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Jay E. Adams

(1929–2020) Author United States

92 quotes in 173 categories

Jay E. Adams writes that no one can ignore God’s standards and that the Spirit’s work is seen in changed personalities. He says that real change should happen right away, not after waiting, and that daily battles and self‑sacrifice are needed for victory through Christ. He also stresses that clear structure at home helps children learn biblical principles.

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Jay E. Adams was an author from the United States, best known for Competent to counsel.

Quick Facts About Jay E. Adams

Born: January 30, 1929
Died: November 14, 2020
Nationality: United States
Profession: Author
Notable works: Competent to counsel

About Jay E. Adams

Jay Edward Adams was an American Reformed theologian and author best known for his role in developing and promoting a counseling approach known as nouthetic counseling. He was a key figure in the biblical counseling movement and authored over 100 books on theology, pastoral ministry, and Christian counseling.

Quotes by Jay E. Adams

“Counselees need to structure hard tasks by scheduling them.”

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The best way to be a good father to your children is to be a good husband to their mother.

Best way

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I don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ.

Care

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“Knowing that there will be a way out, an end to the problem, is itself reassuring.”

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“Instead of these mild, oblique approaches, we must learn, in such cases, to be irenically direct.”

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

Counseling

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“Maturation is fundamentally the process of learning to discipline one’s self and to carry personal responsibility.”

Discipline

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

Bible

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Evil is powerful, but good is more powerful. In fact, evil is so powerful that only good has the power to overcome…

Darkness

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“Thus the first important fact is that counselees need meaning, and the second is similar to it: counselees need hope. Every counselor…

Counselor

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“It is a clever “wile” of Satan to tempt men to think that they cannot do what God requires because they do…

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“James directed that when the patient discusses his sickness with the elders and prayer is made, the possibility of sickness as the…

Patience

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“And, as a matter of fact, every believer may share in the full supply of divine equipment to the degree that is…

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“Basic to the New Testament concept of motivation is the task of becoming what you are. In a real sense we are…

Bible

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“Distinguishing between the emotion and the conviction or judgment that triggers it is often fundamental to the solution to one’s problem.”

Decision making

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“Every change that God promises is possible. Every quality that God requires in His redeemed children can be attained. Every resource that…

Change

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“The problem in counseling is to bring Christian counselees to full recognition of the glorious reality of the eternal inheritance. The present,…

Christianity

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“The word grace has several meanings in the Bible, one of which is help. The Holy Spirit gives help when His people…

Bible

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“Corresponding to the two basic philosophies of life, then, hedonism and biblical theism, are two views of love. Everyone, of course, is…

Christianity

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“Change, then, is necessary, but change is hard. One of the major reasons why Christians founder is because they are either unwilling…

Change

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“Static living, static decisions, static personality is inconsistent with the biblical picture of the new life. Where there is life there is…

Change growth

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“Thus, assigning of homework from the first session on enables a counselor to discover quickly (1) who is willing and able to…

Counselor

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“When Christ said, “take up your cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23), He put an end to all such thinking. He…

Christian life

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A vital Christian, radiating that hidden beauty of the heart, is more attractive to the right sort of Christian man (the only…

Ability

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“Just as the Christian counselor knows that there is no unique problem that has not been mentioned plainly in the Scriptures, so…

Bible

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“The story of Elijah in I Kings 19 is illustrative of the destructiveness of self-pity. Elijah was bold as long as his…

Elijah

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“Often counselors find it necessary to spell out for clients methods for getting things done. They teach them first to plan their…

Getting things done

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“Clients frequently comment about the important part that insistence upon discipline played in the solution to their problems. At the end of…

Discipline

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

Christianity

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

Change

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“Based upon the fundamental Christian conviction that men can change as the Spirit works within them, we must insist upon the idea…

Called by god

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“A Christian sins if he becomes a static, sedentary person who fears positive biblical change and frantically clings to the past, either…

Change

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“Sometimes when counselees are cornered and forced to acknowledge that their behavior is irresponsible, they attempt to dodge the issue by replying:…

Habits

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“Typical Counselee Remarks Typical Counselor Responses That May Be Used”

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

Counselor

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

Christianity

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“According to Leviticus 19:17, 18 it is of the essence of love for one’s neighbor to avoid grudge bearing by dealing immediately…

Leviticus

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

Children

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“The options given to them are the same options that one faces now. They reflect two distinct moralities, two antithetical religions, and…

Choice

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“Man was created as a being whose very existence is derived from and dependent upon a Creator whom he must acknowledge as…

Life

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Life (19) Change (15) Christianity (14) Bible (13)