by Bob | Jun 7, 2008 | African American Soul Care, Beyond the Suffering, Healing, McLaren, Salvation, Sustaining
Just Where Did the Emergent Idea of Salvation Emerge From?Recently Moody Press released Why We’re Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be. The “Emergent Church” (EC) is a name given to a loosely knit “group” of Christians who see the church emerging out of...
by Bob | Dec 19, 2006 | Chicago Bears, Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Soul Care, Spiritual Direction, Sustaining
Tank Johnson and Historical Spiritual CareThose who read my Blog and my books know my conviction that history is relevant today. Even more, they/you know my conviction that the history of spiritual care is relevant to how we relate to one another today. Today, I’m...
by Bob | Dec 12, 2006 | Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Sustaining, Women's Ministry
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by Bob | Dec 11, 2006 | Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Soul Care, Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Friendship, Sustaining
My Story of Spiritual Friendship In many ways, I entered the ministry of spiritual friendship “kicking and screaming.” In fact, I entered the “people-helping” field in that resistive fashion. Three decades ago, I entered seminary on the typical...
by Bob | Dec 10, 2006 | Biblical Counseling, Christian Counseling, Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Spiritual Direction, Spiritual Friendship, Sustaining
Converging Streams, Mighty RiverBiblical counseling today is moving onto the right path. Perhaps a little history lesson (stay with me, history can be fasincation, honest; and I did say little”) would be helpful.One Anothering Spiritual FriendshipLong before our...
by Bob | Jul 1, 2006 | Biblical Counseling, Discipleship, Guiding, Healing, Reconciling, Spiritual Formation, Sustaining
Musings on Biblical CounselingIn seeking to launch the Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation Network (BCSFN), I’ve invited over 100 “experts” from various backgrounds. Many e-mails have been quite encouraging.However, one, from a leader in the field, who has...
