David Powlison explores the Puritans and how they can inform our understanding of biblical counseling and the Christian life.
Biblical Counseling and the Puritans
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I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naïve. (Romans 16:17-18)
You know, that’s interesting. I asked Paul Tripp last year what led him into the direction of counseling. He said that it was the Puritans. Robert K. Rudolph, the former president of Reformed Episcopal Seminary–where both of the Tripps, Jay Adams, and other reformed theologians studied–really loved the Puritans. But, I have been told that Jay does not like the Puritans. It would be interesting for someone to interview Jay to see if this is true, and, if it is, to find out why he doesn’t appreciation their work.
Hi Nick,
I believe that it is not that Jay does not like the Puritans. He does not agree with their style of preaching. He believes that the puritans destroyed good preaching with their methodology.