A Theology of Biblical Counseling

The Doctrinal Foundations of Counseling Ministry

By: Heath Lambert

Narrated by: Kyle Tait

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Since the beginning of the biblical counseling movement in 1970, biblical counselors have argued that counseling is a ministry of the Word, just like preaching or missions. As a ministry, counseling must be defined according to sound biblical theology rather than secular principles of psychology.

For over four decades, biblical theology has been at the core of the biblical counseling movement. Leaders in biblical counseling have emphasized a commitment to teaching doctrine in their counseling courses out of the conviction that good theology leads to good counseling…and bad theology leads to bad counseling.

A Theology of Biblical Counseling is a landmark new book that unpacks the core theological convictions that underlie sound counseling, and practical wisdom for counseling today. Dr. Heath Lambert shows how biblical counseling is rooted in the Scriptures while illustrating the real challenges counselors face today through true stories from the counseling room. A substantive textbook written in accessible language, it is an ideal resource for use in training biblical counselors at colleges, seminaries, and training institutes. In each chapter, doctrine comes to life in real ministry to real people, dramatically demonstrating how theology intersects with the lives of actual counselees.

©2017 Heath Lambert (P)2017 Zondervan

Wonderful text

I love the easy to understand theology of biblical counseling. I will use this for years to come.

Deep and Rich in Theology

I appreciate the deep Biblical teaching that happens in this book. This is way more than just a resource for those interested in biblical counseling, it is very helpful for anyone serving alongside people in the church.

Helpful

This book has value for anyone who wants to be a biblical counselor. Though, you should go in knowing that it's from a protestant and calvinist perspective and so contains a lot of error and heterodox theology. I still think people who want to be counselors should read it once, but take in the meat and spit out the bones

Very Helpful!

What a wonderful foundation for Biblical counseling. solidly based upon the Word of God.

Absolutely insightful and informative.

I love the flow and insight this book providing. The content was mixed with both theology and practical application. I think all pastors whether senior or not should engage in such work because it provides a solid framework for biblical counseling.

Great book

I love how it gives a real life counseling situation with each principle point of biblical counseling.

Excellent book

Clear explanation of the theology of biblical counseling. I was well informed and challenged. Thank you!

Informative and hopeful

This book was an option on a list of required reading for ACBC and I thoroughly enjoyed it it was very informative, encouraging, riddled with hope in the sufficiency of the Scriptures. It was helpful in delineating the differences in Biblical and Christian counseling l, which I appreciated greatly. I’m coming from secular therapy as a Christian and was convicted in the way that I was guilty of “integrating” my faith with “other things”, believing that was sufficient and pleasing to the Lord. Grateful for God’s grace to show me the difference.

Excellent resource for Biblical Counselors

Excellent resource for Biblical Counselors and for understanding Biblical Counseling. I highly recommend. Deep subject matter presented in an interesting style.

Counsel well

I enjoyed this book. It is clear in its advice and has many Bible verses to refer to. I learned a lot about proper biblical counseling that will help in the future. A great resource for anyone beginning in Biblical counseling.