The Big Idea
Of all people, we biblical counselors, who affirm the truthfulness of God’s all-sufficient Word, should maintain truthfulness in our statements about our brothers and sisters in Christ. Are we behaving as truthful biblical counselors, or are we characterized by mischaracterizing fellow biblical counselors?
“Surprise! You’re It!”
One month ago, on September 20, 2025, I was reading an article by Travis McNeely entitled, Elements of Truth or Eclecticism: Understanding Common Grace within the Biblical Counseling Framework. It was published in the Gloria Deo Journal of Theology, 4, 2025, which is a publication of G3 Ministries.
As I’m reading along, I read this quote:
“There are some within the biblical counseling movement suggesting that regenerate and unregenerate people might have a shared intellectual foundation when it applies to soul care because of common grace” (38).
My immediate thought was,
“What Christian would ever think that regenerate and unregenerate people share the same intellectual foundation? Any Christian who has ever read their Bible knows about the fallen mind of the unregenerate person. Any Christian who has ever studied theology—especially Reformed theology—knows about total depravity, the noetic effect of sin, and the fallen heart of the unsaved person.”
My second thought
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