by Bob | Sep 23, 2011 | 5 to Live By, Spiritual Abuse
Five to Live By Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. Spiritual Abuse Tim Challies created a good deal of “buzz” when he interviewed me about a biblical perspective on “spiritual...
by Bob | Sep 22, 2011 | 4E Equipping, 4E Ministry Training Strategy, Biblical Counseling, Equipping Counselors for Your Church
Three Testimonies: The Acknowledgements for Equipping Counselors for Your Church Who has impacted your life and ministry for Christ? What testimony would you share about them and their impact? What story would you tell? In the Acknowledgements page for Equipping...
by Bob | Sep 21, 2011 | Christian Living, Prayer, Soul Physicians
Six Prayers of Renewal Note: Read Part One, Six Prayers of Repentance. In chapter twenty-seven of Soul Physicians, I outline a biblical theology of putting on the new person we already are in Christ (compare Romans 6:1-14; Ephesians 4:20-24; Colossians 3:1-11). I...
by Bob | Sep 20, 2011 | Christian Living, Prayer, Repentance, Soul Physicians
Six Prayers of Repentance In chapter twenty-six of Soul Physicians, I outline a biblical theology of putting off the old manner of life (compare Ephesians 4:17-19). I embed within that theology a “Prayer of Repentance” related to each of six areas of our spiritual...
by Bob | Sep 19, 2011 | Gospel Imperatives, Gospel Indicatives, Sanctification
Gospel Imperatives Do Not Equal the Old Testament Law Today’s post is a tad “deep.” Stay with me. We’ll be talking about theology related to our salvation and our sanctification (daily growth in Christ). At the same time, today’s post is quite introductory. I want to...
