Heath Lambert and Shepherd Press recently released Heath’s booklet, Biblical Counseling and Common Grace.

Already, I’ve seen two very different reviews of Heath’s booklet. His booklet, and the review by Dr. Nate Brooks and the review by Francine Tan, each address a question that is central to biblical counseling:

“What is the relationship between common grace, the noetic effect of sin, scientific research, secular psychology, and the sufficiency of Scripture?” 

Rather than “wade into” this discussion, in today’s brief post I will simply link to each post. Then I’ll share some discussion questions that might create further interaction about this booklet and these two reviews. 

Review #1: By Dr. Nate Brooks 

The London Lyceum just published Dr. Nate Brooks’s review of Heath Lambert’s booklet, Biblical Counseling and Common Grace. You can read Dr. Brooks’s full review here:

Biblical Counseling and Common Grace: A Review by Nate Brooks.

Review #2: By Francine Tan 

About a day later, the ACBC released a review of Lambert’s booklet. You can read Tan’s review here:

Heath Lambert’s Biblical Counseling and Common Grace: Book Review.

Some Prompting Discussion Questions (PDQs) 

Whenever I taught in seminary, Bible college, the local church, and at seminars and conferences, I always included


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