- Date Of Birth: July 13, 1944
- Date Of Death: February 28, 2021
- Occupation: Christian author
- City: Denver
- State: Colorado
Lawrence J. Crabb, Jr. (July 13, 1944 – February 28, 2021) was a Christian counselor, author, Bible teacher, spiritual director, and seminar speaker. Crabb has written best-selling books and was the founder and director of NewWay Ministries and co-founder of his legacy ministry, Larger Story. He served as a Spiritual Director for the American Association of Christian Counselors and since 1996 has been the Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence of Colorado Christian University.
Crabb was born in Evanston, Illinois, United States, in 1944 and was a student of psychology until he began studying abnormal psychology and personality theory. During graduate school he experienced a period of deep scepticism before being guided back to the faith by Francis Schaeffer and CS Lewis. His renewed spiritual passion convinced him that Christianity had a role to play in clinical psychology.
Crabb’s first books were Basic Principles of Biblical Counseling (Zondervan, 1975) and Effective Biblical Counseling (Zondervan, 1977). He has gone on to write over 40 books; some of his more well-known ones include The Silence of Adam, Inside Out, Finding God, Connecting and Men & Women: Enjoying the Difference.
He founded the Institute of Biblical Counseling in the early-1980s while on the faculty of Grace Theological Seminary (1982–1989). The institute has since been replaced with the School of Behavioral Sciences. Out of his book Shattered Dreams (WaterBrook, 2001) describing Naomi’s journey from the Book of Ruth, New Way Ministries (the “new way” from Romans 7:6) was established in 2001, and runs the conferences.
Crabb was Adjunct Professor of Applied Theology at Regent College from 1998–1999, Chairman and Professor, Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling Program, Colorado Christian University, 1989–1996, Chairman and Professor, Graduate Department of Biblical Counseling, Grace Theological Seminary, 1982–1989 and in private practice for Clinical Psychology in Boca Raton, Florida, 1973-1982. He was also the lone psychologist at the Psychological Counseling Center, Florida Atlantic University – Assistant Professor, Psychology Department 1971-1973 and Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Illinois Staff Psychologist, Student Counseling Center, University of Illinois, 1970-1971. He received Teacher of the Year Award in the Psychology Department in 1971.
Crabb was survived by his wife, Rachael, and two sons, Kep and Ken. – Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License from Wikipedia.
