{"title":"David Powlison | Authors","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"author-info-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-info-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/collections\/david-powlison\"\u003eDavid Powlison\u003c\/a\u003e, MDiv, PhD, (1949–2019) was a teacher, counselor, and the executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/book-author\/ccef-books\/\"\u003eChristian Counseling \u0026amp; Educational Foundation (CCEF)\u003c\/a\u003e. He wrote many books and minibooks, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/products\/speaking-truth-in-love-counsel-in-community?variant=49950736515301\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeaking Truth in Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/products\/seeing-with-new-eyes-counseling-and-the-human-condition-through-the-lens-of-scripture?variant=51374846148837\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeeing with New Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/products\/the-biblical-counseling-movement?variant=49950745166053\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/products\/good-and-angry-redeeming-anger-irritation-complaining-and-bitterness?variant=49950877122789\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e Making All Things New: Restoring Joy to the Sexually Broken,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGod's Grace in Your Suffering\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/products\/safe-and-sound-standing-firm-in-spiritual-battles?variant=49952570867941\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSafe and Sound,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/newgrowthpress.com\/products\/take-heart-daily-devotions-to-deepen-your-faith?variant=49952714129637\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTake Heart and Take Heart for Teens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e. David was also the editor of The Journal of Biblical Counseling.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item recent-articles\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"recent-articles-heading\"\u003eRecent Articles\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recent-articles-list\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.newgrowthpress.com\/envisioning-spiritual-warfare-as-paul-did\/\"\u003eEnvisioning Spiritual Warfare as Paul Did\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recent-articles-list\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.newgrowthpress.com\/hope-for-the-struggles-we-all-face\/\"\u003eHope for the Struggles We All Face\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.newgrowthpress.com\/author\/davidpowlison\/\" class=\"author-page\"\u003eView more\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"speaking-truth-in-love-counsel-in-community","title":"Speaking Truth in Love: Counsel in Community","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou probably speak 20,000 words a day, give or take, and each one influences those who listen. No wonder God has so much to say about our words. We are all counselors, whether we realize it or not! \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeaking Truth in Love \u003c\/em\u003eis a blueprint for communication that strengthens community in Christ. The principles outlined in this pivotal work are specific to counseling, yet extend to marriage, family, friendship, business, and the church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHave you ever wondered how to be a more effective counselor?\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever looked for a better way to talk to difficult people?\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever wanted to express faith and love more naturally in your relationships? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractical in its approach yet comprehensive in its scope, \u003cem\u003eSpeaking Truth in Love \u003c\/em\u003eis sure to become required reading for anyone interested in pursuing a career as a counselor or anyone else who longs for ways to redeem relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"David Powlison","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":49950736515301,"sku":"9780977080717","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49950736548069,"sku":"9781935273943","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/5617\/9173\/files\/Speaking-Truth-in-Love-Counsel-in-Community-Christian-Living_14549__84612.1753471451.1280.1280.jpg?v=1783336776"},{"product_id":"the-biblical-counseling-movement","title":"The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context","description":"\u003csection data-role=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn principle, Christians believe knowing Jesus Christ is the original and abiding \"cure of the soul.\" But in practice, the church's provision of personalized care and counsel has often been unthoughtful and unskillful. During the past 150 years, many other practitioners and theorists have filled the gap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychiatry and psychotherapy (transliterations of two Greek words for \"cure of the soul\") claim to offer the deep truth that explains a human being and the final word on how we can be cured from the troubles that beset us. Secularized explanations and cures call for no recourse to the Bible or Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning in the late 1960s, a biblical counseling movement sought to reclaim counseling for the church. It aimed to provide a coherently Christian alternative to mainstream psychiatry and psychotherapy. \u003cem\u003eThe Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context\u003c\/em\u003e is an informative and thought-provoking account of that movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow did it begin and develop? What were the defining ideas? Where were the tension points and struggles, both internally and with evangelical psychotherapists? David Powlison's historical account combines careful scholarship with unique, eyewitness insight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an invaluable resource for those who want to understand the biblical counseling movement. The core chapters were originally a PhD dissertation in history of science and medicine (University of Pennsylvania). This new edition adds a lengthy appendix, containing articles by Dr. Powlison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese extend and deepen the history, giving a fine-grained analysis of developments within the biblical counseling movement and in its relationship to evangelical psychotherapists. 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Anger is our complex human response to what we perceive as wrong in a complex world, thus we must learn how to fruitfully and honestly deal with it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowlison undertakes an in-depth exploration of the roots of anger, moral judgment, and righteous response by looking in a surprising place: God's own anger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood and Angry\u003c\/em\u003e examines God's desire for justice and his anger, which doesn't devolve into manipulation. Rather, God's anger is good and redemptive, and it causes him to step into our world to make wrongs right, sending his own Son to die so we can be reconciled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book full of practical and biblical help, Powlison sets readers on a path toward a faithful and fruitful expression of anger, in which we return good for evil and redeem wrongs. 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