by Bob | May 14, 2012 | Biblical Counseling, Comfort, Empathy, Spiritual Friends, Sustaining
5 Biblical Counseling Sustaining Skills: GRACE, Part 4 Note: I’ve developed the follow post from my book Spiritual Friends. In Part 1 and Part 2, we learn about Grace Connecting. In Part 3, we began to learn about Rich Soul Empathy. In this blog mini-series, we’re...
by Bob | Mar 16, 2012 | Comfort, Jesus
In All Your Distress He Too Is Distressed (Isaiah 63:9) Hast thou been hungry, child of mine? I, too, have needed bread; For forty days I tasted naught Till by the angels fed. Hast thou been thirsty? On the cross I suffered thirst for thee; I’ve...
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 17, 2011 | Bible, Comfort, Scripture
Comfort Biblical passages to meditate on for God’s comfort: Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 46:1-2 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though...
by Bob | Jun 12, 2009 | Biblical Counseling, Comfort, Empathy, Suffering, Sustaining
Why Some Biblical Counseling Is Only Half Biblical!Part Nine: How Biblical Counseling Lost Its Way*Note: If you’re disappointed that I’m saying that some biblical counseling is only half biblical, then please read my comments at the end of my first post in this...
by Bob | Mar 25, 2009 | Comfort, Grief, Grieving, Suffering
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses:How to Find Hope When You’re HurtingPost 21: Finding God When We Can’t Find AnswersWhat about you? Yesterday we explored how we can journey with others helping them to move from depression, alienation, and separation to comfort through...
