Comments on: Dear Bob… https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Al https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22450 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:42:30 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22450 Those who seek to be compensated for counseling are often pressed to use a medical model and offer a diagnosis because insurance companies require it. I know counselors who use this method but in practice seek the balance Adam discussed. Offering counseling as a ministry free of charge has freed me from those concerns.

Initially, the terms maximizing and minimizing confused me until I read the discussions several times. Perhaps “sin emphasizers” or medical model emphasizers would clarify somewhat. Just a suggestion fwiw.

Thank you both for tilling this soil that good fruit may grow and feed God’s people, freeing them to live for His glory.

]]> By: Bob Kellemen https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22445 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:19:15 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22445 Adam,

I agree with David. Your wording is excellent and your description of the needed balance is very helpful. Thanks.

Bob

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22397 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:19:49 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22397 That’s well put, Adam.

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22396 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:19:30 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22396 Thanks Bob.

]]> By: Bob Kellemen https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22372 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:50:18 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22372 David,

Thank you for continuing the conversation.

Here’s the link to my Dear David response: http://bit.ly/11ERGWY

Bob

]]> By: Dear David https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22369 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:28:58 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22369 [...] My friend, David Murray, has responded to my first three posts in his post today, Dear Bob.  [...]

]]> By: Adam Thompson https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/04/25/dear-bob/#comment-22367 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:44:34 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=12915#comment-22367 As someone who has just now happened across this discussion, I find “viewing problems in mainly moral/spiritual terms” and “viewing problems in mainly medical terms” to be better descriptors than “sin maximizing” and “mental illness maximizing”.

There is certainly a balance to find. Secular experts (parenting, counseling, education, etc.) try to diagnose and explain everything, refusing to admit that much of what they deal with is sin. Yet on the other side, we must acknowledge that in a fallen world, we have weaknesses that are physical and mental, as well as spiritual weaknesses.

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