by Bob | Mar 26, 2025 | Spiritual Abuse, Toxic Leadership
A Word from Bob You’re reading Part 4 of a multi-part series on spiritual abuse. Part 1, Definitions and Signs of Spiritual Abuse: Here I define spiritual abuse and share signs of spiritually abusive leadership. Part 2, 26 Biblical Passages on Spiritual Abuse: Here I...
by Bob | Mar 24, 2025 | Conflict Resolution, Social Media
Proud Public Condemnation: Hubris In the online Christian world, whether in broader Evangelical circles, or in narrower biblical counseling circles, it seems we often have a typical first response to a Christian who disagrees with our view: proud public condemnation....
by Bob | Mar 21, 2025 | Church History, Pastoral Care, Soul Care
Soul Rest Today from Ancient Soul Care Givers God tells us in Jeremiah 6:16 to, “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” It’s fascinating that we find rest for our...
by Bob | Mar 19, 2025 | Embodied Souls, Trauma
Building a Biblical Theology of Biblical Counseling: Wisdom Literature, Traumatic-Suffering, and the Embodied-Soul I’ve been examining the Bible cover-to-cover, Genesis-to-Revelation, studying what God’s sufficient Scriptures say about traumatic-suffering and...
by Bob | Mar 17, 2025 | Lorica, St. Patrick
The following prayer by St. Patrick has been variously titled Morning Prayer, The Breastplate, or The Lorica. Some question whether St. Patrick actually wrote it, or whether someone else penned it years later and it was ascribed to St. Patrick. However, for centuries...