A Word from Bob As I write today’s post, my latest two books have just been released—they’re about equipping in marriage counseling and equipping in family counseling. Yet that raises a question, “But how do we become equipped in individual biblical counseling?” Glad...
The best book of the 21st century is Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. The best book of the 21st century—that’s saying a lot! Let’s put that in perspective. R. Bowker LLC, which issues the ISBN numbers used by librarians...
Recently I blogged about Depression and the Power of Empathy. I thought it would be helpful to provide something of a “Part 2” by exploring together the distinct differences between secular empathy and biblical empathy. Empathy Is Sourced in the Trinity Empathy is...
A Word from Bob On September 15, 2020, Baker Books released my new two-book series on equipping biblical counselors for marriage counseling and for family counseling: Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors Gospel-Centered...
In Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ, I present a model of counseling people who are suffering. It includes biblical sustaining empathy and biblical healing hope. Sustaining: “It’s Normal to Hurt”—Empathizing and Sharing Christ’s Comfort (2 Corinthians...
