Biblical Counseling and the Puritans

David Powlison explores the Puritans and how they can inform our understanding of biblical counseling and the Christian life.

Camden Bucey is the president of Reformed Forum and the pastor of Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Grayslake, IL. He graduated with an MDiv and is currently a PhD candidate at Westminster Theological Seminary. You can follow Camden on Twitter at @camdenbucey.

Nicholas T. Batzig

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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.

February 10, 2009 at 6:24 am
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Berti Kona

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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.

February 12, 2009 at 1:16 am