The Anatomy of Anxiety

Part 23: Christ’s Peace Plan

Note: For previous posts in this blog mini-series, visit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22.

Life Focus: Does worry, doubt, or fear get the best of you sometimes? Do you wonder where anxiety comes from and how to defeat it in your life and the lives of those you love? Then we need a biblical anatomy of anxiety. We need God’s prescription for victory over anxiety.

Five Peace-Producing Principles

In one verse (Philippians 4:6), in the context of one chapter, in the context of one book, in the context of the Gospel, Paul has taught us five peace-producing principles:

1. Guard My Relationship to God My Guard

2. Engage in Worship Prayer Focused on God’s Character

3. Open My Palms to God

4. See God As a Rewarder, Not a Hoarder

5. Faithfully Trust My Faithful Father

But just what is the nature of this peace?

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7).

Three False Peace Plans

1. God’s Peace Is Not Irrational

Peace doesn’t ignore the reality of the situation around us. It’s not Pollyanna Christianity pretending life is wonderful. It’s not living in denial of problems, suffering, troubles, and stresses.

2. God’s Peace Is Not Circumstantial

There’s no promise that the anxiety-prompting events will magically disappear. In fact, Jesus makes the opposite promise. “In me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).

3. God’s Peace Is Not Predominantly Emotional

We don’t eliminate emotions. We manage emotions. We bring spirituality and rationality to our emotionality.

Recall our “anatomy of anxiety.” Emotions are God-given. The core emotion underlying negative anxiety is our God-given emotional gift of vigilance—an emotional response to threat.

An external threat prompts an internal reaction. We can respond in an ungodly way: stuck vigilance leading to self-trust, self-protection, and fight or flight behavior. We can respond in a godly way: wise vigil based upon faith in God and protection of others.

Christ’s Peace Plan: Core Rest Despite External Stress and Internal Distress

1. Christ’s Peace Is Rational: Reason Redeemed by Faith

Paul says God’s peace transcends all understanding. It’s not irrational. It’s super-rational. It’s reason redeemed by faith!

Peace brings rationality and spirituality to our emotionality. Our vigil detector screams, “Incoming missile! Take cover!” Or, if you’re a Star Trek fan, “Red alert! Red alert! Shields up! Evasive maneuvers!”

Our emotions scream, “Take control! Trust self! Protect self!”

However, our rational spirituality says, “Shh. Quiet. Calm down. Look at this real threat with spiritual eyes. What has God promised in Christ? He has overcome the world. He has won the fight, so you don’t have to fight in self-trust. He has won the final victory, so you don’t have to flee in self-protection.”

That’s why Paul says God’s peace guards our hearts and minds. “Heart” in the Bible is a comprehensive term with a focus on our rational, volitional, moral control center. “Mind” is thoughts, mental reflections, images, and beliefs.

God’s peace helps us to reinterpret life based upon God’s perspective. God’s peace helps us to see life through the lens of God’s promises based upon God’s character.

2. Christ’s Peace Is Supernatural: Whole, Healthy, and Holy in Christ

“Peace” means wholeness, unity, integration, rest. When we’re anxious, we feel the opposite. We say, “I’m coming unglued. I’m falling apart. My life is disintegrating!” Or, if we’re a Star Trek fan, “The shields are breakin’ up Capt’n Kirk. I can’t hold ‘em together much longer like this!”

God’s shalom is core rest despite external stress and internal distress.

Core rest: I am supernaturally at rest—whole, healthy, and holy. External stress: Even when real threats attack me. Internal Stress: Even when my emotional sentinel is clanging “Red alert!”

It’s supernatural because it is God’s guarding peace. Paul says God’s peace shall guard—garrison. God’s peace is the sentinel that mounts a guard over our hearts and minds. God’s powerful sentry of peace garrisons my heart and guards my mind—protecting my thought life. God’s peace stays on sentry duty continuously, without interruption, so I can relax my stuck vigilance. I can rest.

Peace is supernatural because it is in Christ. “It will guard your hearts and minds in Christ.”

In Christ, God demonstrates once and for all that nothing can separate us from our Sentinel. We have the peace of God because we have the promise in Christ of peace with God.

Since my ultimate fear of separation from the God of the universe is calmed in Christ, then I can face all other real, but smaller, fears through Christ who promises that He is my Sentinel who has overcome all the world’s threats.

Making It Real

1. Am I looking at life threats with spiritual eyes? Am I looking at life’s stresses through the lens of God’s protective promises based upon God’s faithful character?

2. Am I experiencing core rest despite external stress and internal distress? Is my daily peace based upon my understanding of my eternal peace with God in Christ?

The Rest of the Story

We’ve been looking at the foundation of peace—spiritual peace. There’s still more. In the coming days we’ll ask, “What additional biblical principles can we apply to our lives to find God’s peace?”

Tags: Biblical Counseling, Christian Counseling, Peace, Philippians 4:6-7

Conversations on the Future of Biblical Counseling

Part 3: Who Is Competent to Counsel?

Note: Welcome to our blog mini-series on The Future of Biblical Counseling. I’m sharing my expanded version of an interview Brad Hambrick (BCH) of the ABC did with me. Read earlier posts: post 1 , post 2.

BCH: Who do you mean when you say biblical counseling—not name or organization, but target audience? How broadly or narrowly are you using that term?

Are these (a) dreams for self-identified counselors who believe their counseling is biblical; (b) dreams for the entire Church because of the “one another” commands of New Testament given to all Christians; or (c) dreams for those who hold to a certain set of convictions regarding counseling?”

RWK: As I penned my definition of biblical counseling, and as I dream about the future of biblical counseling, my target audience includes several groups. Dream eleven, which we will discuss in more detail later, states that biblical counseling is universal—it is what lay people do as spiritual friends, what pastors do as soul physicians, and what professional Christian/biblical counselors do as soul care-givers, and what educators do as equippers.

I base this expansive dream upon Paul’s conviction in Romans 15:14. “I myself am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge, and competent to counsel one another.”

Lay People as Spiritual Friends

First, I dream about the future of biblical counseling for lay believers. My passion is the local church. The holy of holies of my local church passion is the equipping of the saints to do the work of the ministry.

I tell my graduate students that the M in MA stands for Master which means you master something so well that you equip others to do it also. My greatest joy is to see our graduate students equip their people for lay discipleship (which is what biblical counseling is—discipleship).

For instance, Sister Ellen Barney is the “First Lady” (pastor’s wife) in a large African American church in Maryland. In the past seven years she has equipped over 500 women as Lay Encouragers And Disciplers (LEADers). When I speak at their elaborate graduation ceremonies, she says, “Dr. Kellemen, these are your grandbabies!”

I dream of grandbabies and great-grandbabies in every local church. Each of the twelve dreams are dreams I have for lay spiritual friends—that their ministries would be scriptural, theological, historical, positive, relational, relevant, transformative, comprehensive in theory, comprehensive in methodology, comprehensive in equipping, universal, and multi-cultural.

Pastors as Soul Physicians

Second, I write and dream for pastors as soul physicians. Having pastored most of my adult life, and ministering to pastors for the rest of my adult life, I have a heart for pastors.

I absolutely believe in the pulpit ministry of the Word. I believe most Evangelical seminaries train pastors well for the pulpit. I happen also to believe in the personal ministry of the Word. Unfortunately, I think most Evangelical seminaries drop the ball in training pastors as soul physicians. If they train them at all, it is one course and that one course often is more psychological than it is theological/biblical.

I dream of the day when pastors are not only equipped to counsel biblically, but they are equipped to equip others. The church, as my friend Pastor Steve Viars points out, should not simply have biblical counseling, it should be a church that is a biblical counseling discipleship ministry. The sufficiency and relevancy of Scripture and the art of helping people to grow in grace (progressive sanctification) should be central to what every pastor equips his church to be.

Professional Christian Counselors as Soul Care-Givers and Spiritual Directors

Third, I write and dream for professional Christian counselors as soul care-givers and spiritual directors. These are dear people, committed people, godly men and women. Some of them will tell you that they have more training in secular psychology than they do in biblical counseling.

But frankly, even when we have a seminary-level knowledge of the Bible, we need equipping to learn how to relate the Biblical text to people’s lives. While I was at seminary, I worked for four years on a psychiatric inpatient unit. I worked hard to relate God’s truth to human relationships in a way that made a lasting difference. My passion is to help professional Christian counselors to use Christ’s changeless truth (Scripture) to change lives (soul) in our changing times (society) through a comprehensive approach to biblical counseling and spiritual formation.

Professors, Educators, and Students as Equippers

Fourth, I write and dream for professors, educators, and equippers. We need to equip the equippers who equip others also.

I pray and dream that as professors equip men and women for biblical counseling that they are equipping lay, pastoral, and professional counselors for biblical counseling that is Christ-centered, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed. The equipping of the next generation starts with this generation’s educators.

Extending the Conversation

1. Who do you think God calls to be biblical counselors? Who is competent to counsel?

2. What different roles might be best suited for lay people, pastors, professional Christian counselors, and educators?

3. Do you agree or disagree that every person can become competent to counsel?

The Rest of the Story

So what does make biblical counseling truly biblical? I invite you to return for our next post as I begin to outline my answer to that by sharing my twelve dreams for the future of biblical counseling.

Tags: Biblical Counseling, Christian Counseling, Christian Counselors, Pastoral Counseling

Conversations on the Future of Biblical Counseling

Part 2: What Makes Biblical Counseling Biblical?

Note: We’re in the midst of a blog mini-series on The Future of Biblical Counseling. Brad Hambrick (BCH) of the Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC) interviewed me about this vital topic. I’m sharing my updated, expanded version of those conversations. Find post one here.  

BCH: It’s hard to even engage a conversation until we have defined our central term. In your original article, even before you started sharing your twelve dreams, you defined “biblical counseling.”

RWK: I agree completely Brad. Here’s how I began that initial article.

What Does Biblical Counseling Mean to You?

As I speak around the country on biblical counseling and spiritual formation, I’m frequently asked the question. “When you say ‘biblical counseling,’ you don’t mean ___________ do you?” Various people fill in that blank with different labels—all negative to them. What a shame that placing the word “biblical” in front of “counseling” causes so many in the church to recoil in fear. Something has gone terribly wrong.

But there’s good news—the tide is turning. Warped caricatures of biblical counseling are being replaced by scripturally and historically accurate portraits of counseling that are truly biblical—and attractive (Titus 2:10). While no one can provide the final, authoritative definition of biblical counseling, I offer for your consideration this summary understanding.

My Definition of Biblical Counseling

Christ-centered, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed biblical counseling depends upon the Holy Spirit to relate God’s inspired truth about people, problems, and solutions to human suffering (through the Christian soul care arts of sustaining and healing) and sin (through the Christian spiritual direction arts of reconciling and guiding) to empower people to exalt and enjoy God and to love others (Matthew 22:35-40) by cultivating conformity to Christ and communion with Christ and the Body of Christ.

Given this working definition, envision with me the nature and shape of the future of biblical counseling—twelve dreams of one possible future for biblical counseling as practiced by lay spiritual friends, pastors, and professional Christian counselors.

Twelve Dreams for the Future of Biblical Counseling

I then unpacked those twelve dreams. Since our conversation will discuss them in detail, I’ll only outline them now.

1. Dream Number One: Biblical Counseling Will Be Scriptural

2. Dream Number Two: Biblical Counseling Will Be Theological

3. Dream Number Three: Biblical Counseling Will Be Historical

4. Dream Number Four: Biblical Counseling Will Be Positive

5. Dream Number Five: Biblical Counseling Will Be Relational

6. Dream Number Six: Biblical Counseling Will Be Relevant

7. Dream Number Seven: Biblical Counseling Will Be Transformative

8. Dream Number Eight: Biblical Counseling Will Be Comprehensive in Theory

9. Dream Number Nine: Biblical Counseling Will Be Comprehensive in Methodology

10. Dream Number Ten: Biblical Counseling Will Be Comprehensive in Equipping

11. Dream Number Eleven: Biblical Counseling Will Be Universal

12. Dream Number Twelve: Biblical Counseling Will Be Culturally-Informed

Extending the Conversation

1. How would you define biblical counseling?

2. How would your definition of biblical counseling be different from mine?

3. If you were to outline a dozen dreams for the future of biblical counseling, what might some of them be?

The Rest of the Story

I invite you to return tomorrow as we discuss “who” biblical counseling is “for”? Is it just what pastors do? Professionals? Is it what lay people do in one another spiritual friendship?

Tags: Biblical Counseling, Christian Counseling, Future of Biblical Counseling

Conversations on the Future of Biblical Counseling

Part I: What About Brad? What About Bob?

Some History

In my role as Director of the Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation Network (BCSFN), I was asked to share my vision of the future of biblical counseling. The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) published my vision in Christian Counseling Today. You can download that article for free here. 

Not long after the publication of The Future of Biblical Counseling: Dreaming a Dozen Dreams, Brad Hambrick of the Association of Biblical Counselors (ABC) asked if we could engaged in a series of conversations unpacking my twelve dreams.

What you’re about to read is my updated, edited version of my original article and of my extended conversation with Brad. I share it with the desire to continue the conversation by inviting you to dialogue about what makes biblical counseling truly biblical.

What About Brad?: Brad Hambrick’s Introduction

When was the last time you had a long conversation about your hopes and dreams for biblical counseling? When was the last time you sat down with someone who has spent over two decades studying, living, pastoring, and analyzing biblical counseling to glean from their experience and journey? When was the last time you allowed yourself to be challenged and asked challenging questions about your theory and practice of counseling?

I hope your answer to these questions is recently, but not many of us have the blessing of time or an experienced partner for such edifying talks. This was my (Brad Hambrick) privilege in a series of five conversations with Dr. Robert Kellemen.

The outline for these extended conversations comes from Dr. Kellemen’s article The Future of Biblical Counseling: Dreaming a Dozen Dreams. After reading the article, I asked Dr. Kellemen if he would be willing to engage in a series of conversations that would seek to “unpack” his dreams for The Journal of Counseling & Discipleship. We intentionally wrote conversationally in order to allow the articles to have a personal rather than academic feel.

Our goal was not simply to trace the history of biblical counseling from Dr. Kellemen’s experience in order to dream about its future, but to model mutually-respectful, thought-provoking conversation about the history, theory, practice, and future of biblical counseling. We do not always share the same conclusions (doubtless many readers may disagree with both of us in the pages that follow), although I greatly respect his core convictions and heart for biblical counseling.

What About Bob?: Getting to Know Dr. Robert W. Kellemen

BCH: Dr. Kellemen would you please take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers. As we get ready to discuss your dreams for the future of biblical counseling, I think it would help our readers to know a bit of your background, testimony, counseling heritage, and ministry settings.

 RWK: Brad, thanks for the opportunity to engage you and your readers on the vital issue of the future of biblical counseling. And thank you for allowing me to start at a personal level.

Early Roots and Counseling Heritage

In 1974, I was saved as a teenager at Grace Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana under the ministry of Pastor Bill Goode, who many of your readers knew well as a pioneer in biblical counseling. I was discipled by Pastor Ron Allchin, another leader in the biblical counseling movement. I also grew up with and remain great friends with Pastor Steve Viars, yet another biblical counseling leader.

As for my counseling heritage, as your readers can tell, I was weaned on biblical counseling. I also studied under Drs. Larry Crabb and Dan Allender at Grace Theological Seminary. My own approach to counseling, to be honest, was developed during some “counseling wars” at Grace Seminary in the early 80s. I kept thinking, “Surely the Church has always been about the business of helping hurting and hardened people.” So, I started devouring Church history. I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation on Martin Luther’s pastoral counseling.

I would say that people like Augustine, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards have shaped my understanding of the Bible’s teaching on Biblical Counseling as much as or more than modern writers. Of course, like all biblical counselors, I would like to think that the Scriptures themselves shape my thinking on biblical counseling.

Education and Experience

I graduated from Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania with my BS in Bible and Pastoral Ministry, from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana with my Th.M. in Theology and Biblical Counseling, and from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio with my Ph.D. in Counselor Education.

I have pastored three churches, one as a Sr. Pastor, and in all three churches a major emphasis of my ministry has been training lay Biblical Counselors. For a dozen years, I served as chairman of the MA in Christian Counseling and Discipleship (MACCD) Department at Capital Bible Seminary in Lanham, Maryland. I also was the founding Director of the Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation Network (BCSFN), a division within the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC).

Resources on Biblical Counseling

I have authored five books on Biblical Counseling. Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction (BMH Books, 2007), Spiritual Friends: A Methodology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction (BMH Books, 2007), Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction (Baker Books, 2007), Sacred Friendships: Celebrating the Legacy of Women Heroes of the Faith (BMH Books, 2009), and God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When Your Hurting (BMH Books, 2010). I’m passionate about historic, Evangelical spiritual care—the pastor as soul physician, and God’s people as spiritual friends to one another.

RPM Ministries

I am the Founder of RPM Ministries (www.rpmministries.org). Through RPM Ministries I speak around the country on Christ-centered, comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally-informed Biblical Counseling. I also provide consultation ministry for churches looking to start lay Biblical Counseling ministries.

Family

My wife, Shirley, is an elementary kindergarten teacher and the most gracious encourager I have ever known. She and I have been married for twenty-nine years and live in Crown Point, Indiana. Our son, Josh, is a second-year law student and is married to his college sweetheart, Andi. Our daughter, Marie, is a college senior at Purdue majoring in chemistry. For over two decades, I have loved coaching high school wrestling (in all my spare time).

Extending the Conversation

1. You know some of my story, what’s your story of involvement with and training in Christian biblical counseling?

2. How often have you seen, heard, or engaged in mutually-respectful, thought-provoking conversations about Christian living and ministry? Why does it often seem difficult to do so?

3. How would you define biblical counseling?

The Rest of the Story

I invite you to return tomorrow as I outline the twelve dreams for the future of biblical counseling.  

Brad Hambrick

Tags: Biblical Counseling, Future of Biblical Counseling, Kellemen, Spiritual Formation

Enjoy a Biblical Counseling Conference: In Your Home, For Free!

Do you care deeply but sometimes wonder what to do after the hug?

Through some great partnerships, you’re able to learn how to care like Christ.

And…it’s free.

And…you can do it from the comfort of your own home.

Over the course of two weeks, we’ll have four interactive webinar sessions that each last an hour.

What Will You Learn?

1. How to Identify the Ruling Motives of the Heart. Rick Thomas, December 1, 7 PM EST.

2. How to Help People Overcome Addiction to Pornography. Luke Gilkerson, December 3, 7 PM EST.

3. How to Empathize with and Encourage Hurting Friends (My Session). Bob Kellemen, December 8, 7 PM EST.

4. How to Resolve Conflict in Marriage. Brad Hambrick, December 10, 7 PM EST.

How Will It Work?

I’m excited to be part of an incredible teaching and training series that will be offered in webinar format. You’ll be able to attend and follow along with a computer, an Internet connection and if needed, a phone. If you have speakers and a sound card connected to your computer, you won’t even need the phone!

Once you register for the event, you will receive a unique login link along with a phone number, in case you need it. At the time of the webinar, you just click on the link and you will be able to view and hear the live training. There is a built-in web chat function that allows you to ask questions in real time.

How to Join

Between all of the partners who are organizing these webinars, around 200,000 people are receiving this notice. We only have room for 1,000 people per webinar, so it’s a good idea to register quickly if you want to participate.

Just click on the following link to get more details and to register for the first webinar:

Register Here

That’s all there is to it!

Tags: Biblical Counseling, Webinar

Kellemen’s Christian The Best Of Guide

The Best of Books on The Theology of Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation

Kellemen’s Christian The Best of Guide: Making your life easier by finding, summarizing, evaluating, and posting the best resources on a wide variety of topics from a Christian perspective.

The Twenty Most Influential Books on The Theology of Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation

Note: The following books focus on a theology/theory of biblical counseling and spiritual formation. They do not highlight methodology/practice. They focus on a broad theory of people, problems, and solutions. They do not highlight specific “issues” in “counseling” (such as depression, anxiety, etc.).

Note: For the sake of space, I have not reviewed each of these books. However, I do have a 55-page document that reviews over 125 books on Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation. Learn more about it at the RPM Store. The fuller document explains that I do not endorse everything in all the books below. That’s why my subtitle to this post is: “The Twenty Most Influential” rather than “The Best Of.”

Bibliography

Adams, Jay E. A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986.

Anderson, Neil T., Terry Zuehlke, and Julianne S. Zuehlke. Christ-Centered Therapy: The Practical Integration of Psychology and Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Bredfeldt, Gary J. and Harry Shields. Caring for Souls: Counseling Under the Authority of Scripture. Chicago: Moody, 2001.

Clinton, Tim and George Ohlschlager, eds. Competent Christian Counseling. Volume One: Foundations and Practice of Compassionate Soul Care. Colorado Springs: Waterbrook, 2002.

Collins, Gary. Christian Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide. Revised edition. Nashville: Nelson, 1988.

Crabb, Larry. Understanding People. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987.

Eyrich, Howard A. and William L. Hines. Curing the Heart: A Model for Biblical Counseling. Ross-shire, UK: Christian Focus Publications, 2002.

Fitzpatrick, Elyse. Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2001.

Johnson, Eric. Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2007.

Jones, Ian. The Counsel of Heaven on Earth: Foundations for Biblical Christian Counseling. Nashville: B&H, 2006.

Jones, Stanton and Eric Johnson, eds. Psychology and Christianity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000.

Kellemen, Robert W. Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. Revised Edition. Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books, 2007.

Lake, Frank. Clinical Theology: A Theological and Psychiatric Basis to Clinical Pastoral Care. Vol. 1. Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2006.

Lane, Tim, and Paul Tripp. How People Change. Second Edition. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2008.

MacArthur, John F., Jr. and Wayne A. Mack. Introduction to Biblical Counseling. Nashville: W Publishing Group, 1994.

McMinn, Mark. Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 1996.

Peterson, Eugene. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

Powlison, David. Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition through the Lens of Scripture. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R, 2003.

Pugh, John. Christian Formational Counseling: The Work of the Spirit in the Human Race. Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing, 2008.

Tripp, Paul David. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R, 2002.

Important Stuff

*Your Guide: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., LCPC, is the Founder and CEO of RPM Ministries (www.rpmministries.org) through which he writes, speaks, and consults to equip God’s people to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. He blogs daily here.

*My Necessary Disclaimer: Of course, I don’t endorse everything in every article, book, or link that you’ll find in Kellemen’s Christian The Best of Guide. I report, you decide.

*Your Suggestions Are Welcomed: Feel free to post comments and/or send emails (rpm.ministries@gmail.com) about resources that you think deserve attention in various categories covered in Kellemen’s Christian The Best of Guide.