A Word from Bob: My latest book released last week—Consider Your Counsel. My publisher, New Growth Press, asked me a series of questions about the book—check out my thoughts below. If you want to grow as a biblical counselor, you can purchase Consider Your Counsel for...
My latest book, Consider Your Counsel: Addressing Ten Mistakes in Our Biblical Counseling, releases next week on August 1, 2021 (on my birthday!). Learn more about the book and download free resources here: Consider Your Counsel. Purchase an autograph copy of Consider...
Increasingly in counseling, I find myself saying some form of this question… “What do you think of all of that…?” Let me explain… The Personal Ministry of the Word If you’ve read anything I’ve ever written on biblical counseling, then you know I often...
In August, 2021, New Growth Press will be releasing my latest book, Consider Your Counsel: Addressing Ten Mistakes in Our Biblical Counseling. Honestly, I was a bit concerned about publishing these thoughts, because I did not want to come across as critical of the...
Dr. Bob “Doc” Smith, passed away this week. Because he was a humble man, many do not know him. Yet, he was one of the early leaders in the emerging biblical counseling movement in the 1970s. Dr. Steve Viars, Sr. Pastor at Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana, where Doc...
One of the “adages” or sayings or principles in biblical counseling is, “only counsel the person in the room.” For example, if you’re counseling a husband and he’s focused on all the ways his wife has failed him, a biblical counselor might say: “While we’re sorry for...
