“Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.” — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“God’s Word changes people, changes their thinking, changes their decisions, and changes their behavior. Change is an important matter to nouthetic counselors.… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Basic to the New Testament concept of motivation is the task of becoming what you are. In a real sense we are… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“The word grace has several meanings in the Bible, one of which is help. The Holy Spirit gives help when His people… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Love, therefore, may be commanded (Luke 6:27 ff.; Ephesians 5:25) and taught (Titus 2:3-4). Love does not come naturally, it must be… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“The biblical picture of intimacy and love between the shepherd and the sheep is foreign to us. The oriental shepherd lived with… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Week after week, counselors encounter one outstanding failure among Christians: a lack of what the Bible calls “endurance.” Perhaps endurance is the… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“The authority is God’s. Although mediated through various styles, the fundamental authority of God in counseling must be evident in all biblical… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Just as the Christian counselor knows that there is no unique problem that has not been mentioned plainly in the Scriptures, so… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Hope in the Scriptures always is a confident expectation; the word hope never carries even the connotation of uncertainty that adheres to… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Everywhere the Scriptures either demand change or assume its possibility. Since not all change is good, the Scriptures were written to give… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“No man is free to ignore God’s standards. No one has the right to choose not to serve God, for God has made man… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is at work, one of the discernible evidences of His presence is changed personalities. Men can and do… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“When clients think they are helpless, that some strange mysterious force is at work overpowering them, and they say that I Corinthians 10:13 does… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.” — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving just such… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism that is… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and as a… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Nowhere does the Bible say that one must wait for change. Jesus did not ask people to wait. He expected and effected change right… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As a basic… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“There are at least seven separately definable elements involved in biblical change. These cannot be viewed merely as successive steps, since most of them… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ. The Church… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established for the… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
