Common Grace and the Noetic Effect of Sin In Reformed Christian theology, unregenerate persons are totally depraved and all of their thinking is under the noetic (mind) impact of sin. Yet, also in Reformed thinking, unregenerate/unsaved persons can make valid...
A Word from Bob For the fuller context to these quotes, see my post Cherry-Picking David Powlison. And see Nate Brook’s post, What Did David Powlison Teach About Scripture and Psychology? Powlison on Common Grace In David Powlison’s Affirmations & Denials, he...
A Word from Bob Two years ago I began sharing posts where I collated quotes from Reformed theologians regarding common grace. I’ve wanted to collate those quotes into one blog post. Here it is. (Please note that each author wrote comprehensively on common grace. Even...
“Cherry-Picking” Powlison Recent writings in the modern biblical counseling movement have been using David Powlison’s teachings in a “gate-keeping” way. “David Powlison taught _____; so anyone who sways from _____ is not really a true biblical counselor.” These...
Heath Lambert and Shepherd Press recently released Heath’s booklet, Biblical Counseling and Common Grace. Already, I’ve seen two very different reviews of Heath’s booklet. His booklet, and the review by Dr. Nate Brooks and the review by Francine Tan, each address a...
What’s the Issue? The London Lyceum just published Dr. Nate Brooks’s review of Heath Lambert’s book Biblical Counseling and Common Grace. You can read Dr. Brooks’s full review here: Biblical Counseling and Common Grace: A Review by Nate Brooks. You can learn about...