Committed to Craftsmanship: In Biblical Counseling

by Jay E. Adams

Overview

God is concerned about how you preach, how you counsel, and how you serve Him in all aspects of your life. He does not countenance slipshod work. In the Scriptures, He has spoken explicitly about becoming proficient at what you do. Though He will do as He pleases, God has not promised to bless the efforts of those who desire simply to "get by."

In this book, Jay Adams looks at the whole matter of competent ministry and challenges every believer to honor God and please Him in his work. But what does please God? How can you become effective in His service? What help does He offer if you want to improve the quality of your service? In Committed to Craftsmanship, you will explore these and other related questions. This book is dedicated to all those who seek to grow and improve in their service to their Savior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949737011
Publisher:	Institute for Nouthetic Studies
Publication date:	02/05/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	126
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

JAY E. ADAMS, AB, BD, STM, Ph.D. (1929-2020) served as a pastor, church planter, denominational executive, seminary professor, author, and lecturer. He taught homiletics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and was the Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Seminary in California. He was the founder of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (formerly NANC), and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies (INS). Adams was the author of over 100 books including the best-seller Competent to Counsel which launched the modern biblical counseling movement. He was a recipient of The Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State of South Carolina.

Table of Contents

1  Why All the Fuss?

2  Committed to Craftsmanship

3  The Threat of Eclecticism

4  What Does a Biblical Counselor Do?

5  Beginning to Understand Commitment

6  Conducting the Search

7  After the Search

8  Counseling as an Art

9  Dealing with People

10  Sin is the Problem

11  You Must Become an Interpreter

12  What Interpretation is All About

13  Gracious Goodness

14  Worthy Workmen in the Word

15  Enriched by the Word Within

16  Test Yourself, Counselor