by Bob | Nov 7, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Heath Lambert, Jay Adams, Kevin DeYoung, Nouthetic Counseling, Sanctification
5 Top Christian Blog Posts of the Week: 5 to Live By 5 top Christian blog posts of the week—posts by Jay Adams, Kevin DeYoung, Heath Lambert, Justin Holcomb & more. Kevin DeYoung: 10 Errors to Avoid When Talking about Sanctification and the Gospel There is much...
by Bob | Sep 30, 2013 | Gospel, Grace
Breaking Bad or Shifting Bad: A Gospel-Centered Perspective The Emmy-winning AMC show, Breaking Bad, ended its five-season run Sunday night. It’s a dark show that dramatizes human evil with a premise that depicts evil in our hearts as a movement or trajectory from...
by Bob | Aug 31, 2013 | Gospel
The Gospel and Gossip Does the gospel have anything to say about gossip? That’s the question I asked in my endorsement of Pastor Matt Mitchell’s new book Resisting Gossip which releases this weekend. My Endorsement Here’s my full endorsement. “Does the gospel...
by Bob | Aug 20, 2013 | Gospel, Hope, Olaudah Equiano, Suffering
The Pathway to Hope Often Straddles the Precipice of Despair Olaudah Equiano, a Christian and an enslaved African American, began his life story with these words, “I acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.” His words might seem trite...
by Bob | Apr 23, 2013 | Biblical Counseling, Christ, Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling, David Murray, David Powlison, Gospel, Grace, Mental Illness
Counseling Built Entirely Upon Christ’s Gospel of Grace In Part 1 of this blog mini-series, Are Biblical Counselors “Sin Maximizers”?, I began responding to my friend, David Murray’s, post Maximizing and Minimizing Mental Illness. In David’s post, he labeled the...