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COUNSELING IN THE CHURCH
Five Advantages of Church-Based Counseling

Counseling and Discipleship

Why Every Pastor-in-Training Should Read Ed's Book

Twenty Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Counseling in Your Church

LEARN FROM THE COUNSELING PROS AT CCEF
Looking at the Past and Present of Counseling

Cultivating a Culture of Counseling and Discipleship

Sorting Out the Spiritual and the Physical in Counseling

Premarital Counseling, Pornography, and Marriage

What Should Pastors Do with Fear, Medication & Addiction

Have you ever considered what it means for a church to be healthy? Have you ever thought about how that health is nurtured and sustained? If so, have you reflected on why you answer those questions the way you do?  

MISCELLANEOUS BOOK REVIEWS
Book Review:
Churches that Make a Difference
by Ronald J. Sider, Philip N. Olson, and Heidi Rolland Unruh
Reviewed by Flynn Cratty

Book review:
The Multiplying Church
by Bob Roberts Jr.
Reviewed by Lance Quinn

Book Review:
Who Can Save the Incredible Shrinking Church?
by Frank Page
Reviewed by Owen Strachan


INTERVIEWS
Observing Evangelicalism with Don Carson
Posted November 25, 2008

Life & Ministry with David Powlison
Posted October 25, 2008

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