A Word from Bob
I’ve been interacting with Sean Perron on Twitter/X regarding Perron’s criticisms of biblical counselor, Jason Kovacs, for Jason occasionally using the word “client.” You can read a blog post about this discussion here: Is the Word “Client” on the 2024 Naughty List? I note in that post that we all need to be very careful not to disobey God’s command to avoid foolish quarrels about words (2 Timothy 2:14).
“Non-Wooden Sufficiency of Scripture”
After I posted Is the Word “Client” on the 2024 Naughty List?, Sean Perron posted on Twitter/X, doubling-down on his views. Among other comments, Perron made the statement that:
“If someone says the word ‘counselee’ isn’t technically in the sufficient Word and therefore I shouldn’t use it, they have misunderstood how sufficiency works. The sufficiency of Scripture is not that wooden. Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor, and therefore we are his counselees. It must logically follow.”
Some reflections on Perron’s post.
First, “counselee” is not “technically” not in the Bible. Instead, “counselee” is not actually in the Bible. Second, I’m not sure who said Perron “shouldn’t use it,” as I certainly said in my post that “counselee” could be used,
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