Beginning in the late 1960s, a biblical counseling movement sought to reclaim counseling for the church. It aimed to provide a coherently Christian alternative to mainstream psychiatry and psychotherapy. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context is an informative and thought-provoking account of that movement. How did it begin and develop? What were the defining ideas? Where were the tension points and struggles, both internally and with evangelical psychotherapists? David Powlison's historical account combines careful scholarship with a unique, eyewitness insight.

"The truth of Christ speaks to every aspect of our situations. It rewrites the script of our soul." - David Powlison

You have a successful counseling and teaching ministry. Thousands read your books, attend your classes, and grow from your teaching. You have gifts from God, and you've been able to use them to the blessing of many.

Then one day you wake up to realize that your gifts may be gone forever.

"If ministry is speaking truth in love, we tend to be stronger on the speaking in truth than on the love." - David Powlison

No one knows the history of the modern biblical counseling movement better than David Powlison. In fact, he's written the book on it (literally--it will be out later this year). In the video below, David shares his insights about two goals thinks the biblical counseling movement should target as it seeks to serve the Lord, the church, and God's people better in the years to come.