by Bob | Oct 15, 2025 | Biblical Counseling, Psychology
How Do You Help a “Psychologized” Church? I recently read a guest blog post by Rob Rodriguez at Jonathan Okinaga’s Soul Care Network site. Rob blogged about How Do You Help a “Psychologized” Church? Here’s the gist of Rob’s article. He was seeking to lead a biblical...
by Bob | Oct 14, 2025 | CCEF
A Word from Bob From October 3-5, 2025, CCEF held their annual biblical counseling conference. Their theme this year was, “To Live Is Christ: The Life and Ministry of Paul.” As I did with the Association of Biblical Counselors’ Called to Counsel conference, I’ve...
by Bob | Oct 3, 2025 | Embodied Souls
The Bible, Embodied-Souls, and Biblical Counseling If you are a regular reader of my RPM Ministries Truth & Love blog, then you know that I’ve collated a number of resources on what the Bible teaches about embodied-souls. They include: 560 Biblical Passages on...
by Bob | Sep 25, 2025 | Depression
One Man’s Journey: Bob Somerville In 2014, Bob Somerville penned one of the most unique, important, and vulnerable books in the history of the modern biblical counseling movement: If I’m a Christian, Why Am I Depressed? Finding Meaning and Hope in the Dark Valley:...
by Bob | Sep 23, 2025 | Depression, Scrupulosity
History Teaches…Will We Humbly Learn? When I describe my approach to biblical counseling, I highlight 6 convictions. Among those is my conviction that biblical counselors should be “church history-informed.” We demonstrate humility when we are willing to learn from...