In 1982 I left the pastorate to teach at Talbot School of Theology. I went there knowing there were people in our church who had problems I didn’t have answers for. I would teach and preach God’s Word the best I could, but I really didn’t see much change in the lives of the faithful people who attended
regularly. I believed with all my heart that Jesus was the answer and that the truth of His Word would set people free, but I really didn’t know how.
At the seminary I asked permission to teach a masters of theology elective on resolving personal and spiritual convicts.
I felt like I was a first grader instructing preschoolers. At the same time, God was directing hurting people to me for counseling. I turned a major corner when I started to realize that none of these professing Christians knew who they were in Christ. It was as if they were totally ignorant of their spiritual
heritage. (I have since found that to be true all over the world.) If the Holy Spirit was testifying with their spirits that they were children of God (Romans 8:16), why weren’t they sensing it?
I turned another significant corner when I discovered the spiritual battle that is going on for our minds and learned why it is so important to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. During those ten wonderful years at Talbot I also discovered that Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor, that
He desires to set captives free and bind up the brokenhearted, and that what enables victims to submit to God and resist the devil (James 4:7) is essentially a process of repentance. I was searching for a wholistic answer, rooted in God’s Word, centered on Christ and usable for all Christians
everywhere. The tool that resulted is called the Steps to Freedom in Christ, which is now being used all over the world. All this study and research was for my second doctorate from Talbot, and this book—The Bondage Breaker was my dissertation.
The Steps to Freedom in Christ are in this book, and you can work through them on your own, because Jesus truly is the Wonderful Counselor. May the Good Lord enable you to read and comprehend this book, and may it draw you closer to Jesus in a liberating and life-changing way.' —Neil ’1‘. Andaman
regularly. I believed with all my heart that Jesus was the answer and that the truth of His Word would set people free, but I really didn’t know how.
At the seminary I asked permission to teach a masters of theology elective on resolving personal and spiritual convicts.
I felt like I was a first grader instructing preschoolers. At the same time, God was directing hurting people to me for counseling. I turned a major corner when I started to realize that none of these professing Christians knew who they were in Christ. It was as if they were totally ignorant of their spiritual
heritage. (I have since found that to be true all over the world.) If the Holy Spirit was testifying with their spirits that they were children of God (Romans 8:16), why weren’t they sensing it?
I turned another significant corner when I discovered the spiritual battle that is going on for our minds and learned why it is so important to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. During those ten wonderful years at Talbot I also discovered that Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor, that
He desires to set captives free and bind up the brokenhearted, and that what enables victims to submit to God and resist the devil (James 4:7) is essentially a process of repentance. I was searching for a wholistic answer, rooted in God’s Word, centered on Christ and usable for all Christians
everywhere. The tool that resulted is called the Steps to Freedom in Christ, which is now being used all over the world. All this study and research was for my second doctorate from Talbot, and this book—The Bondage Breaker was my dissertation.
The Steps to Freedom in Christ are in this book, and you can work through them on your own, because Jesus truly is the Wonderful Counselor. May the Good Lord enable you to read and comprehend this book, and may it draw you closer to Jesus in a liberating and life-changing way.' —Neil ’1‘. Andaman