A Word from Bob: You’re reading Part 5 of a 10-part blog series on 10 Common Mistakes Biblical Counselors Sometimes Make. For Part 1, see: Mistake #1: We Elevate Data Collection Above Soul Connection. (Part 1 also contains further background, explanation, and “motivation” for this series.) For Part 2, see: Mistake #2: We Share God’s Eternal Story Before We Listen Well and Wisely to Our Friend’s Earthly Story. For Part 3, see: Mistake #3: We Talk at Counselees Rather Than Exploring Scriptures with Counselees. For Part 4, see: Mistake #4: We Practice Half-Biblical Counseling If We Address Sin but Neglect Suffering.
Mistake #5: We Fail to Follow the Trinity’s Model of Comforting Care
In Part 4, we explored how our counseling sometimes focuses on sin but neglects suffering—we neglect comforting people in their suffering, grief, loss, pain, and hurt. If we’re not careful, we end up counseling like Job’s miserable counselors whose one-track minds spotted sin instead of comforting Job in his suffering.
The motivation behind this sin-focus is often a desire to be like God in His holiness. We don’t want to wink at sin. We want to speak the truth.
However, in our desire to counsel like
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