WDJD: What Did Jesus Do? I recently completed my cover-to-cover, Genesis-to-Malachi, study of the Old Testament. I have over 1,000 pages of single-spaced typed notes. I’ve been focused on: A Scripture-Saturated Biblical Theology of Biblical Counseling,...
The Double Trauma of Suffering The trauma of suffering is two-fold. In God’s Healing for Life’s Losses, I introduce the biblical concept of two levels or layers of traumatic-suffering: Level One Suffering: What happens to us. What we experience. “The world is fallen...
A Word from Bob Today’s post began as a Twitter/X thread. Comprehensive Biblical Counseling 1/ A Thread on Biblical Counseling and the Body, Body/Soul, Embodied-Soul. #BibleCn #BiblicalCounseling #EmbodiedSouls #TheologicalAnthropology #Sufficiency 2/ Premise: Since...
A Word from Bob Recently I posted a very personal blog entitled, I’m Never More Christ-Dependent Than When I’m Doing Deep Breathing Exercises. Today’s post “takes out the personal story,” and focuses on an introduction to a biblical theology of the body. We’re...
“My Name Is Bob…” In my P&R booklet, Anxiety, crafted over a decade ago, I began with these honest words, “My name is Bob, and I struggle with and against worry, fear, and anxiety.” Eleven years later, in March 2023, I had a “crash.” Anxiety and fear, weakness...
Take a Deep Breath This morning I was just rereading Todd Stryd’s excellent Journal of Biblical Counseling article from 2018: “Take a Deep Breath”— How Counseling Ministry Addresses the Body. It’s behind a paywall, but well worth the price. I’ll share some...
