For more than 40 years, CCEF’s Journal of Biblical Counseling has provided a forum for the development of clear thinking and effective practice in biblical counseling. We do this by publishing articles that faithfully bring the God of truth, mercy, and power to the issues that face pastoral ministries of counseling and discipleship.
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JBC Vol. 35 · No. 1 Articles
The “Biblical” in Biblical Counseling
When we speak about the practice of biblical counseling, what do we mean? What constitutes counseling that is distinctly biblical? […]
Teens and Suicide: Recognizing the Signs and Sharing Hope
With teen suicide rates on the rise, this article is a guide for parents and other caregivers who want to […]
How to Create Effective Care Teams at Your Church
Churches often use care teams to assist and support people who are going through a hard time or significant transition. […]
Who Am I? How Should I Live?—Rethinking Identity in Christ
How should Christians approach questions surrounding their personal identity? Should we limit our discussion to what it means that we […]
Book Review | Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It’s Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero
This popular book has impacted many Christians. Ed Welch has written a thorough review that assesses the book’s premise and […]
Sanctification: Balancing Grace and Obedience through the Ages
This article honors the late David Powlison. As a church historian, Dr. Davis traces how the Protestant church has seesawed […]
JBC Volume 35:1 (2021) – PDF
Purchase the digital edition of the Journal of Biblical Counseling volume 35:1. The mission of the Journal of Biblical Counseling […]
JBC Volume 35:1 (2021) – Print
Purchase the print edition of the Journal of Biblical Counseling volume 35:1. The mission of the Journal of Biblical Counseling […]
About the JBC
For more than 40 years, CCEF’s Journal of Biblical Counseling has provided a forum for the development of clear thinking and effective practice in biblical counseling. We do this by publishing articles that faithfully bring the God of truth, mercy, and power to the issues that face pastoral ministries of counseling and discipleship.
Our late senior editor David Powlison wrote, “CCEF works and prays to restore Christ to counseling—and to restore counseling to the church. The Journal of Biblical Counseling serves this mission as a publishing ministry of CCEF. We believe that true, life-explaining insight into people necessarily involves thinking Christianly. Loving, lasting help necessarily involves practicing ‘counseling’ as one aspect of consciously Christian ministry. The deeper you gaze into what actually goes wrong with people—the weight of our sins and sorrows—the more clearly you see that Jesus Christ is essential to making it right.”
Journal articles cover a broad range of biblical counseling and methodology topics. Many are written by CCEF faculty including Ed Welch, David Powlison, Michael Emlet, Julie Lowe, Todd Stryd and others. We also welcome articles from other authors, pastors, and practitioners in the field.
David Powlison was the senior editor of the JBC from 1992 until his death in 2019.
Editorial Staff
Managing Editor: Kimberly Monroe
Assistant Editor: Lauren Whitman
Assistant Editor: Michael Gembola
Proofreader: Bruce E. Eaton