Questions Surrounding Mental Illness and Mental Health Mental illness? Mental health? Some Christians debate even the reality of these concepts. Other Christians sometimes accept these concepts without thinking through a Christian worldview. So many questions… How do...
A Word from Bob There’s been a lot of discussion on Twitter/X about a video from Pastor John MacArthur about mental illness. While my post does not interact with Pastor MacArthur’s post, my post does seek to offer, in tweet-size bites, my preliminary ponderings on...
At the end of each year, I collate lists of top books. For example: 12 Top Biblical Counseling Books of 2023 212 Top Biblical Counseling Books from the Past 12 Years: 2012-2023 Today’s post is a tad different. Rather than biblical counseling books, per se, I am...
A Word from Bob It is vital that we minister with love and wisdom in all situations related to mental illness and the church. For an expanded look at this issue, please download my free resource Mental Illness and the Church. This resource explores how God calls us to...
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...
During my presentation at ACBC and at the Faith Biblical Counseling Training Conference on Mental Illness and the Church, I addressed God’s call to all of us as His shepherds. God’s Shepherds: Caring for God’s Fragile and Frail Flock—Ezekiel 34:1-16 In Ezekiel...
