by Bob | Jun 1, 2011 | Biblical Counseling, Comfort, Nouthetic
False Comfort Anyone who follows my ministry knows that I deplore one-dimensional biblical counseling. Frank Lake said it so well over a generation ago. “Pastoral care is defective unless it can deal thoroughly both with the evils we have suffered and with the sins...
by Bob | May 24, 2011 | Biblical Counseling
Back to the Future: At 21 and at 51 Yesterday in one of my presentations at the Moody Bible Institute Pastors’ Conference, I discussed how I responded to a significant life event when I was 21. That was three decades ago. Yes, I’m 51 now. So I started thinking, “What...
by Bob | May 2, 2011 | Anxiety, Biblical Counseling, Homosexuality, Paul Tripp
Victory Over or Struggling With? Last night I was reading Wesley Hill’s book Washed and Waiting. I was struck by many thoughts, including his quote from Philip Yancey: “Much of what I read on depression, on doubt, on suicide, on suffering, on homosexuality, seems...
by Bob | Apr 29, 2011 | Biblical Counseling
Biblical Counseling and Mature Maleness God designed us as male or female—not only in our body, but also in the core of our soul. All that we do, we do out of a soul that is either male or female. That includes our counseling of others. Thus, we minister to others...
by Bob | Apr 28, 2011 | Biblical Counseling, Biblical Counselors
Biblical Counseling and Mature Femaleness God designed us male or female—not only in body, but also in the core of our soul. All that we do, we do out of a soul that is either male or female. That includes our counseling of others. Thus, we minister to others most...
by Bob | Apr 26, 2011 | Biblical Counseling, Biblical Counseling Coalition, Bob Kellemen, Elyse Fitzpatrick, Paul Tripp, Steve Viars
Robust Resources for Changed Lives Where do you turn for in-depth, comprehensive, relational resources that equip you to speak the truth in love so we can all grow together in Christ? There are numerous great sources available in the Evangelical world today. Another...
