Category: Mistakes

• Never Mess With Grace.

  For just a Mentoring Minute, let’s talk about grace. How often do we witness someone who disregards the grace of God? It might be understandable, though not excusable if someone is not a Christian. However, for those who know the Lord, there can be no excuse.

  Dr. Bob

  August 5, 2014

  Advice, God’s grace, Mentoring, Mistakes, Patterns of Life, Spiritual Growth, Temptation, Walking with God

• The Lie of Shame

  Every one of us has experienced feelings of shame. It’s is a condition in which we feel dirty and polluted. Shame a consequence of our fallen human condition. It can infect us because

  Dr. Bob

  June 10, 2014

  Advice, Forgiveness, Healing, Mentoring, Mistakes, Overcoming, Spiritual Growth

• One Little Word Makes One Big Difference.

  Recently, I was reviewing one of the lessons I would be teaching on my next visit to the Chinese language ministry school in Brooklyn New York that I am working to establish. The translation of each lesson into Chinese is a lengthy process for them to do. One of these lessons I sent to them…

  Dr. Bob

  April 2, 2014

  Advice, Fruitfulness, Mentoring, Mistakes

• The Circus of Dysfunction

  I was talking politics with my friend, Pastor David Briggs and he used the term “the circus of dysfunction” to paint an illuminating picture of

  Dr. Bob

  October 23, 2012

  Advice, Challenges, Fruitfulness, Mentoring, Mistakes, Overcoming, Patterns of Life, Storms of Life

• Rocks on our Backs

  I recently heard Mrs. Ann Romney speaking on TV about having to live with

  Dr. Bob

  July 17, 2012

  Advice, Encountering God, Faith, Mistakes, Overcoming, Patterns of Life, Spiritual Growth, Storms of Life, Trust, Walking with God

• LIfe is full of Typos

  My wife Nancy and I had diligently prepared for a mentoring seminar we were about to do. We produced a carefully crafted handout for the seminar participants, taking great care to

  Dr. Bob

  March 1, 2012

  Mentoring, Mistakes, Overcoming, Patterns of Life, Spiritual Growth

• The Safest Way To Hell

  I’m Dr. Bob and for must a Mentoring Minute, I would like to tell you about the safest way to hell. Listen to what C. S. Lewis wrote. “The safest way to hell is a gradual slide.” These are extremely enlightening words for someone who once surrendered to Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior,…

  Dr. Bob

  November 1, 2011

  Encountering God, Mentoring, Mistakes, Patterns of Life, Spiritual Growth, Surrender to God, Walking with God

• More of Who? Less of Who?

  I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I would like to ask you whether your attitudes are defined by what I call “more of me, and less of God.” In other words, are you someone who consistently and habitually relies more on the inherent weaknesses of your own instincts, or are you someone…

  Dr. Bob

  September 22, 2011

  Challenges, Encountering God, Faith, Mentoring, Mistakes, Patterns of Life, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized, Walking with God

• Whoops

  I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to share an expression with you that I have used all too often. Perhaps you have said it, or something like it. The expression is “Whoops!” This spontaneous expression is a sure sign of our humanity. Many of us have all too often realized…

  Dr. Bob

  June 9, 2011

  Advice, Mentoring, Mistakes, Patterns of Life, Spiritual Growth, Storms of Life, Trust, Walking with God

• He Looks at the Lamb

  I’m Dr. Bob and for just a Mentoring Minute, I want to set things straight. If you have given your life to Christ, but have been living with condemnation because of your past, it’s time to change your focus, which will change your thinking. When you gave your life to Jesus, God changed His focus.…

  Dr. Bob

  December 17, 2010

  Blessings, Encountering God, God’s grace, Mentoring, Mistakes, Overcoming, Spiritual Growth, Walking with God