Public Disagreements: Good or Bad? Wise or Unwise?
Some people cringe at some of the public disagreements among biblical counselors.
Some biblical counseling leaders just want us to “all get along.” Or they will say, “Let’s just focus on ministering to people.”
Other people say they learn a lot while reading these public disagreements.
Some biblical counseling leaders believe that, “Respectful public discussions is ministry to people.”
In summary:
Some people believe that public discussions of differences between biblical counselors is unhelpful and unwise.
Some people believe that public discussions of differences between biblical counselors can provide iron-sharpening content for all biblical counselors.
A Brief History Lesson on Nouthetic Disagreements
But today’s post isn’t primarily about the “rightness or wrongness” of public disagreements among biblical counselors. Instead, today’s post is:
A brief history lesson on disagreements between nouthetic biblical counselors over the past 50 years.
I will provide a snapshot sampler of 50 years of nouthetic counseling disagreements. We might even say:
Nouthetic counselors have always publicly nouthetically confronted one another.
Some Snapshot Samplers…
Once upon a time, NANC counselors vehemently disagreed with each other publicly and privately. Here are just a few examples.
Note: These are just a few
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