Pastor Dave Dunham is an avid reader and a prolific reviewer. I was honored when I heard that Dave had reviewed my new book, Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors.
You can read Dave’s full review here, A Review of Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling.
Biblically Faithful Marriage Equipping Guide
Here’s Dave’s opening words, that capture well my motivation in writing Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling.
“I will be the first to admit it, marriage counseling is complicated. Counsel, in such situations, is compounded by the reality of addressing two sufferers and two sinners who cause problems for one another and who see the cause of those problems from totally different vantage points. There are loads of great volumes out there on marriage, on biblical marriage principles, and on growing as a couple. There are very few biblically faithful marriage counseling guides. That’s why Bob Kellemen has chosen to write Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling. This book is a robust equipping guide, that all biblical marriage counselors are going to want to read.”
Snippets
Here are some snippets from Dave’s review that were especially encouraging to me.
- “Part 2 focuses on “Practical Training.” Here Bob seeks to help readers “develop 22 marriage counseling relational competencies.” His role as an educator shines through in these chapters as he uses every tool in his disposal to solidify the major points and make the principles and practices memorable to readers.”
- “Bob has designed this book to be truly an equipping guide, which means that there are a whole host of fresh insights on how to apply truth to the unique dynamics of marital conflict.”
- “Bob’s fourfold counseling approach of sustaining, healing, reconciling, guiding applied uniquely to sufferers and sinners in marriage gives readers a wealth of riches for their own counseling practice.”
- “The exercises woven throughout the chapter encourage reflection and practice in self-counseling, all of which will indeed equip readers to be better at helping other couples who are struggling.”
- “I loved this book. It is not only the best resource of its kind that I have come across, but it is my favorite of Bob’s books. It should be on every counselor’s shelf and it should be reviewed and referenced often in the practice of counseling couples.”
- “Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling gives more than just truths about marriage as a reflection of the gospel, it gives practical guidance on how to help couples work through their own hearts and move towards each other and towards God in the midst of marital discord. It is indeed a robust equipping guide.”
Read More; Learn More
Again, you can read all of Dave’s review at his website here: A Review of Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling.
And, for free resources related to the book, visit my RPM Ministries Writing Page here: Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors
