by Bob | Nov 13, 2024 | Common Grace, Van Til
A Word from Bob You’re reading Part 2 of a three-part blog mini-series on Cornelius Van Til and common grace. In Part 1, I focused on Van Til’s assessment of Kuyper and Bavinck: Van Til, Kuyper, Bavinck, and Biblical Counselors: An Assessment. In that post, I asked...
by Bob | Nov 11, 2024 | Common Grace, John Calvin
A Word from Bob You’re reading part of a series of posts on Reformed thinking on common grace. For a collation of all of my posts on common grace, see: Common Grace and Biblical Counseling: Wisdom from Reformed Theologians. No. I do not think John Calvin was an...
by Bob | Nov 10, 2024 | Common Grace
A Word from Bob You’re reading the first of a three-part blog mini-series on Cornelious Van Til and common grace. In Part 2 (Cornelius Van Til on Common Grace: In His Own Words), I focus on Van Til’s beliefs about common grace and how they relate to the use or...
by Bob | Nov 5, 2024 | Premature Closure
Definitions and Descriptions Premature closure is a cognitive error that occurs when someone accepts or rejects an idea before even investigating it. Premature closure maintains a bias toward ideas I already accept and a bias against ideas that differ from my own...
by Bob | Oct 31, 2024 | Martin Luther, Reformation Day
Reformation Day Most see October 31 as Halloween. However, many celebrate October 31 as Reformation Day—the anniversary of Martin Luther’s launch of the Protestant Reformation. With any historical event that distant in time, it’s easy to think of it as lacking...
