Our Pastor Our pastor, Jeff Moorehead, sends out an encouraging church-wide email every Thursday. This Thursday, his header was My Top Ten Life Centering Truths. He introduced his thoughts like this: “What truths center and guide your life the most? For me, there are...
Some Preliminary Ponderings Here are some preliminary ponderings for discussion on the topic of: Church-Focused Soul Care & Biblical Counseling…. Basically, I’m “thinking out loud” and inviting us to interact together… I Wonder… I have wondered at times...
A Word from Bob I often do multi-part blog mini-series. However, I don’t think I’ve ever done one where my second post was a decade after my first post in the series! Until now. Back almost ten years ago, I penned a post called: Should Counselors Talk About...
I’ve said many times that: In the Gospels, we see Christ reserving His harshest judgment for those who are most judgmental. And, there is truth in that. In Matthew 23, Jesus speaks blistering words of rebuke against the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. His seven...
When I was in seminary in the 1980s, open warfare broke out over competing counseling models. During these debates, I was struck by the fact that no one was using church history as a guide to assess modern church counseling approaches. I kept thinking: “Surely the...
