Understanding People: Why We Long for Relationship
Author(s): Lawrence J. Crabb
Gives an alternative model for biblical counseling, grounded on the authority of Scripture. This book provides "a framework for understanding people and their problems which emerges from the biblical teaching that we bear the image of God and that we are fallen."
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Winner of Christian Book Award 1988.
Dr. Lawrence J. Crabb Jr. (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is a well-known speaker, author of numerous bestselling books including Finding God, and Men and Women, and distinguished scholar-in-residence at Colorado Christian University in Morrison, Colorado.
Contents Preface Introduction: Jesus Is the Way Part I: A SUFFICIENT BIBLE Finding Answers in Scripture Chapter 1. How Do We Know What to Believe? Chapter 2. The Bible Warrants Our Confidence Chapter 3. Does the Bible Speak Meaningfully to Every Human Problem? Chapter 4. The Bible Is a Sufficient Guide for Relational Living Part II: UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE A Tarnished Image and Broken Relationships Chapter 5. How Can People Truly Change? Chapter 6. People Bear the Image of God! Chapter 7. Dependent Beings: People Are Personal Chapter 8. Foolish Thinkers: People Are Rational Chapter 9. The Beginning of Change: Repentance Chapter 10. Free to Choose: People Are Volitional Chapter 11. Feeling the Impact of Life: People Are Emotional Part III: GROWING TOWARD MATURITY A Restored Image and Healed Relationships Chapter 12. The Evidence of Maturity: Love Chapter 13. The Essence of Maturity: Realized Dependency Conclusion: Jesus Is Indeed the Way Appendix: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Dynamic, Moral, and Relational Models Notes Index
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- : Zondervan
- : Zondervan
- : 0.37
- : 01 November 1987
- : 223mm X 142mm X 22mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Lawrence J. Crabb
- : Hardback
- : 253.5
- : 224
- : Christian ministry & pastoral activity
- : B & W Line