by Bob | Sep 14, 2024 | Common Grace, David Powlison
A Word from Bob There is much discussion these days in the modern biblical counseling world concerning how the Reformed doctrine of common grace relates to the biblical counselor’s attitude toward, the use or non-use of, the engagement with, and the evaluation of...
by Bob | Sep 12, 2024 | Embodied-Souls, Trauma
Jesus: Man of Suffering, Soul Physician of the Suffering, and Sympathetic High Priest Follow this link for your free 50-Page PDF: The Gospels, Traumatic Suffering, and the Embodied-Soul. If you’d like to share the link with others, here it is:...
by Bob | Sep 11, 2024 | Sympathetic High Priest
Our Sympathetic High Priest We know from Hebrews 2:9-11; 2:14-18; and 4:14-16, that Jesus is our sympathetic High Priest who empathizes with our weaknesses, infirmities, and sufferings. “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses,...
by Bob | Sep 10, 2024 | Conversations
Conversation Stoppers Today’s post originated as a Twitter/X thread. The focus: Many on social media, blogs, and podcasts claim to want to start a conversation. In reality, they want to start a monologue. They use a number of conversations stoppers to shame others...
by Bob | Sep 9, 2024 | Prayer, Solitude
In the Gospels, Jesus and His disciples consistently practiced embodied-soul renewal. Jesus recognized, modeled, and taught the embodied necessity of rest, renewal, withdrawal, solitude, prayer, and sabbath. No matter how spiritually mature we are, our bodies are...
