The Discussion (“Debate”)
In our modern biblical counseling world, there has always been a lot of discussion about the proper use of extra-biblical material, including psychological research. For one historical example, read about how Jay Adams, John Bettler, and David Powlison discussed this in 6 Words Describing What Jay Adams and Nouthetic Counseling Do with Secular Psychology.
My Ponderings…
I’ve been pondering this in light of two phrases often used in the biblical counseling world:
“All truth is God’s truth.” All error is the devil’s error.” Some Brief Reflections Some biblical counselors who see a role/place for using extra-biblical resources (interpreted and evaluated by Scripture) say, “All truth is God’s truth wherever it is found.” They support this using biblical concepts such as common grace, the Creation/Cultural Mandate, general revelation, a biblical theology of science, etc. Other biblical counselors who tend to reject the use of extra-biblical resources say, “All lies are the devil’s lies.” They support this using biblical concepts such as the sufficiency of Scripture and the noetic effect of sin. Do some biblical counselors use common grace and the noetic effect of sin inconsistently when it comes to the acceptance
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