Habits Quote by Jay E. Adams

“By instinct, habit, and enculturation, all of us tend to think of counseling as a human-with-human interaction. But in fact a human-with-Savior interaction must…

— David A. Powlison

“Static living, static decisions, static personality is inconsistent with the biblical picture of the new life. Where there is life there is growth, 1…

— Jay E. Adams

It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.

— Margo Kaufman

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

— 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 a basic…

— 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. The Scriptures…

— Jay E. Adams

“The personal costs of counseling also remind us why it is so necessary for a counselor to experience continuous renewal through Scripture, prayer, and…

— David G. Benner

“The theory of behavior is useful to the life of man only as the index is useful to him who goes through it before…

— Giacomo Casanova

“Just as carpenters need a variety of tools to build an attractive house or a piece of fine furniture, counselors require a variety of…

— Howard John Clinebell

The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel.…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“a child has been born for us,                  A son given to us;            Authority rests upon his shoulders;                  And he is named            Wonderful Counselor, Mighty…

— Bart D. Ehrman

Most people have had counselling for something, like a physical illness or marriage guidance.

— Paul Whitehouse