Biblical Counseling (Using Narrative Paradigms) Emlet, Michael R. CrossTalk: Where Life & Scripture Meet. Greensboro, NC: New Growth, 2009. Many Christian counselors view the Bible as a collection of laws or human exemplars. Others view the Bible as a “system of doctrine,” or as a collection of abstract timeless principles. Emlet disagrees. He sees Scripture as a Christ-centered (and cross-centered) narrative for reshaping the broken narrative of the counselee.
