by Bob | Jan 5, 2021 | Biblical Counseling Resources, Depression
A Word from Bob: I’ve collated today’s post from The Annual Guide to Biblical Counseling Resources: 2021 Edition. This guide provides 259 pages that collate 1,057 biblical counseling resources. Learn more about The Annual Guide here. Purchase a copy here. Depression:...
by Bob | Aug 18, 2020 | Depression, Empathy
In Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ, I present a model of counseling people who are suffering. It includes biblical sustaining empathy and biblical healing hope. Sustaining: “It’s Normal to Hurt”—Empathizing and Sharing Christ’s Comfort (2 Corinthians...
by Bob | Aug 15, 2018 | Depression
The Annual Guide to Biblical Counseling Resources Today’s post is an excerpt from a 115-page PDF with an annotated list of nearly 500 biblical counseling resources, organized by topic: The Annual Guide to Biblical Counseling Resources: Truth for Life, 2018 Edition...
by Bob | Mar 31, 2015 | Biblical Counseling, Depression, Mental Illness
A friend of mine recently sent me a blog post from about a year ago entitled Is Mental Illness Actually Biblical? I read that post and one that preceded it and one that followed it. All three are penned by Stephen Altrogge and posted at the Blazing Center. I’ve read...
by Bob | Feb 15, 2014 | Biblical Counseling, Depression, Psalms, Sufferology
It’s important to ponder the Psalms and how they view “depression.” It is such a rich view. Honestly, it makes a DSM-V view of depression seem quite flat and shallow by comparison. Richness in Definition/Descriptions of Depression In the Psalms we discover a great...
by Bob | Feb 8, 2014 | Depression
5 Top Christian Blog Posts of the Week: 5 to Live By 5 top Christian blog posts of the week—on depression, sleep, medication, counseling wars, Ken Ham, prayer, and more. Counseling Wars? Charles Hodges, M.D., doesn’t think the issue of depression and medication is...