A Word from Bob 

You’re reading Part 3 in a multi-part series on What Makes Biblical Counseling Truly Biblical?

Go here for Part 1: Where Do We Find Wisdom for Life in a Broken World? Go here for Part 2: Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places.

I’ve developed this series from Chapters 1 and 2 of 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. In this blog mini-series, we’re focusing on the first question:

Question #1: The Word: “Where do we find wisdom for life in a broken world?”

Heaven Invading Earth 

In Part 2 we focused on two entirely different sources of hope:

The false hope of man-made remedies The one true hope in Christ.

Paul’s purpose in responding to the real life concerns of the Colossian believers was to call them back to the supremacy and sufficiency of Christ, the gospel, Scripture, and Christianity for salvation and for life today—rich wisdom for life in


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