Prescribed Reading 

Course 1

Semester 1
The following two books are essential:

• Welch, Edward. 1997. When People are Big and God is Small. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
• Tripp, Paul David. 2000. War of Words. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing.

The following books are useful for a thorough foundation in Biblical Counselling and are important for students without prior theological study:

• Adams, Jay E. 1979. A Theology of Christian Counseling Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House
• Adams, Jay E. 1973. The Christian Counselor’s Manual. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House.

Semester 2
The following books are compulsory:

• Adams, Jay, E, 1979. Christian Living in the Home. Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company
• Crabb, L. 1992. The Marriage Builder. Grand Rapids : Zondervan
• For Afrikaans students: Also Nicol, Joke. 1989. Naak en naby: verhoudingsgroei vir verloofdes en getroudes. Pretoria : HAUM

Course 2:
Recommended literature:

• Crabb, L. 1995. The Silence of Adam. Zondervan : Michigan
• McGee, R.S. 2003. The Search for Significance. Nashville : W Publishing
• Powlison, D. 2000. Seeing With New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition through the Lens of Scripture. Phillipsburg : PR Publishing
• Tripp, P.D. 2002. Instruments in die Redeemers’s Hands. Phillipsburg : PR Publishing

These books are available at some Christian bookshops, as well as from Augustine Bookroom in Pretoria (645 Rudolf St, Constantia Park, Pretoria; Tel/Fax: 012 993 4606 / 993-0732; email: augustinebookroom@telkomsa.net ; website: www.augustine.co.za). 

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