“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...
Biblical Counseling “Spokespersons” I recently posted about the two original, primary leaders of the “modern” biblical counseling movement: Who Is the Next Jay Adams or David Powlison for the Modern Biblical Counseling Movement. In that post, I noted that with the...
Nate Brooks on David Powlison and Eric Johnson This morning on X (Twitter), Nate Brooks posted an insightful thread about humility and charity in biblical counseling. Nate used David Powlison’s interactions with Eric Johnson as an example of humility and charity in...
“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints” (Psalm 116:15). On Friday, June 7, 2019, after suffering from pancreatic cancer, David Powlison passed away peacefully at his home in Glenside, Pennsylvania, surrounded by his family. He was 69 years old....
6 Definitions of Biblical Counseling Paul Tautges has been interviewing biblical counselors. In this post, reproduced with his permission from his Counseling One Another site, Paul links to all six posts. He summarizes the posts with each counselor’s definition of...
CCEF 2013: Not Alone—The Relational Core of Life and Counseling Here’s a conference you won’t want to miss—Not Alone: The Relational Core of Life and Counseling. It’s the annual CCEF (Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation) National Conference. This year it...