Hawkins and Clinton Book Review Hawkins and Clinton's The New Christian Counselor: A Fresh Biblical and Transformational Approach is focused on how Christian counselors should help people to take hold of their souls. Hawkins and Clinton (2015) believed that every Christian counselor should make God’s Word their foundation in order for them to be able to accurately listen to their client and hear the cry of the latter’s soul—the past hurts, present struggles, and future hopes. Thus, clients are only able to take possession of their soul when they fully understand that it God offers forgiveness, redemption, and restoration. Hawkins and Clinton (2015) also emphasized that people nowadays have the tendency of imitating peace through anesthetizing …show more content…
Because of this, humans’ thinking has become distorted to the extent that they are warped in their own desires. As a result, relationships are wrecked, and the world is infused with sin and death (Hawkins & Clinton, 2015). Based on the authors’ assertion, it is high time for Christian counselors to clarify their task and help their clients understand that the Redeemer is faithful, He is true, and He does not condemn but offer forgiveness, mercy, and hope. It is through God’s unfathomable love that people can be restored and made …show more content…
Christian counselors should pursue God with all their hearts I believe that as a Christian counselor, it is my responsibility to understand the heart of God for humanity. It is through having a personal knowledge and encounter with God that I am able to make others feel that in Christ, one can start all over again. Christian counsels should help their clients possess their souls Hawkins and Clinton (2015) asserted that only in possessing their souls that clients are able to trust God and love Him with all of their hearts. As a Christian counselor, I want to make my clients feel that God loves them and He is for them. It is through this that my clients are able respond to life’s challenges with hope and confidence in Christ. God’s grace is the hope of mankind Because God’s grace is unmerited, one should not try to earn it. My clients should understand that when they try to reject and ignore Him, they are left to themselves. However, if they find to courage to admit that they need a Savior, they will find Him to be beautiful, kind, strong, compassionate, marvelous, and more than wonderful.