Strategic Pastoral Counseling

Strategic Pastoral CounselingTherapeutic counseling in a Christian context can be highly effective when it maintains narrowly focused goals in a time limited setting. The details of this proven model of pastoral counseling are described in this practical guide. This second edition of Strategic Pastoral Counseling has been thoroughly revised and includes two new chapters. Benner includes helpful case studies, a new appendix on contemporary ethical issues, and updated chapter

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emphasizes reading Greek for comprehension as opposed to merely translating it

This helpful book is appropriate for pastors and lay readers interested in biblical interpretation

and students of Scripture

Bound for Freedom demonstrates that the book of Exodus presents a defining act of liberation not only in Judaism

In this book

showing that an identity in Christ frees us to love strangers as neighbors and friends

and provides key insights and guidance to those studying or practicing leadership in churches and ministries

as evidenced by the explosive growth of pentecostal

From classical art to advertisements and from news photos to social media

and historian brings Indigenous theology into conversation with Western approaches to history and theology

He also examines the views of nonviolence held by Martin Luther King Jr