Christian Counseling

“Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christ does not call us on our terms. If we choose to follow, we do so in submission to His will and His law. Our life thereafter is one of pursuit and guidance—we are both pursued and pursuer, guiding and guided.

When Jesus left the earth in His physical body He left two provisions for the disciples remaining behind. One was the Holy Spirit—God was not departing, He was becoming literally part of His people, living inside and among them to empower them to service and righteousness. The other was themselves, the community of believers to help each other, some to lead and some to follow.

Without more mature Christians to lead and counsel us it’s easy to think our problems are specific to ourselves, that no one has experienced the same level of pain that we have or that no one else struggles with the same sins we do. While we all know on some level this isn’t true, the counsel of wiser (most often older) Christians is indispensable for our growth and maintenance of joy and hope.

Hope is the foundation of the Christian faith. It is our hope of redemption, our hope of eternal life in God’s presence that is the focus of our life on earth, without at the same time rejecting this present existence as somehow less important. Similarly, our hope is not restricted to the far side of the grave—the presence of the Holy Spirit means our striving for purity and righteousness is not vanity.

But the pursuit of holiness is not a solitary one. Discipleship entails a joint effort, a community progress where counsel is both welcome and freely offered. The very nature of discipleship illustrates this fellowship: both the disciple and the counselor benefit from the interaction. While we are each most obviously Christ’s disciples, the books we offer focus primarily on the interaction between believers, a relationship thankfully receiving more and more attention within the American church.

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Addictions
Resources for Changing Lives
by Edward Welch
from P&R Publishing
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$16.99 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Age of Opportunity
Resources for Changing Lives
by Paul Tripp
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
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Anger Workbook for Christian Parents
by Les Carter, Frank Minirth
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Anxiety Opportunity
by Curtis Chang
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At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry - Book and Workbook Set
by Steve Gallagher
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Badger's Parting Gifts
by Susan Varley
from Mulberry Books
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Best Yes
by Lysa TerKeurst
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
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Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, Self-Image
by Jay Adams
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$9.99 $6.00 (2 in stock)
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
2nd edition from William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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$19.99
Change and Your Relationships
by Timothy S. Lane & Paul David Tripp
from New Growth Press
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$17.00
Child And Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple
by John Preston, John H. O'Neal, Mary C. Talaga
from New Harbinger Publications
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Codependent No More
by Melody Beattie
2nd edition from Hazelden
for Adult
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Come Back, Barbara
by C. John Miller & Barbara Miller Juliani
2nd edition from P&R Publishing
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$11.99
Connecting
by Dr. Larry Crabb
Reprint from Thomas Nelson Publishers
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Counsel from the Cross
by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick & Dennis E. Johnson
1st edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
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$12.79
Crossroads
by Edward Welch
from New Growth Press
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by Michael R. Emlet
from New Growth Press
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Crucial Conversations
by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, et al.
2nd edition from McGraw-Hill
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$12.00
Daring Greatly
by Brené Brown
from Avery
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$17.00
Decision Making & the Will of God
by Garry Friesen with J. Robin Maxson
25th Anniversary Edition from Multnomah Books
for Adult
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Decisions, Decisions
by Dave Swavely
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Depression
by Edward T. Welch
2nd edition from New Growth Press
for Adult
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$15.99
Divorce
by John Murray
from P&R Publishing
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$9.00
Does Grace Grow Best in Winter?
by J. Ligon Duncan III, Nicholas J. Reid
from P&R Publishing
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Dynamic Heart in Daily Life
by Jeremy Pierre
for Adult
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$21.00
Emotionally Destructive Marriage
by Leslie Vernick
from WaterBrook Press
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$17.00
Enemy Within
by Kris Lundgaard
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
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$9.99
Every Young Man's Battle Guide
by Fred Stoeker, Stephen Arterburn
1st edition from WaterBrook Press
for 9th-12th grade
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Families Where Grace Is in Place
by Jeff VanVonderen
Reprint from Bethany House
for Adult
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$15.99
Fidelity
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$7.00
Fidelity
by Doug Wilson
Revised from Canon Press
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$15.00
Fight Fair!
by Tim Downs, Joy Downs
from Moody Press
for Adult
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
For Better or For Best
by Gary Smalley
from Zondervan
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Freak the Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-6th grade
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From Bondage to Bonding
by Nancy Groom
from NavPress
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$14.99
Gay...Such Were Some Of Us
by David Longacre, editor
from Upside Down Ministries
for Adult
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$7.50
Genesis of Sex
by O. Palmer Robertson
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
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God's Grace in Divorce
by Isdidor Buchmann
from Winepress Publishing
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Good & Angry
by David Powlison
from New Growth Press
for 11th-Adult
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Grief Observed
by C. S. Lewis
from HarperCollins
Death/Grief for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.99
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by Elizabeth W. D. Groves
from New Growth Press
for Adult
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$19.99
Grieving the Loss of Your Child
by Ryan Showalter
from New Growth Press
for Adult
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$2.79
Heart of Anger
by Lou Priolo
from Calvary Press
in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
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Homosexual Debate and the Church
by David Longacre, ed.
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Sexual Sin (Location: XCL-SEX)
$6.50
How People Change
by Timothy S. Lane & Paul David Tripp
from New Growth Press
for 10th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
How People Change - Study Guide
by Timothy S. Lane & Paul David Tripp
from New Growth Press
for 11th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.00
How To Be Free From Bitterness
by Jim Wilson
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$12.00
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
Updated from Charles Scribner's Sons
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$18.99
If Only He Knew
by Gary Smalley
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If You Bite & Devour One Another
by Alexander Strauch
Reprint from Lewis and Roth Publishers
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$13.99
Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands
Resources for Changing Lives
by Paul Tripp
from P&R Publishing
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.99
It's Not Fair
by Wayne A. Mack with Deborah Howard
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
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$11.99
Keep Going
by Neil Martin
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Life After Retirement
by Steve Brown
Fir from New Growth Press
for Adult
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$2.79
Living with Your Husband's Secret Wars
by Marsha Means
from Fleming H Revell Co.
for Adult
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Love Lost
by Dr. David B. Hawkins
from Revell Publishing
for Adult
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Love Thy Body
by Nancy Pearcey
from Baker Books
for Adult
in Gender Issues (Location: XCL-GEN)
$19.99
Loving Well
by William P. Smith
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Discipleship & Community (Location: XCL-DIS)
$13.50
Making Sense Out of Suffering
by Peter Kreeft
from Servant Books
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Mending the Soul
by Steven R. Tracy
from Zondervan
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$22.99 $11.50 (1 in stock)
Mindscape
by Timothy Z. Witmer
from New Growth Press
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.00
Miscarriage
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in CCEF Counseling booklets (Location: XCL-CCEF)
$2.79
No More Bullies
by Frank Peretti
Reprint from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 9th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$15.99
Noble Savages
by Rousas John Rushdoony
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Sexual Sin (Location: XCL-SEX)
$18.00
On the Frontline
by Tom Neven
from WaterBrook Press
for Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Overcoming Life's Sorrows
from Concordia Publishing House
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Passport 2 Identity
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Passport 2 Identity - Travel Journal Replacement Kit
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Passport 2 Purity
by Barbara Rainey, Dennis Rainey
from Family Life Publishing
for 5th-10th grade
in Sex Education (Location: HEAL-SEXED)
Peacemaker
by Ken Sande
3rd edition from Baker Books
for 11th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$18.99
Picking Up the Pieces
by Lou Priolo
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$14.99
Picture Perfect
by Amy Baker
1st edition from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Pleasing People
by Lou Priolo
from P&R Publishing
for 10th grade-adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$14.99
Practicing Affirmation
by Sam Crabtree
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Communication & Conflict Resolution (Location: XCL-COM)
$12.79
Prayer of Jehoshaphat
by Stanley D. Gale
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Preparing for Fatherhood
by Deepak Reju
Fir from New Growth Press
in CCEF Counseling booklets (Location: XCL-CCEF)
$2.79
Preparing For Marriage God's Way
by Wayne Mack
Second Edition from P&R Publishing
in Preparing for Marriage (Location: XFA-PREP)
$16.99
Pressure's Off
by Larry Crabb
1st edition from WaterBrook Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Problem with Masturbation
by Winston T. Smith
from New Growth Press
for 10th-Adult
in CCEF Counseling booklets (Location: XCL-CCEF)
$2.79
Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
by Laura C. Schlessinger
from HarperCollins
for Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$8.00
Quest for More
by Paul David Tripp
1st edition from New Growth Press
for 10th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$14.50
Recovering Redemption
by Matt Chandler, Michael Snetzer
from B&H Books
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$13.50
Redemption
by Mike Wilkerson
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Relationships
by Timothy Lane, Paul Tripp
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$15.00
Resisting Gossip
by Matthew C. Mitchell
from CLC Publications
for Adult
in Communication & Conflict Resolution (Location: XCL-COM)
$12.50
Running on Empty
by Barbara Bancroft
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$15.00
Running Scared
by Edward T. Welch
from New Growth Press
for 11th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$16.00 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Same Sex Controversy
by James R. White & Jeffrey Niell
from Bethany House
for Adult
in Sexual Sin (Location: XCL-SEX)
$19.00
Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
2nd edition from Crown and Covenant
for Adult
in Art & Culture (Location: XCU-ART)
$12.00
Seeing With New Eyes
Resources for Changing Lives
by David Powlison
from P&R Publishing
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$14.99
Sexual Detox
by Tim Challies
from Cruciform Press
for Adult
in Sexual Sin (Location: XCL-SEX)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Shame Interrupted
by Edward T. Welch
from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.00
Shepherding God's Flock
The Jay Adams Library
by Jay Adams
from Zondervan
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$24.99
Siblings Without Rivalry
by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
1st edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Adult
in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
$15.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Speaking Truth in Love
by David Powlison
from New Growth Press
in Communication & Conflict Resolution (Location: XCL-COM)
$15.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Spiritual Depression
by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
from Eerdmans
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Spurgeon's Sorrows
by Zack Eswine
Reprint from Christian Focus Publications
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
Step by Step
Resources for Changing Lives
by James C. Petty
from P&R Publishing
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$14.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Suffering and the Heart of God
by Diane Langberg
Fir from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$24.99
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
by John Piper & Justin Taylor
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Suffering & Hope (Location: XCL-SUF)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
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