Pastoral Care Under the Cross: God in the Midst of Suffering

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Summary: Lifted Up by the Cross
Review: Pastoral care is difficult, demanding, draining, and sometimes dangerous. Yet it also touches Christians one-on-one in a way that no therapy or counseling can match. Rather than exhaust oneself in programs that may not work or in legalistic snares, Eyer invites the pastor to live under the cross as a redeemed sinner, to point to the cross as the source of life and bringer of sense in a senseless and dead world, and to trust in the cross rather than leaning on human wisdom.

Eyer knows the difference between a clergyman and a counselor and he keeps the reader/pastor from straying into unfamiliar territory where lawsuits may be the most minor risks.

If you desire to be a Gospel-centered pastor and seelsorger, ~Pastoral Care Under the Cross~ belongs on your bookshelf and in your hands.