by Bob | Sep 16, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Salvation
Tweeting the Gospel for Sin and Suffering What difference does the gospel make as we face sin and respond to suffering? In addressing that question, biblical counselors often ponder a vitally important follow-up question: “How do people change?” However,...
by Bob | Apr 8, 2013 | Depression, Rick Warren, Salvation, Suicide
Ask the Counselor: Suicide, Salvation, and Eternal Security In yesterday’s post here at RPM Ministries, I asked you to pray for Rick and Kay Warren as they grieve the death of their son who took his life. In light of that post, today I want to address the question of...
by Bob | Aug 17, 2012 | Regeneration, Salvation, Sanctification
Christian—Do You Know Who You Are? Note: You’re reading Part 2 of a Changing Lives blog mini-series. Read Part 1: I See Resurrected People. Our New Nature: Saints Who do you see when you look at yourself as a Christian—a dead person or a resurrected person? At your...
by Bob | Aug 16, 2012 | Regeneration, Resurrection, Salvation, Sanctification
I See Resurrected People In the movie The Sixth Sense, young Cole Sear (played by Haley Joel Osment) tells Bruce Willis’ character (Malcolm Crowe), “I see dead people.” Cole is cursed with the “ability” to see dead people. In our Christian life, we’re often “cursed”...
by Bob | Jun 1, 2012 | Faith, Jesus, Salvation
2 Reasons People Reject Christ When you talk to people about Christianity, they often offer supposed intellectual/rational reasons for their decision not to believe on Christ. The Apostle Paul informs us that we reject Christ because of willful suppression of the...
by Bob | Jun 27, 2011 | Christian Living, Gospel Imperatives, Gospel Indicatives, Salvation, Sanctification
Trust and Obey Note: This is part five in a blog mini-series on the relationship between our salvation and our daily growth in Christ (sanctification). Read part one How We Grow in Grace, part two How to Disagree in an Agreeable Way, part three How People Change, and...