by Bob | Feb 21, 2012 | Biblical Counseling, Biblical Counseling Coalition, Soul Physicians
God Has a Good Heart I enjoyed an amazing week last week at the Faith Biblical Counseling Training Conference at Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana. What was the highlight for me? Was Equipping the Highlight? As much as I enjoyed my six teaching times (I always love...
by Bob | Jan 2, 2012 | Biblical Counseling, Pastoral Counseling, Soul Physicians
Not Your Father’s Pastoral Counseling Class The first week of 2012, I’ll be teaching a modular (Tuesday-Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM) Pastoral Counseling class at Moody Theological Seminary. After some personal introductions and connecting as a class, I begin with the phrase,...
by Bob | Oct 31, 2011 | Halloween, Soul Physicians
Halloween: Resisting Satan, Part 2 Note: I’ve developed this two-part mini-series from Chapter 7 of my book, Soul Physicians. Read Part 1 to learn how to defeat Satan’s seducing strategy number one—Enticing Us to Distrust God’s Good Heart. Seducing Strategy Number...
by Bob | Oct 30, 2011 | Halloween, Soul Physicians
Halloween: Resisting Satan, Part 1 Note: I’ve developed this two-part mini-series from Chapter 7 of my book, Soul Physicians. “I have so many names,” John Milton tells his protégé, Kevin Lomax, in Taylor Hackford’s movie The Devil’s Advocate. Al Pacino plays John...
by Bob | Sep 21, 2011 | Christian Living, Prayer, Soul Physicians
Six Prayers of Renewal Note: Read Part One, Six Prayers of Repentance. In chapter twenty-seven of Soul Physicians, I outline a biblical theology of putting on the new person we already are in Christ (compare Romans 6:1-14; Ephesians 4:20-24; Colossians 3:1-11). I...
by Bob | Sep 20, 2011 | Christian Living, Prayer, Repentance, Soul Physicians
Six Prayers of Repentance In chapter twenty-six of Soul Physicians, I outline a biblical theology of putting off the old manner of life (compare Ephesians 4:17-19). I embed within that theology a “Prayer of Repentance” related to each of six areas of our spiritual...