A Word from Bob: COL
I’m actually chuckling as I begin to craft today’s post. Maybe instead of LOL it’s COL: Chuckling Out Loud.
Why am I laughing at myself? Because I’m sure that I’ll end up with people on both sides of the current counseling debates disagreeing with me.
Some will say I am encouraging too much interest in being informed by the world’s research.
Others will say I am being too critical of those who seek to be trauma-informed or clinically-informed.
It’s not the first time I’ve sought to present a both/and perspective on these issues.
Some Recent “Both-And” History
Back about two years ago (November 29, 2022 to be exact), I posted about Being a ______-Informed Biblical Counselor. This post began as an 18-tweet thread on Twitter/X.
In that post, I discussed both a potential concern about clinically-informed biblical counseling, and I affirmed the legitimacy of research-aware biblical counseling. I said it like this:
Tweet 6: Here’s where we might want to be a tad self-critical as “____-informed” biblical counselors. Is our focus foremost on the Word’s wisdom or the world’s research? If we don’t have a rich biblical-theological foundation then it’s easy for the world’s information to
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