David Powlison

I personally benefited from David Powlison's outstanding book Good and Angry, and highly recommend it. Here David addresses Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness, and how that works when those who’ve wronged us either can’t or won’t ask for forgiveness.

In this excerpt from his book Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness, David Powlison talks about the gentleness of Jesus, and how it’s been commonly misunderstood as a weakness, rather than a demonstration of God’s strength.

When I counsel with people who struggle with deep feelings of shame, guilt, and regret, I sometimes suggest that they design a personalized liturgy.

The church was weak where psychology was strong. The current breakout of psychology into the evangelical mainstream began in the minds and practices of Christian psychotherapists impressed with that relative weakness and strength.

You might not be able to come to Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation for counseling, but we would like to help you find a biblical counselor in your area. These guidelines can help you make wise decisions in choosing a biblical counselor. A counselor should be someone who:

• loves people, perseveres through tough times, and is confident that Jesus works in his needy people
• believes that God’s Word is designed and provided by God to provide sufficient counsel for all of life’s issues (2 Pet. 1:2-4; Heb. 4:12; 2 Tim. 3:16-17)
• gives clear evidence of a ...

Rape is an invasive event of traumatic evil.

Many conservative Protestants do not see the sufficiency of Scripture for the cure of souls. Typically, "spiritual" matters are split off from "psychological, emotional, relational" matters.