in Knowledge” Competence/Hands/Doing: Counseling Competence—“Competent to Instruct” Community/Home/Loving: Christian Community—“Brothers/One Another”
Let’s take a brief look at each of these “4C/4H” résumé qualifications.
Character/Heart/Being: Christlike Character—“Full of Goodness”
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