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...
by Bob | Sep 6, 2024 | Trauma
Jesus: The Man of Suffering and the Soul Physician of the Suffering Follow this link for your free 40-Page PDF: The Gospels and Suffering: Jesus—The Man of Suffering and the Soul Physician of the Suffering. If you’d like to share the link with others, here it is:...
by Bob | Sep 5, 2024 | Suffering, Trauma
The Life-Long, Chronic Suffering of Jesus When we think of Christ as the “man of sorrows” (Isaiah 53:3), we often think primarily of Christ’s suffering on the cross. Of course, the four Gospels do consistently depict Christ’s Passion Week of suffering, crucifixion,...
by Bob | Sep 4, 2024 | Church History
Timeless Truth for Our Changing Times You’re reading Part 2 in an ongoing RPM Ministries blog mini-series on Timeless Truth for Our Changing Times: The Ancient Paths of Soul Care. In this series: We’re examining ancient, historical Christian soul care to see what our...