Side by Side

Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love

Practical Guidance for Loving Others Well

Everyone needs help from time to time, especially in the midst of painful circumstancesSidebySide and difficult trials. In this short book, a highly respected biblical counselor and successful author offers practical guidance for all Christians—pastors and laypeople alike—who want to develop their “helping skills” when it comes to walking alongside hurting people.

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Developments in Biblical Counseling

Developments in Biblical Counseling

Are you looking for a brief introduction to what the biblical counseling movement is DIBCand how it has changed over the years? In Developments in Biblical Counseling, J. Cameron Fraser turns a journalistic eye to this question and presents a concise assessment. Introducing us to the formative work of Jay Adams, Fraser outlines several themes of biblical counseling that became foundational for the movement as a whole and observes how the movement received criticisms from outside and made necessary developments from within. Continue reading

The Heart of Domestic Abuse

The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence in the Home.

Heart of AbuseDomestic abuse and violence are on the rise in our culture today, and just as prevalent in the church of Jesus Christ as it is in the population at large. With an estimated one-fourth of women in the church living with abuse and violence, pastors and biblical counselors need to have the resources to offer hope and help. Continue reading

Be Our Guest

Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service

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Exceeding expectations rather than simply satisfying them is the cornerstone of the Disney approach to customer service. Now, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the original Be Our Guest, Disney Institute, which specializes in helping professionals see new possibilities through concepts not found in the typical workplace, is revealing even more of the business behind the magic of quality service. During the last twenty-five years, thousands of professionals from more than thirty-five countries and more than forty industries have attended business programs at Disney Institute and learned how to adapt the Disney approach for their own organizations. Continue reading

Suffering and the Heart of God

Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores:

Do Trauma and Abuse Have the Last Word?

When someone suffers through trauma, can healing happen? And, if yes, how does it happen? Dr. Diane Langberg tackles these complex and difficult questions with the insights she has gained through more than forty years of counseling those whose lives have been destroyed by trauma and abuse.

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Her answer carefully explained in Suffering and the Heart of God is Yes, what trauma destroys, Christ can and does restore. Continue reading