Rediscovering biblical counseling / John MacArthur, Jr. -- Biblical counseling in recent times / David Powlison -- Why biblical counseling and not psychology? / John Street -- The Godward focus of biblical counseling / Douglas Bookman -- Counseling and the sinfulness of humanity / John MacArthur, Jr. -- The work of the Spirit and biblical counseling / John MacArthur, Jr. -- Spiritual discipline and the biblical counselor / Robert Smith -- Developing a helping relationship with counselees ; Instilling hope in the counselee ; Taking counselee inventory : collecting data ; Interpreting counselee data ; Providing instruction through biblical counseling ; Biblical counseling and inducement ; Implementing biblical instruction / Wayne A. Mack -- Preaching and biblical counseling ; Spirit-giftedness and biblical counseling / John MacArthur, Jr. -- Biblical counseling and the local church / William W. Goode -- Resources for biblical counseling / Dennis M. Swanson and Wayne A. Mack -- Frequently asked questions about biblical counseling / John MacArthur, Jr. and Wayne A. Mack, editors.