by Bob | Apr 24, 2023 | Emotions
First, “The False Health & Wealth Gospel” The vast majority of Evangelicals reject the “health and wealth gospel.” This is the false gospel that claims that if you obey God, then He will bless you with physical health and material wealth. This false gospel makes...
by Bob | Mar 5, 2023 | Emotions
Our False Theology of Emotions Is this how you and I tend to think about emotions and Christianity? If I could only become more like Christ, then my distressing, uncomfortable, painful, negative emotions would go away, and be replaced with comfortable, pleasant,...
by Bob | Apr 22, 2021 | Emotions, Feelings
I’ve thought lately about some of the differences, discussions, and debates in our biblical counseling world. At times, we in the modern biblical counseling movement “separate” over truth or love, Word or relationships, Scripture or soul, the Word of God or the people...
by Bob | Mar 15, 2020 | Biblical Counseling, Biblical Counseling Mistakes, Emotional Intelligence, Emotions
A Word from Bob This series became my book, Consider Your Counsel: Addressing Ten Mistakes in Our Biblical Counseling. For free resources related to the book, and to purchase a copy on sale, go here. You’re reading Part 7 of a 10-part blog series on 10 Common Mistakes...
by Bob | Jun 22, 2014 | Anxiety, Biblical Counseling Coalition, Emotions, Feelings
The Emotional Life of Jesus: Let’s Be Good Bereans Out There! I’ve often noted that in Christian circles we sometimes make “emotions the black sheep of the image bearing family.” While we understand that our longings can be pure or impure, that our thoughts can be...
by Bob | Apr 4, 2014 | Emotional Intelligence, Emotions, Feelings
5 Christlike Criteria for When We Express Our Feelings to Others Note from Bob: You’re reading Part 6 of a 6-part blog mini-series on emotions. For Part 1, read Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. For Part 2, read Why Do We Feel What We Feel? For Part 3, read Emotions:...