Classics on Counseling

Many of us remember the days of thinking carefully through our approach to counseling and the therapeutic movement.  But many of us weren’t even around in those days.  Over the next few months, I’m going to be posting some of the articles that were particularly formative for SG as we developed a Biblical approach to counseling God’s people.  My hope is that reading these historically important articles will be a helpful reminder to many and helpful new thoughts for others.

We’re starting this with one of the articles that I think was most impactful for us - David Powlison’s “Idols of the Heart and Vanity Fair.”  And also, thanks to Andy Farmer and Pete Payne who have served SG so well in the counseling realm including teaching this topic at the pastors’ college.  They have served us well in recommending the articles that I’ll be posting each month.