The Democracy of the Dead G. K. Chesterton said it poetically. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen...
WDJD: What Did Jesus Do? I recently completed my cover-to-cover, Genesis-to-Malachi, study of the Old Testament. I have over 1,000 pages of single-spaced typed notes. I’ve been focused on: A Scripture-Saturated Biblical Theology of Biblical Counseling,...
The 2024 ACBC Annual Conference For nearly a decade, I had the privilege of speaking every year at the annual NANC/ACBC Counseling Conference. So I continue to eagerly anticipate the announcement of the conference theme each year. I love the title/theme for the 2024...
A Word from Bob This (brief) blog post deserves a book-length response. So, please consider this post just introductory. A Summary Here’s my main point today, stated a couple of different ways: As biblical counselors, pastors, and Christian leaders, we must avoid...
The Double Trauma of Suffering The trauma of suffering is two-fold. In God’s Healing for Life’s Losses, I introduce the biblical concept of two levels or layers of traumatic-suffering: Level One Suffering: What happens to us. What we experience. “The world is fallen...
