by Bob | May 3, 2024 | Mental Illness
A Word from Bob There’s been a lot of discussion on Twitter/X about a video from Pastor John MacArthur about mental illness. While my post does not interact with Pastor MacArthur’s post, my post does seek to offer, in tweet-size bites, my preliminary ponderings on...
by Bob | May 2, 2024 | Conflict Resolution
When we disagree with other self-described biblical counselors, how could we handle those differences biblically? Here are three posts on this important topic: 5 Biblical Counseling Principles for Addressing Disagreements Among Biblical Counselors 6 Types of Biblical...
by Bob | Apr 28, 2024 | Nouthetic, Parakaletic Counseling
My Latest Book Is “Hot Off the Presses”! My latest book is now available via the Association of Biblical Counselors. Parakaleo and Noutheteo: Understanding and Applying Two Richly Practical Biblical Counseling Words. Counsel the Word This is the first book/booklet...
by Bob | Apr 24, 2024 | Common Grace, David Powlison
“Cherry-Picking” Powlison Recent writings in the modern biblical counseling movement have been using David Powlison’s teachings in a “gate-keeping” way. “David Powlison taught _____; so anyone who sways from _____ is not really a true biblical counselor.” These...
by Bob | Apr 20, 2024 | Family
The rocking horse pictured in the featured image has been in Shirley’s family for almost 70 years! Shirley enjoyed it as a child. Our children enjoyed it. Our granddaughters enjoyed it. We really didn’t want to sell it, but we added it to the moving sale items. It did...
