Gospel-Centered Counseling (Robert Kellemen)

Gospel-Centered Counseling

How Christ Changes Lives

Everyone talks about the personal ministry of the Word, but how do we make one-another ministry truly biblical? Gospel-Centered Counseling equips readers to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. It does so by examining life’s seven ultimate questions and then guiding readers on a journey that explores the biblical, gospel-centered narrative of:

The Word:
“What is truth?” “Where can I find answers?”

The Trinity:
“Who is God?” “Can I know Him personally?”

Creation:
“Who am I?” “What makes people tick?”

The Fall:
“What went wrong?” “Why do we do the things we do?”

Redemption:
“Can I change?” “How do people change?”

Glorification:
“Where am I headed?” “How does our future destiny impact our present reality?”

Sanctification:
“How can I help?” “How can I change lives?”

Bob Kellemen builds on the foundation of the written Word and provides a gospel-centered resource for understanding people, diagnosing problems, and prescribing biblically-based solutions.

Gospel-Centered Counseling is the first volume in The Equipping Christian Counselors Series, a comprehensive relational training curriculum for the local church that provides a model for equipping God’s people to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. This two-volume series weaves together comprehensive biblical insight with compassionate Christian engagement.

Contents

1. Mining the Richness of God’s Word
2. Discovering Wisdom for Life in a Broken World
3. Knowing the Creator of the Soul
4. Recognizing the Most Important Fact About Us
5. Engaging the Battle for our Soul
6. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul
7. Journeying Into the Heart
8. Exploring Serpentine Seductions to Sin
9. Diagnosing the Fallen Condition of the Soul
10. Applying the Gospel to Suffering
11. Prescribing God’s Cure for the Soul, Part 1: Our New Nurture
12. Prescribing God’s Cure for the Soul, Part 2: Our New Nature
13. Finding a Place to Belong and Become
14. Remembering the Future
15. Dispensing Grace
16. Putting Off and Putting On

Conclusion: Living Life Empowered by Christ’s Changeless Gospel Truth

About the Author

Robert Kellemen, ThM, PhD, is the executive director of the Biblical Counseling Coalition and the founder and CEO of RPM Ministries. Bob has pastored more than 12 years and now serves as chair of the MA in Christian Counseling and Discipleship department at Capital Seminary (Maryland). He is the author of nine books, including Equipping Counselors for Your Church.