A Word from Bob For the past two years, I have been examining first-hand, primary resources written by Reformed theologians on the topic of common grace. For a blog post that collates all of that research, see: Common Grace and Biblical Counseling: Wisdom from...
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...
A Word from Bob No. I do not think John Calvin was an integrationist, even though, as we’ll see in today’s post, Calvin valued and used common grace insights from non-believers. Some biblical counselors are using the word “integrationist” (or “neo-integrationist”) to...
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, I focus on Van Til’s beliefs about common grace and how they relate to the use or non-use of extra-biblical resources in biblical...
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...
