Counsel from the Cross Ministries
Elyse Fitzpatrick
Endorsements for
Comforts from the Cross: Celebrating the Gospel One Day at a Time:
"The love of God in its deepest intensity is found in the immediate vicinity of the cross, and this is where Elyse invites her readers to dwell for thirty-one days of gospel meditation. Poignant and thoroughly biblical, Comforts from the Cross presents an endearing view of Christ that will encourage Christians with a fresh hope in their Savior. This book also provides a wide-ranging tour of gospel truths and shows readers how to apply them with life-changing results. Comforts from the Cross is truly a gift to women [and men] who want their lives to bear more deeply the imprint of God's love." -- MILTON VINCENT, author, A Gospel Primer for Christians
"We need this book! The church today, particularly in America, has been languishing in selfish, impotent, shallow immaturity--barely able to survive, let alone thrive and make an impact on our culture. So Comforts from the Cross is a gem that stands out in the mountain of Christian self-help, feel-good, and name-it-and-claim-it books that have dominated the Christian landscape for far too long. Get this book. Read it, and give it away to someone else who needs a gospel booster shot." -- BRAD BIGNEY, senior pastor, Grace Fellowship Church
“A triumph of a maturing biblical counseling movement. Elyse Fitzpatrick, a counselor with uncommon insight into common problems, teams with Dennis Johnson, a seminary professor with a firm fix on justification and the centrality of the gospel, to produce a cross-centered counseling tool. Expect to find the refreshing intersection of the liberating truth of the cross and the power of the gospel to move counselees and impart hope. This book is a major contribution not only to biblical counseling but also to the person in the pew.”
Tedd Tripp, pastor, author, international conference speaker
“Broken people remain so because they never truly understand the nature or extent of God’s love. Following the pattern of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, this book triggers worship and hope with exhilarating descriptions of the gospel of Christ and shows us how to live out the love and freedom of the gospel in the relationships and struggles of everyday life. May God use this book to bring a wholeness and joy to believers that is irresistibly attractive to everyone around them.”
Ken Sande, president, Peacemaker Ministries
“Fitzpatrick and Johnson teach that effective counseling for broken and hurting people does not mean walking beyond the gospel into some modern form of psychotherapy, which ultimately provides no solutions. All Christians, especially pastors, counselors, and church workers who yearn to see genuine healing and transformation in their families and churches, should practice the principles of this book personally and use it to help others. This book is biblical counseling at its best; absorbing its teaching will make us all better counselors.” “Elyse Fitzpatrick and Dennis Johnson present a compelling case for the very radical and eminently practical power of the gospel in helping counsel broken people. One will not find here the usual Scriptures taken out of context or mere proof-texting approach that so-much of Christian counseling has offered the evangelical community. Instead, Johnson’s exegetical insights and Fitzpatrick’s case-wise counsel show how and why we must apply the love and grace of Christ at each stage of our counseling. They are to be praised for mining the riches of the gospel and offering a real model for and recovery of Christ-centered counseling.”
Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Alfred J. Poirier, author, The Peacemaking Pastor