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6 Marks of Miserable Counselors/Comforters
“Then Job answered and said: ‘I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all’” (Job 16:1-2).Mark #1: Miserable Counselor/Comforters Are Defensive and AggressiveWhat happens when a suffering counselee pushes back on counseling that confuses lament with sin, and that blames suffering on personal sin?“Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: ‘My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed. I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my perception compels me to reply’