Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Apply the good news of the gospel to everyday issues in a counseling setting

• Emphasize theologically significant terms such as adoption, transformation, sanctification

• Identify the Sad Moralist and the Happy Moralist in yourself and others

• Discuss the relationship between emotions, mind, and will

• Understand the power of the gospel to transform relationships

• Centralize the message of the gospel: the love of God in Christ

• Apply the gospel to broken areas and relationships in your own life

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: What Do You See?

• How Do I Imitate God?

• Using Thematic Outlines to Preach or Teach a Passage

• New Testament Indicatives

• Locating All the Imperative Forms in Ephesians 4

• Beloved Child or Begrudging Slave

• Discovering Biblical References for the Term “Beloved”

• Becoming a Beloved Child

• When the Gospel Is Forgotten

• A Case Study: Madeline

Unit 2: Seeing Your Savior

• How Do I See Christ?

• The Gospel in Counseling

• Means of Grace: Hearing the Gospel Preached

• Preaching for Transformation

• Creating a Custom Collection of Counseling Resources

• Means of Grace: Studying Scripture

• Means of Grace: The Sacrament of Baptism

• Means of Grace: The Sacrament of the Lordʼs Supper

• Means of Grace: Fellowship

• Fellowship: Speaking the Truth in Love

• Fellowship: Riches in Jars of Clay

• Finding New Testament References to Loving One Another

• The Hope of Transformation

• Jesus Models Transformational Life

• The Light of Christ Increases

Unit 3: God’s Immeasurable Love

• What Is the Nature of God’s Love?

• Finding Verses that Speak about God’s Love

• Lovelessness: The Root of Disobedience

• Love: The Root of Obedience

• The Nature of God’s Love

• Finding References to God’s Steadfast Love in the Psalms

• The Hope of God’s Love

• The Delight of God’s Love

• The Power of God’s Love

• A Case Study: Doug

Unit 4: God’s Love and Our Hearts

• Who Are the Happy and Sad Moralists?

• The Happy Moralist: Before Jesus

• Conducting a Character Study on the Pharisees with the Bible Facts Tool

• The Happy Moralist: Humbled by the Law

• The Happy Moralist: The Prescription

• The Sad Moralist: Before the Cross

• The Sad Moralist: Submission to Grace

• The Sad Moralist: The Prescription

• Receiving the Love of God: The Gospel-Centered Christian

• A Case Study: Jeannie

Unit 5: Gospel-Centered Counseling

• What Is Gospel-Centered Counseling?

• Counseling from Scripture

• Counseling in Balance

• Counseling in Context

• Counseling from the Gospel

• Transformed by the Gospel: Jacob and Laban

• Transformed by the Gospel: The Welcoming Father

• A Case Study: Ernest

Unit 6: The Gospel and Our Sanctification

• What Is Sanctification?

• Using Bible Concordances to Find References for Sanctification

• Sanctification: Union with Christ

• Sanctification: Joy in Christ

• Sanctification: Rest in Christ

• A Case Study: Pastor Jack

Unit 7: The Gospel and Our Emotions

• Cultural View of Emotions

• Biblical View of Emotions

• Investigating the Meaning of the Term “Heart”

• Emotional Response

• Emotional Transformation

• Emotional Complexity

• Emotional Interpretation

• The Gospel Impact

• A Case Study: Sally and Chad

Unit 8: The Gospel and Our Relationships

• Relational Rootedness

• Relational Understanding

• Relational Transformation

Conclusion

• Gospel-Centered Counseling Summary

Details

• Title: CO111 Gospel-Centered Counseling

• Instructor: Elyse Fitzpatrick

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2014

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 7