Grok It: Biblical Counseling Diversity
I asked Grok 3 (X/Twitter AI):
“In the biblical counseling world, what three biblical counselors are most similar to Bob Kellemen’s approach to biblical counseling?”
Grok 3’s answer shares quite the diversity! It links me to David Powlison, Heath Lambert, and Jeremy Lelek.
What’s It Mean???
There probably are not a lot of people in the modern biblical counseling movement whose Bingo Card had “Powlison, Lambert, Lelek, and Kellemen.”
However, even granting for Grok 3 being imperfect, I wonder if Grok 3’s answer indicates that there is more overlap in essentials that we agree on, than there are core convictions that we disagree on? I have pointed on my blog how Lelek and Lambert share scores of essential biblical counseling convictions. I understand that some/many would disagree with me on that perspective. Still, I think Kellemen, Powlison, Lambert, and Lelek share many core biblical convictions about biblical counseling. That said, I also think there are some significant areas of distinctiveness in our theory and practice of biblical soul care, which is to be expected.
Grok 3’s Answer
Bob Kellemen’s approach to biblical counseling is characterized by a gospel-centered, Christ-focused framework that emphasizes relational competencies, theological
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