A Word from Bob
You’re reading Part 1 in a multi-part series on What Makes Biblical Counseling Truly Biblical? I’ve developed this series from Chapters 1 and 2 of my book Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives.
Counseling Conversations: Theologically-Saturated Biblical Counseling
Over the past year, I’ve been interacting with a fellow biblical counselor about what makes biblical counseling truly biblical? This is a question I’ve pondered and pursued, examined and studied, written about and taught for forty years.
My best encapsulation of my answer to this question is in 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.
Life’s 8 Ultimate Questions
Question #1: The Word: “Where do we find wisdom for life in a broken world?”
Question #2: The Trinity/Community: “What comes into our mind when we think about God?” “Whose view of God will we believe—Christ’s or Satan’s?”
Question #3: Creation: “Whose are we?” “In what story do we find ourselves?”
Question #4: Fall: “What’s the root source of our problem?” “What went wrong?”
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