by Bob | Apr 20, 2015 | Biblical Counseling, Gospel-Centered Counseling, Jay Adams
Theology for Counseling and Life It was 1979 when Jay Adams authored A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption. A generation ago, Dr. Adams called the book “a first attempt to consider a biblical theology of counseling.” In October 2014, Zondervan...
by Bob | Mar 31, 2015 | Biblical Counseling, Depression, Mental Illness
A friend of mine recently sent me a blog post from about a year ago entitled Is Mental Illness Actually Biblical? I read that post and one that preceded it and one that followed it. All three are penned by Stephen Altrogge and posted at the Blazing Center. I’ve read...
by Bob | Feb 18, 2015 | Biblical Counseling, Mental Illness, Pastoral Ministry
During my presentation at ACBC and at the Faith Biblical Counseling Training Conference on Mental Illness and the Church, I addressed God’s call to all of us as His shepherds. God’s Shepherds: Caring for God’s Fragile and Frail Flock—Ezekiel 34:1-16 In Ezekiel...
by Bob | Feb 17, 2015 | Biblical Counseling, Luther, Martin Luther, Mental Illness
During my presentation at ACBC and at the Faith Biblical Counseling Training Conference on Mental Illness and the Church, I noted that: One of the failures of the modern evangelical church is our tendency to start over from scratch each generation. We fail to glean...
by Bob | Feb 16, 2015 | Beyond the Suffering, Black Church History, Black History Month, Lemuel Haynes
A Word from Bob: This series for Black History Month is excerpted from my book, Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care. To learn more and to read a sample chapter visit Beyond the Suffering. For the first post in this series, visit:...
