by Bob | Sep 25, 2025 | Depression
One Man’s Journey: Bob Somerville In 2014, Bob Somerville penned one of the most unique, important, and vulnerable books in the history of the modern biblical counseling movement: If I’m a Christian, Why Am I Depressed? Finding Meaning and Hope in the Dark Valley:...
by Bob | Sep 23, 2025 | Depression, Scrupulosity
History Teaches…Will We Humbly Learn? When I describe my approach to biblical counseling, I highlight 6 convictions. Among those is my conviction that biblical counselors should be “church history-informed.” We demonstrate humility when we are willing to learn from...
by Bob | Sep 23, 2025 | Love
The Greatest Commandment: The Royal Law of Love Matthew 22:35-40: “One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your...
by Bob | Sep 12, 2025 | Biblical Counseling
The “Family Tree” of the BCC Did you know that I was Kevin Carson’s great-grandfather, Curtis Solomon’s grandfather, and Garrett Higbee’s father? How? I was the founding Executive Director of The Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC), and those three men also served in...
by Bob | Sep 10, 2025 | Common Grace
A Word from Bob Recently Sean Perron responded to Nate Brooks’s response to Keith Evans’s RTS Convocation speech, which was a response to how some biblical counselor’s respond to Herman Bavinck’s teaching. That’s a lot of responses! In my post today, I continue the...