Men Counseling Men, A Biblical Guide to the Major Issues Men Face, General Editor John D. Street (Eugene, Oregon: Harvest House, 2013), 442 pp., paper $19.99
John Street, chair of the graduate program in biblical counseling at the Master’s College, is the general editor of Men Counseling Men. Twenty-two authors contributed a chapter each on various subjects pertinent to Christian men. Most, if not all, of the contributors have or are pursuing a master’s degree in biblical counseling (MABC) from Master’s […]
Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling: Changing Lives with God’s Changeless Truth, Gen. Ed.James MacDonald; managing ed. Bob Kellermen & Steve Viars
When I first heard about Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling I was not excited. The list of contributing authors was long and most of them I had never heard of. More importantly, some of the contributing authors are associated with groups that are of concern to many in the area of the sufficiency of Scripture. Even so, […]
Anatomy of the Soul, by Curt Thompson, M.D., (Tyndale: 2010). 282 pp., paper $14.99
The subtitle explains what Curt Thompson, a psychiatrist, is attempting to do in this volume: “Surprising connection between neuroscience and spiritual practices that can transform your life and relationships.” The author believes that life can be transformed by the renewing of your mind that can lead to the wholeness God intends. This includes a new […]
TheoPhostic Counseling (Divine Revelation? Or Psycho Heresy?) by Martin and Deidre Bobgan
TheoPhostic counseling is a Christianized form of psychotherapy developed by Dr. Ed Smith in 1996. Smith claimed that he received his system as a direct revelation from God apparently given in February of that year (pp. 7-8). Its success rate, according to Smith, is nothing short of astounding. Much of the burden of the Bobgans’ […]
Psychology Debunked by Lisa and Ryan Bazler
The main author of this book, Lisa Bazler, is a trained psychotherapist, who after receiving Christ began to discover gaping incompatibilities between psychology and Scripture. This ultimately led to her leaving the world of psychotherapy and to expose its error to others. Psychology Debunkedis an attempt to do actually that—and she does it well. Those […]