Jay E. Adams

“No man is free to ignore God’s standards. No one has the right to choose not to serve God, for God has…

— Jay E. Adams

“Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is at work, one of the discernible evidences of His presence is changed personalities. Men can…

— Jay E. Adams

“When clients think they are helpless, that some strange mysterious force is at work overpowering them, and they say that I Corinthians…

— Jay E. Adams

“Nouthetic counseling, then, necessarily embodies involvement of the deepest sort.”

— Jay E. Adams

“While victories in the struggle are possible through Christ (vs. 25), they do not come easily or apart from daily battles involving…

— Jay E. Adams

“But even that distress must be balanced by enthusiastic hope. It is his task always to sound the note of biblical optimism…

— Jay E. Adams

“The fourth response is Christian: “It can be solved through Christ.” Notice that the first three responses leave the problem intact and…

— Jay E. Adams

“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

“the Christian cheerfully asserts the possibility of thorough, rapid change. This is a very crucial plank in the Christian counselor’s platform. As…

— Jay E. Adams

“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

“We are to vigorously and violently demolish all the fortifications of the foe, winning the battle and talking him captive for Christ.…

— Jay E. Adams

“Most cases of child discipline may be solved by establishing structure that will lead to the reenforcement of the biblical principles established…

— Jay E. Adams

“Counselees continually confuse learned behavior patterns with inherited nature (phusis). Counselors may take it as a rule that any quality of life,…

— Jay E. Adams

The Christian is free from all other human beings. He does not have to live over against others, controlled by their actions…

— Jay E. Adams

“Similarly, the Scriptures urge the believer to be what God has declared him to be in Christ.”

— Jay E. Adams

“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

“They speak the truth with their neighbor for his welfare. Christians must willingly unveil their own hearts and share matters of mutual…

— Jay E. Adams

“Love is not first a feeling. Though the feelings come later and grow thick in the basic loam of love, they don't…

— Jay E. Adams

“To shorten what otherwise might become a long list of possible points of failure, it is sufficient to say that counselors may…

— Jay E. Adams

“No one ever left Jesus Christ the same. Of everyone who met him, He demanded change. It does not take months or…

— Jay E. Adams

“Cf. pp. 448 ff. In an interesting article, “Make Your Marriage a Love Affair,” Joyce Brothers makes the following correct observation: “…most…

— Jay E. Adams

“All living organisms grow. Growth may sometimes take place in large spurts, and at other times may occur more slowly. In all…

— Jay E. Adams

“It is wrong to think of the present imperfect existence as the more real situation and the perfect record that we have…

— Jay E. Adams

“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

“On the whole, punishments that are productive (work details above and beyond ordinary chores) are the best punishments whenever they can be…

— Jay E. Adams