by Bob | May 10, 2012 | Biblical Counseling, Grace, Spiritual Friendship
5 Biblical Counseling Sustaining Skills: GRACE, Part 1 Note: I’ve developed the follow post from my book Spiritual Friends. In Spiritual Friends, I equip readers for the four-fold one-another ministry of: • Sustaining: It’s Normal to Hurt—Climbing in the Casket •...
by Bob | Oct 11, 2011 | James MacDonald, Thabiti Anyabwile
Responding to Public Error The Christian blogosphere has been actively discussing Pastor James MacDonald’s invitation to T. D. Jakes to participate in The Elephant Room. If you’ve been out of the loop the past week and you want to catch up on the controversy, you can...
by Bob | Jul 26, 2011 | Christian Living, Pastoral Ministry, Relationships
How Do We Relate? What were relationships like in the culture of the Roman Empire when the New Testament was written? Relationships were decidedly one-sided. Persons with power ruled with an iron hand over those who were powerless. “You know that the rulers of the...
by Bob | Jul 5, 2011 | Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Relationships
“I’m Sorry. I Was Wrong. Please Forgive Me.” I was recently the recipient of a humble, heart-felt apology where the person sincerely asked for forgiveness. How rare that is! It made me think of various ways people “apologize” and how we might respond. The “No Apology,...
by Bob | Feb 21, 2011 | Marriage, Parenting, Relationships
Learning to Love…All Over Again This week, Shirley and I watched a show that depicted a brain-injured husband whose personality drastically changed. The show raised the dilemma of how his wife would deal with being married to a man who was very different from the man...
