PRTJ Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1972)

f'I'1I1 I [1"lm I i( . ~ ! ~ I .. ~ L i rm I What is nouthetic counseling? That is the next question which we faceo Nouthetic counseling is contrasted with Rogerian counseling in Chapter VI. Rogerian counseling operates on the assUMption that the human personality, autono

The Foundation of Biblical Counseling

While such an encounter seems outlandish when battling physical afflictions, it is not so outlandish in the realm of mental illnesses under a discipline of Christian counseling called nouthetic counseling. Developed during the 1960s by Jay Adams, a Presbyterian minister, nouthetic counseling is a mo

PRTJ Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1980)

Counseling Hopelessness, the Heart Sin of Spiritual Suicide

There are times when wisdom in counseling should be judged by the skill in asking good questions, more than in giving correct answers. Yet often the suffering ones are left deaf and dumb by their conviction that nobody understands, and that there is no solution in this life to their problem. So atte

PRTJ Vol. 51, No. 2 (April 2018)

PRTJ Vol. 52, No. 2 (April 2019)

65 April 2019 there is the experience of great hardship in life. Those who experience pain and turmoil long for relief. There is a place for such relief. For example, if you have a headache because of sore muscles, you might take an ibuprofen or make an appointment for a massage so that you can have

Broken Minds: Hope for Healing When You Feel Like You’re Losing It, Steve and Robyn Bloem.

This review examines Steve and Robyn Bloem's book on depression and mental illness in the church, highlighting the authors' critique of how Reformed congregations have often stigmatized mental health struggles as purely spiritual failures rather than recognizing them as legitimate diseases requiring

Heartwarming… / Incapable of These Things / Crisis in Counseling

The reviewer who could not make sense of the news report of a mother who defended her son from heinous charges by saying that he was "not capable" of these things had that problem because the reviewer's "catholic upbringing" denies the one biblical truth that can explain this disturbing news report.

The Pulpit in the Past and Now (2)

One other remark: is there possibly even in our day a lack of consideration in our prayers and ser­mons for the sinner who is wrestling with his sins; the weak, the weary one who has not yet found rest for his soul? In passing, something also should be said about counseling. Personally, I have a fee

The Elder’s Task (2)

Defining the elder's task, the author quotes Dr. B. Wurth as follows: "In the care of souls we are concerned with an encounter, an encounter between us as elders with a person who needs our help, in the hope that this interpersonal encounter will be conducive to the great encounter of God with this