Sometimes in order to learn how to do something, its helpful to consider how not to do it. Its possible to learn from negative examples. In Jobs case, his friends initially did some things right as his counselors, but in the end they glaringly missed the mark. This booklet considers fifteen mistakes exhibited by Jobs friends that were prone to commit as biblical counselors. Thankfully, Gods all-sufficient Word has much to say about how to help hurting peopleand how NOT to help hurting people.

Brad Brandt is Senior Pastor at Wheelersburg Baptist Church in Wheelersburg, Ohio, where he and his wife, Sherry, have served since 1987. They have two married daughters and four grandchildren. Brad is also an ACBC Fellow and Board member whose passion in life is to know Christ and make Christ known to others.