Off the Shelf: The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Stan Guthrie

Books that have caught my eye.

The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams

By Heath Lambert

A landmark study of the history, development, and methodology of biblical counseling. Exploring the movement’s evolution since Jay Adams, Lambert discusses the work of David Powlinson, Paul Tripp, and others to demonstrate how their emphasis on the sinner as sufferer, heart as key to motivation, and interaction with critics defines a more balanced approach to counseling.

About Stan Guthrie

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers. Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's €œTell Me More,€ WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio'€™s €œNew Day Florida.€ A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
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