by Bob | Sep 23, 2011 | 5 to Live By, Spiritual Abuse
Five to Live By Linking you to the top 5 Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living. Spiritual Abuse Tim Challies created a good deal of “buzz” when he interviewed me about a biblical perspective on “spiritual...
by Bob | Jul 20, 2011 | Conflict Resolution, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Abuse
Spiritual Leadership and Humble Relationships: Part 4—Open Wide Your Heart Note: This is Part 4 of a blog mini-series asking, “How does Paul relate and respond to the Corinthians who criticize him, and what can we apply to our lives as leaders?” Read Part 1, Part 2,...
by Bob | Jul 19, 2011 | Conflict Resolution, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Abuse
Spiritual Leadership and Humble Relationships: Part 3—1 Corinthians 1:10-3:23 Note: This is Part 3 of a blog mini-series asking, “How does Paul relate and respond to the Corinthians who criticize him, and what can we apply to our lives as leaders?” Read Part 1 and...
by Bob | Apr 23, 2007 | Spiritual Abuse
Ministerial AbuseIn our current church climate, we often read of ministers abusing parishioners in one form or another. Less often, we read and ponder the abuse of ministers by their own parishioners and by outside critics.History is replete with such accounts. The...