Developments in Biblical Counseling

Book Description:

Are you looking for a brief introduction to what the biblical counseling movement is and 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. He points out that some of these developments have an affinity with Puritan approaches to counseling that Adams rejects but may point in a more consistently biblical direction.

Author:

Following thirty years of pastoral ministry in western Canada, J. Cameron Fraser works with Streets Alive Mission and Rehoboth Christian Ministries in Lethbridge and the surrounding areas of Alberta, Canada.  He also serves as stated clerk of Classis Alberta south and Saskatchewan in the Christian Reformed Church and preaches frequently. He has authored or coauthored three previous books and has twice been a magazine editor.

Endorsements:

'Cameron Fraser has written a superb and concise analysis of developments in biblical/nouthetic counseling over the past fifty years. He accurately describes and fairly evaluates those who have led this movement, with many of whom I have had the personal privilege of studying and working in my years as a professor and president at Westminster Seminary. Anyone who reads this book will be well informed and deeply blessed by it.' Samuel Logan, associate international director, world Reformed Fellowship

'Cameron knows his subject, writes simply and clearly, and assesses positions in a balanced way. This book will help readers navigate the different approaches in biblical counseling.' ---David Murray professor of Old Testament and practical theology, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan

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