One Anothering, Part 4 (Fellowship Among Christ’s People)

Bob RoaneCounseling, Service, Wise living

Used at Belhaven University, River Pointe Church, prison ministry, and pastoral counseling. Jesus said—“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35) This posting is Part 4. You can read One Anothering, …

One Anothering, Part 3 (Fellowship Among Christ’s People)

Bob RoaneCounseling, Service, Wise living

Used at Belhaven University, River Pointe Church, prison ministry, and pastoral counseling. Various Bible translations are used. Jesus said—“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35) This posting is Part 3. …

One Anothering, Part 2 (Fellowship Among Christ’s People)

Bob RoaneCounseling, Service, Wise living

Used at Belhaven University, River Pointe Church, prison ministry, and pastoral counseling. Various Bible translations are used. Jesus said—“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35) This posting is Part 2. …

One Anothering, Part 1 (Fellowship Among Christ’s People)

Bob RoaneCounseling, Service, Wise living

Used at Belhaven University, River Pointe Church, prison ministry, and pastoral counseling. Jesus said—“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35) We will deal with our Lord’s commandment later in this …

Giving Others the Benefit of Doubt

Bob RoaneCounseling, Joy and Peace, Loving and Trusting God, Wise living

Surely the human mind and heart are deep, mysterious, unsearchable, and complex. (Psalm 64:6 paraphrase) Christ-like Love Christian mercy includes giving people the benefit of doubt and not making assumptions about them. Various Scriptures lead me to this conclusion: “The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out….For who knows a person’s …

Planning and Productive Paranoia (Part 2)

Bob RoaneCounseling, Loving and Trusting God, Wise living

If you missed the last post, you can go back and read Planning and Productive Paranoia (Part 1) Quick Review: Last time we looked at Scriptures on Preparation and Discipline and Roald Amundsen’s winning strategy for racing to the South Pole. Application Questions In light of Amundsen’s story, do you need to focus on something like a “20 mile a …

Idols of the Heart (Part 1)

Bob RoaneCounseling, Jesus Christ, Loving and Trusting God, Repentance, Confession, Forgiveness

You shall have no other gods before me….Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (Exodus 20:3; 1 John 5:21) At Jester III Prison, we are teaching on “Authentic Manhood” as modeled by Jesus. This article builds on a recent class. I also used some of this material at Belhaven University, in other classes, and in pastoral counseling, mentoring, and disciple making. …

Do the Next Thing: Elisabeth Elliot

Bob RoaneCounseling, Jesus Christ, Loving and Trusting God

Here is an audio version of an earlier version of this post.     Jesus’ followers, saved by grace,  shall live by faith in God and faithfulness to the Lord. (Habakkuk 2:4, my paraphrase) Elisabeth Elliot Elisabeth Howard Elliot (1926-2015) was a Christian missionary and speaker who authored over 20 books. She grew up in a Christian family in the …