by Bob | Oct 3, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Equipping, Equipping Counselors, Soul Care, Spiritual Friendship
How to Care Like Christ What do we do after the hug? People come to you, they’re hurting. Or, they’re struggling with a besetting sin. You pray for them. You hug them. But what do you do next? Gospel-Centered Conversations How does Christ, the Gospel,...
by Bob | Jan 15, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Equipping, Equipping Counselors, One-Another Ministry, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship
One-Another Ministry—Just the UPS Delivery Guy? In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that this week I’m leading a counseling lab small group at Faith Bible Seminary. In that post I asked: Equipping for Ministry—Just a Brain Dump? I also noted that I have one main premise...
by Bob | Jan 14, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Equipping, Equipping Counselors, One-Another Ministry, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship
Equipping for Ministry—Just a Brain Dump? This week I’ll be leading a counseling lab small group at Faith Bible Seminary. I have one main premise when I lead this lab: You learn biblical counseling by giving and receiving biblical counseling in community. Yes,...
by Bob | Jan 8, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Spiritual Conversations, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship
The “How-To” of Confronting in Wisdom & Love Note: I’ve adapted this two-part blog series on loving and wise confronting from chapter 12 of Spiritual Friends. Read Part 1 here. Sense Discrepancies by Carefully Hearing the Human Story and God’s Story How do we...
by Bob | Jan 7, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Relationships, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship
How Do We Confront in Wisdom & Love? Note: I’ve adapted this two-part blog series on loving and wise confronting from chapter 12 of Spiritual Friends. Confrontation’s Bad Rap Perhaps one of the most difficulty aspects of any relationship and of biblical...
by Bob | May 21, 2012 | Biblical Counseling, Empathy, Spiritual Friends, Spiritual Friendship, Sustaining
5 Biblical Counseling Sustaining Skills: GRACE, Part 10 Note: I’ve developed the follow post from my book Spiritual Friends. In Part 1 and Part 2, we learned about Grace Connecting. In Part 3 and Part 4, we learned about Rich Soul Empathy. In Part 5 and Part 6, we...
