The Greatest Manual on Biblical Counseling Ever Produced.

September 23, 2008

Dr. Timothy Keller calls Richard Baxter’s Christian Directory “The greatest manual on biblical counseling ever produced.”

Published by Reformation Heritage Books, Baxter’s Christian Directory is a comprehensive survey of practical theology. In it, Richard Baxter instructs Christians on a host of issues that they face in life. He gives directions for ordering one’s personal life before God, performing duties in family relationships, fulfilling responsibilities within the life of the church, and living uprightly in relation to public officials and one’s neighbors.

This book does a masterful job in combining the principles of communion with God and the specifics of obedience to God. No Puritan work on applied theology has approached the popularity, scope, or depth of this treatise. With widespread interest in counseling and practical, biblical living in today’s church, Baxter’s work should be a welcome addition to every library and to anyone who wishes to give solid scriptural answers to man’s most important questions.

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