by Bob | Jun 1, 2011 | Biblical Counseling, Comfort, Nouthetic
False Comfort Anyone who follows my ministry knows that I deplore one-dimensional biblical counseling. Frank Lake said it so well over a generation ago. “Pastoral care is defective unless it can deal thoroughly both with the evils we have suffered and with the sins...
by Bob | May 24, 2011 | Biblical Counseling
Back to the Future: At 21 and at 51 Yesterday in one of my presentations at the Moody Bible Institute Pastors’ Conference, I discussed how I responded to a significant life event when I was 21. That was three decades ago. Yes, I’m 51 now. So I started thinking, “What...
by Bob | May 6, 2011 | 4E Equipping, 4E Ministry Training Strategy, Association of Biblical Counselors, Equipping Counselors for Your Church
Want to Change Lives? I had a great time facilitating the Center for Church Equipping Pre-Conference on Equipping Counselors for Your Church. Hosted by the Association of Biblical Counselors, over sixty attendees participated from a wide array of backgrounds...
by Bob | May 2, 2011 | Anxiety, Biblical Counseling, Homosexuality, Paul Tripp
Victory Over or Struggling With? Last night I was reading Wesley Hill’s book Washed and Waiting. I was struck by many thoughts, including his quote from Philip Yancey: “Much of what I read on depression, on doubt, on suicide, on suffering, on homosexuality, seems...
by Bob | Apr 29, 2011 | Biblical Counseling
Biblical Counseling and Mature Maleness God designed us as male or female—not only in our body, but also in the core of our soul. All that we do, we do out of a soul that is either male or female. That includes our counseling of others. Thus, we minister to others...
