Effective Biblical Counseling
A Model for Helping Caring Christians Become Capable Counselors

Written in 1977, I would say this is "classic" material and a small introductory to Biblical Counseling. I love his vision of what counseling ought to be in the church. Though professional counseling is important in our society, God gave us the body of Christ to build us up and grow. We shouldn't ba......more

“By cutting God off (what a staggering concept of freedom—mere humans can cut God off from their lives), you cut off the only source of true significance and security.” Dr. Crabb gives a vision for the church being the one ministering to those struggling in the body of Christ. We are all called to t......more

Security and significance, the two core things human beings need. The book does a good job of bringing out how to effectively make people feel secure and significant.......more

Right in the first paragraph of the Introduction, Crabb had my interest. Crabb writes: My purpose in writing this volume is to think through a model of counseling which can be gracefully integrated into the functioning of the local church. In my view, any approach to counseling which is truly biblica......more

I thoroughly respect Dr Crabb's insight, knowledge and wisdom, so reading this early work (1977) added to my own understanding. It wasn't an easy read, as he was still more of a clinical psychologist at that point. There was a lot of justification over why the layperson needs to step up as prelimina......more