It feels so right – so spiritual – to live with regrets. It means you feel bad for the wrong things you have done or think you have done, and that sounds like a good thing. If you forget those wrongs, you are acting like they were no big deal. How many “if only’s” do...
A companion volume to Competent to Counsel and The Christian Counselor’s Manual. This trilogy (in one volume) is a practical guide for novice and experienced counselors alike. Jay Adams introduces many matters that he has either not mentioned elsewhere or has...
Guilt is easy to identify, shame less so, and there are reasons why. One is that guilt is black or white. You did wrong or you didn’t. Yes, we can be blind to our wrongness, but when we are willing to open our eyes, matters of right and wrong are blatant. Shame, on...
Only once have I rebuked a class of students. It was a Doctor of Ministry class. Fine students, dead boring material – statistics, research design – though I tried my best to make it interesting. Some of the students were not putting in any effort. I stopped for a...
Introducing a new book by Dr. Adams—365 brief daily readings designed to help as you walk along the Way—the Christian’s journey in life. Each study covers some aspect of the believer’s journey through life, showing how you may honor Jesus...
I taught a short seminar about conversations recently. When I first told my wife what I would be doing she gave me the grim news. “You’re not good at conversations. Why are you doing that?” She wasn’t angry. She was more matter-of-fact, with the slightest – and I say...
