by Bob | Aug 19, 2024 | Abuse
A Word from Bob This (brief) blog post deserves a book-length response. So, please consider this post just introductory. A Summary Here’s my main point today, stated a couple of different ways: As biblical counselors, pastors, and Christian leaders, we must avoid...
by Bob | Aug 16, 2024 | Embodied-Souls, Trauma
The Double Trauma of Suffering The trauma of suffering is two-fold. In God’s Healing for Life’s Losses, I introduce the biblical concept of two levels or layers of traumatic-suffering: Level One Suffering: What happens to us. What we experience. “The world is fallen...
by Bob | Aug 15, 2024 | Ecclesiastes
Wisdom Literature, Traumatic-Suffering, and Embodied-Souls I’m enjoying my Genesis-to-Revelation study of the Bible’s teaching on being soul physicians who counsel embodied-souls who experience traumatic-suffering. Recently, I’ve been in the wisdom literature. I’ve...
by Bob | Aug 11, 2024 | Wisdom
The Big Idea Proverbs teaches us not only wisdom for living, but also wisdom from living. Proverbs illustrates that we gain wisdom for living from reflecting on our life experiences and from observing life. Wisdom from King Solomon, Tremper Longman, and David Powlison...
by Bob | Aug 6, 2024 | Marriage, Marriage Counseling
Marriage Mini-Series You’re reading Part 3 in a several-part blog mini-series on marriage. I’m developing these posts from my book, Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors. You can read Part 1 here: 4 Foundations of Marriage...
