In Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ, I present a model of counseling people who are suffering. It includes biblical sustaining empathy and biblical healing hope. Sustaining: “It’s Normal to Hurt”—Empathizing and Sharing Christ’s Comfort (2 Corinthians...
We Need a GPS Helping hurting people is complex. It can often feel like a maze—or like a complex interchange on the interstate—zig-zagging roads where you can easily feel lost… We need a GPS: Gospel Positioning Scripture. We need God’s wisdom to know where to start,...
A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 7 in my blog mini-series on Half Biblical Ministry to the Suffering. The series was prompted by a yet-to-be-published work in the biblical counseling field that highlighted truth-telling for people who are suffering, but...
A Word from Bob: Thanks for coming back. You’re reading Part 4 in my blog mini-series on Half Biblical Ministry to the Suffering. Here are titles/links to my first 3 posts: Half Biblical Ministry to the Suffering Counseling Without Loving Compassion Mingling Our...
What Would You Say to Yourself at 16? Yesterday in the car I was listening to a Christian radio station (Moody Radio out of Chicago) and they had an interesting call-in question: “What would you say to your 16-year-old self?” Whatever age you are now, if you had a...
