{"product_id":"side-by-side-walking-with-others-in-wisdom-and-love-welch","title":"Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love (Welch)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePractical Guidance for Loving Others Well\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone needs help from time to time, especially in the midst of painful circumstances and difficult trials. In this short book, a highly respected biblical counselor and successful author offers practical guidance for all Christians—pastors and laypeople alike—who want to develop their “helping skills” when it comes to walking alongside hurting people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten out of the conviction that friends are the best helpers, this accessible introduction to biblical counseling will equip believers to share their burdens with one another through gentle words of wisdom and kind acts of love. This book is written for those eager to see God use ordinary relationships and conversations between ordinary Christians to work extraordinary miracles in the lives of his people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor has more than 30 years of counseling experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEquips ordinary Christians to help hurting people around them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivided into two parts focused on how to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ereceive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehelp from others and how to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003egive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehelp to others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on the idea that friends are the best helpers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, 176 pages, Crossway \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The task of counseling is the task of loving others well. This book will help you to know what the love of Christ looks like, how to extend it to others, and how to accept it from others as you live in relationship together.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeath Lambert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville; author,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Theology of Biblical Counseling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFinally Free\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There are two things that Welch’s book does very well. It demonstrates that no one gives grace better than a person who is convinced he needs it himself and that God makes his invisible grace visible by sending ordinary people to give extraordinary grace to people who need it. Welch not only reminds us all of our call to friendship ministry but also unpacks for us what it looks like. Every Christian should read this book!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul David Tripp\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e author,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Welch builds a vision of a Christian community that moves beyond platitudes and empty promises to deep, scriptural, Christlike relationships. You will find this book to be a helpful primer on how to ask for and provide help in the midst of an age of separation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElyse Fitzpatrick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecoauthor,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorthy: Celebrating the Value of Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Finally! I’ve been wanting a book that helps normal, everyday Christians know how to help friends who are struggling. Ed Welch has given us this in his short, well-written, biblically sound, and Christ-exalting book. I’m planning to buy a bunch of copies and give it out to our church members.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeepak Reju\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c\/strong\u003e Senior Pastor, Ogletown Baptist Church, Newark, Delaware; author,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pastor and Counseling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Ed Welch calls us back to the biblical model of one-another care with user-friendly wisdom that neither overcomplicates nor oversimplifies what it means to be a biblical encourager. 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