A Thirst for Wholeness: How to Gain Wisdom from the Book of James

by Jay E. Adams

Do you sense that something is missing from your spiritual life? Do you struggle with temptation, doubt, or anger? Do your trials rob you of joy? Does your prayer life seem hollow? Do you wonder how to plan your next move, make peace with others in your life, how to live free of hypocrisy? Take heart! The Book of James explains how you can become a "complete" ( teleios ) Christian whose inner life is lived with the kind of skill that produces works that please God.
In this book, Jay Adams will lead you through the Book of James and explain how James helps you with these and other issues. You can learn to become a "whole" Christian who, in a very real sense, has it all together.

Genres: Counselling, Christian

152 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 1997

About the author

Jay Edward Adams is a Reformed Christian author. He has written over 100 books and these have been published in sixteen languages.
He received a Bachelor of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Johns Hopkins University,a Masters in Sacred Theology from Temple University, and a PhD in Speech from the University of Missouri.
Adams' book Competent to Counsel launched the nouthetic counseling movement, a movement whose aim was to use strictly biblical counseling methods. He is the founder of the Intitute for Nothetic Studies.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every Christian should read this book. Help, guidelines, and encouragement for the Christian walk.

[Marianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Piercing to the soul. One of the few books I will read again.

[Casey Hodges · Rating 3 out of 5]

A surprisingly useful guide on how to live as a Christian. One of the first lessons I have read that felt advanced, compared to placing focus on beginners.

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved reading this book and learned so much from it!!