by Bob | Nov 21, 2023 | Dark Night of the Soul, Psalm 88
If Heman Saw Two Very Different Counselors! Psalm 88 is known as “the Psalm of the Dark Night of the Soul.” It is the most lament-filled psalm of all the lament psalms. Imagine if Heman were seen by a counselor, or a soul physician, or a spiritual friend today. How...
by Bob | Nov 19, 2023 | Psalm 88, Trauma
A Word from Bob In a recent post, I asked you to imagine with me if Heman in Psalm 88 were to share his soul with a soulless counselor. You can read that post here: Psalm 88: “The Dark Night of the Soul.” If Heman Saw a Miserable Counselor. Also, you can download a...
by Bob | Nov 16, 2023 | Deep Breathing, Embodied-Souls, Neuroscience
Take a Deep Breath What have biblical counseling leaders like David Powlison and others at CCEF taught about the validity of physiological interventions like deep breathing exercises as a part of comprehensive biblical counseling? We find one significant answer to...
by Bob | Nov 13, 2023 | Miserable Comforters, Psalm 88
A Word from Bob Today’s post is “how not to counsel.” If you want to see the opposite, take a look at: If Heman Saw a Comforting Counselor. Also, you can download a free twenty-four page PDF of both posts, here: Biblical Counseling and the Dark Night of the Soul: If...
by Bob | Nov 5, 2023 | Nouthetic Counseling, Self-Assessment
A Word From Bob Today’s post is a shortened version of 3 Nouthetic Cautions About Nouthetic Critiques of Others: From John Bettler. In that longer post, John Bettler asked, In our desire to biblically assess counseling models, have we been unfair to the views of...
