Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING

1. Rediscovering Biblical Counseling

John MacArthur

2. Biblical Counseling in Recent Times

David Powlison

3. Why Biblical Counseling and Not Psychology?

John Street

Part II. THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING

4. The Godward Focus of Biblical Counseling

Douglas Bookman

5. Counseling and the Sinfulness of Humanity

John MacArthur

6. The Work of the Spirit and Biblical Counseling

John MacArthur

7. Spiritual Discipline and the Biblical Counselor

Robert Smith

Part III. THE PRACTICE OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING

8. Developing a Helping Relationship with Counselees

Wayne A. Mack

9. Instilling Hope in the Counselee

Wayne A. Mack

10. Taking Counselee Inventory: Collecting Data

Wayne A. Mack

11. Interpreting Counselee Data

Wayne A. Mack

12. Providing Instruction through Biblical Counseling

Wayne A. Mack

13. Biblical Counseling and Inducement

Wayne A. Mack

14. Implementing Biblical Instruction

Wayne A. Mack

Part IV. THE MINISTRY OF BIBLICAL COUNSELING

15. Preaching and Biblical Counseling

John MacArthur

16. Spirit-Giftedness and Biblical Counseling

John MacArthur

17. Biblical Counseling and the Local Church

William W. Goode

18. Resources for Biblical Counseling

Dennis M. Swanson and Wayne A. Mack

19. Frequently Asked Questions about Biblical Counseling

John MacArthur and Wayne A. Mack, eds.

Appendix: Personal Data Inventory Form

Endnotes

Index

Contributors