by Bob | May 14, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friends
Love and Truth Must Kiss Note: We’re enjoying a blog mini-series on The Resume of a Spiritual Friend as we ask, “If you want to help your struggling friend, what qualities do you need to develop in order to care like Christ?” In Post 1, we saw the “4Cs” of Romans...
by Bob | May 13, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship
Competent to Counsel: Character Counts If you want to help your struggling friend, what qualities do you need to develop in order to care like Christ? Yesterday we viewed the biblical answer to that question. “I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves...
by Bob | May 12, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Spiritual Friends
Are You Competent and Confident in Christ? I want to raise your level of confidence in your Christ-instilled competence to care like Christ. My purpose is to create in you an attitude of can do. “In Christ, I can do the ministry of spiritual friendship!” So what...
by Bob | May 6, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Biblical Counseling Coalition, Christian Living
A Report on the Historic Biblical Counseling Coalition Summit What do you get when you fill a room for two days with nearly forty biblical counseling leaders asking, “Can we coalesce around an agreed upon vision of the center of biblical counseling?” No one knew the...
by Bob | May 3, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Biblical Counseling Coalition, Gospel Coalition
Historic Biblical Counseling Coalition Summit Meeting God has been stirring the hearts of leaders in the biblical counseling field with a common mission to strengthen local churches, educational organizations, Christian counseling centers, and other Christian...
by Bob | Apr 30, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Pastoral Counseling, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship
Stories of Spiritual Friendship A church member knocks on her pastor’s door early Monday morning. She’s in tears over her teenage son’s suicide attempt. Her pastor greets her with a loving, gentle welcome, ushers her into his office, and opens in prayer. Together...
