by Bob | Aug 20, 2026 | Jay Adams, Physiological Interventions
A Word from Bob In our modern biblical counseling world, you will read many discussions about whether physiological interventions are a legitimate aspect of biblical counseling. Based upon my research, documented in this post, I have concluded that: Classic/historic...
by Bob | Aug 21, 2025 | Embodied-Souls, Jay Adams
Adams on the Embodied-Soul In February, 1992, Jay Adams gave a lecture on The Biblical Perspective on the Mind-Body Problem. That lecture was later published in a two-part series by The Journal of Biblical Ethics in Medicine. You can read Part One here. You can read...
by Bob | Oct 13, 2023 | Jay Adams, Nouthetic Counseling, O. Hobart Mowrer
Who Is O. Hobart Mowrer and Why Does He Matter to Biblical Counselors? Greg Gifford is Chair of Biblical Studies and Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University. He also serves as the Editor of ACBC’s Journal of Biblical Soul Care. In a post...
by Bob | Sep 1, 2023 | Integration, Jay Adams, Nouthetic Counseling
A Word from Bob In addition to today’s post, here are some other resources I’ve posted lately related to Jay Adams and Nouthetic Counseling: Jay Adams, Nouthetic Counseling, and Neuroscience A Concise History of Jay Adams’s Launch of the Modern Nouthetic Counseling...
by Bob | May 30, 2023 | Jay Adams, Nouthetic Counseling, Word Studies
A Word from Bob Recently I started a blog series on Biblical Counseling Word Studies. You can read Post #1 here: Biblical Counseling Word Study #1: Parakaleo—Empathize, Encourage, Exhort, Empower. You can read Post #2 here: Biblical Counseling Word Study #2:...
by Bob | May 29, 2023 | Jay Adams, Neuroscience
Fascinating Reading from Jay Adams in the 1970s I’ve read Jay Adams’s Competent to Counsel several times over the past 50 years. Here’s something I had not thought a lot about until now: Jay’s view and use of neuroscience. Perhaps my past two years...
