Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling, 3rd ed.

by Kruis, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780801091025
• ISBN10: 0801091020
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780801015793, 9780801052613
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Baker Books
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Summary

This revised and expanded edition is specially designed to help people use the Scriptures more effectively in their lives. Scripture passages, taken from the NIV, on practical topics are thoughtfully arranged in a numbered list so users can see their significance at a glance. With this collection, readers have the pertinent Bible passages at their fingertips when they need them most.

Author Biography

John Kruis is a retired pastor and the founder of the Biblical Counseling Center in Jenison, Michigan, where he resides. He has been a member of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors since 1977.

Table of Contents

Adultery	9	(3)
Affliction	12	(6)
Alcohol	18	(2)
Anger	20	(182)
Anxiety	202
Assurance (of salvation)	23	(2)
Bitterness	25	(2)
Blame shifting	27	(147)
Brooding	174	(18)
Calls to repentance and obedience	192
Changing (to please God)	117
Chastisement	12	(16)
Children	28	(2)
Church	30	(5)
Church discipline	35	(2)
Comfort	37	(74)
Commandments	111
Communication	41
Communion of saints	30	(14)
Conscience	44	(2)
Contentment	46	(1)
Coveting	46	(5)
Death	51	(7)
Decision making	58	(2)
Depression	60
Discipline	12	(50)
Divorce	62
Drug abuse	18	(33)
Eternal life	51	(52)
Evil desires	103
Example (good or bad)	64	(122)
Faith in God	186
False prophets, teachers	66	(4)
Fear	70	(2)
Forgiveness of sins	72	(7)
Forgiving others	79	(3)
Friendships	82	(2)
Giving	84
Gossip	41
Hate	25	(63)
Homosexuality	88	(3)
Hope	91
Hot temper	20	(85)
Husband/wife relationships	105
Imitating Jesus	93	(105)
Laziness	198
Leading a person to Christ	158
Loving and serving others	96	(5)
Loving God	101	(2)
Lust	103
Lying	41	(64)
Marriage	105	(4)
Mixed marriages	109	(2)
Obedience	111	(3)
Overcoming evil	114	(3)
Overcoming sin	117	(5)
Peace	122	(3)
Peacemakers, peacekeepers	125	(5)
Persecution	130	(7)
Prayer	137
Priorities	46	(95)
Progressive sanctification	141	(5)
Providence of God	146	(7)
Repentance	153
Resentment	25	(97)
Rest	122	(36)
Salvation	158	(11)
Self-centeredness	169	(2)
Self-control, self-discipline	171	(3)
Self-pity	174	(2)
Sex life	176	(1)
Sexual immorality	177	(3)
Temptation	180	(2)
Training children	182
Trials	12	(174)
Trust	186
Waiting on the Lord	137	(55)
Warnings	192	(6)
Work	198	(4)
Worry	202	(2)
Youth	204