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Comment on 4 Characteristics of Christlike Empathizers: Empathy Is Biblical, Part 8 by Todd Baker

Todd Baker — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:56:19 +0000

Thank you, Bob, I really appreciate this series and your biblical perspective above on being face to face with Christ in suffering. I appreciate your larger efforts at helping us to have a more biblical view of Christian caregiving based on Scripture and not personality.
One additional note; I was reading Psalm 61 and 62 today and they go so well with what you are saying.
God Bless

Comment on “Cherry-Picking” David Powlison on Secular Psychology and Biblical Counseling by Corey McLaughlin

Corey McLaughlin — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:05:45 +0000

I appreciate this good use of quote mining to balance the scales. I think one BIG note is needed in order to accurately FRAME these quotes. In his article, “Critique of Modern Integrationists”, David Powlison asks, “What role, if any, should psychology then have in our model of counseling?” His answer is absolute: “It should play no role in our model of counseling”. Powlison does concede that, if “radically reinterpreted, secular observations could play” an illustrational role (providing examples that illustrate the biblical model) and a provocative one (challenging counselors to deepen their theology). Those are his key categories for applying the six Rs above. It’s why the six Rs are not integrationists philosophy! All of psychology is bottlenecked into this 2 lane highway through the biblical counseling tunnel. Following Jay Adams CCEF and their ilk affirm that psychology is great for being descriptive, but they do not accept it when it turns prescriptive because of the secular humanism, Eastern mysticism, etc. that are smuggled in with those prescriptions. Look at Dale Johnson’s assessment of EMDR in his article online. You cannot get more benign than using this to help PTSD soldiers and trauma victims. It’s not difficult to see that it DOES NOT go against anything biblically. Yet he launches a massive critique against it at all levels even claiming it short circuits sanctification! They need a better hermeneutic to allow for evidenced based mechanics at the level of prescription. My working idea is Redemptive Appropriation within a Clinical Biblical Realism Framework. If you put Biblical counseling in a Venn diagram on the left and Integration on the right, it’s in the middle. The Integrationists are guilty of syncretism in much of their practices IMO. The academics do better but don’t operationalize their deep knowledge so most practitioners really have no idea how to reconcile the two worldviews of psychology and biblical Christianity. But I digress. Thank you for this! I’ll use it in my own article and link back to it.

Comment on Should Churches Hire a Youth Pastor? by Herb Devine

Herb Devine — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:10:05 +0000

Excellent approach to discipleship. Very encouraging.

Comment on 3 Nouthetic Cautions About Nouthetic Critiques of Others: From John Bettler by Tina

Tina — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:51:01 +0000

Great 👍 and educative

Comment on 2 Free Biblical Counseling Resources: My Ph.D. Dissertation and My Th.M. Thesis by Joseph Oladimeji ojo

Joseph Oladimeji ojo — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:32:58 +0000

Thesis on Christian Councelling

Comment on Scrupulosity, OCD, and a Tender Conscience: A Case Study in Christ-Shaped Biblical Soul Care by Bob

Bob — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:31:16 +0000

In reply to Jerry Nelson. Thank you. Of course...share away.

Comment on Scrupulosity, OCD, and a Tender Conscience: A Case Study in Christ-Shaped Biblical Soul Care by Jerry Nelson

Jerry Nelson — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:29:22 +0000

Thank you so much Bob for this timely and thoughtful article. I would like to share it with our soul care ministry team if that meets with your approval.

Comment on Passing the Biblical Counseling Baton… by Tom Davis

Tom Davis — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:38:32 +0000

I don’t think I’ve commented on your blog before. I greatly appreciate your care to guide other Biblical counselors and engaging in significant discussions in counseling. I am kind of lost at times about the larger associations related to Biblical Counseling. This doesn’t impact my daily ministry in counseling men, but does challenge how I read articles and how I attend conferences. I’m glad to see that you are continuing to write. This helps me sort through some of my ‘associational lostness.”

Comment on John Calvin on Common Grace by ШІ та християнин: допомога чи небезпека?

ШІ та християнин: допомога чи небезпека? — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:07:53 +0000

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Comment on Every Square Inch of Human Existence: Kuyper on God’s All-Encompassing Common Grace by ШІ та християнин: допомога чи небезпека?

ШІ та християнин: допомога чи небезпека? — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:06:08 +0000

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