After four years of anticipating the return of the Journal of Biblical Counseling, my wait is over at last.

Yesterday, CCEF announced the JBC's return in a new online format, with the new issue freely viewable now. In years past, this journal has been a goldmine for me personally, as a pastor and counselor, and as a trainer of other counselors.

To give you a sense of how timely and helpful this journal has often been, just yesterday, I was looking into reference books on psychoactive medications. The same day, CCEF released the new journal with an article by Mike Emlet, a biblical counselor with an M.D., called "Listening to Prozac . . . and to the Scriptures: A Primer on Psychoactive Medications." Bingo. A perfectly timed primer from a biblical perspective to go along with the desk reference. This is not the first time I've been delightfully surprised by the JBC with fresh, relevant, trustworthy content—just in time. So glad they're back.

Go check out the new issue. You might even grab their searchable archives on CD to catch up on this important journal for biblical counseling.

Watch a video from the Senior Editor David Powlison here: