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...
by Bob | Nov 4, 2023 | John Bettler, Nouthetic Counseling
John Bettler Responds to Jay Adams It’s 1987. Almost twenty years have passed since Jay Adams launched the modern nouthetic counseling movement. John Bettler, a good friend of Jay Adams, is “the second ranking leader” in the nouthetic counseling world after Adams....
by Bob | Oct 29, 2023 | Martin Luther, Reformation
95 Theses, 95 Quotes In 1519, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, launching the Protestant Reformation. In 2019, for the 500th Anniversary of that world-changing event, I collated 95 Martin Luther quotes from my book...
by Bob | Oct 27, 2023 | Chronic Suffering
In times of stress and distress, I often reflect on God’s promise in Isaiah 26:3. “You will keep them in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because they trust in You.” Here’s how I translate the original Hebrew of this verse: “You will keep them in peace,...
by Bob | Oct 13, 2023 | Jay Adams, Nouthetic Counseling, O. Hobart Mowrer
Who Is O. Hobart Mowrer and Why Does He Matter to Biblical Counselors? Greg Gifford is Chair of Biblical Studies and Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University. He also serves as the Editor of ACBC’s Journal of Biblical Soul Care. In a post...
