David Powlison Quotes

(1949-2019) Biblical Counselor, Writer, Professor @CCEF @WestminsterTS. Fan site tweeted by @imshanebecker

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"My presuppositions control my descriptions in a fundamental way... they control the implications, the psychotherapy, the parenting, the conflict resolution method... Explanations are signposts for solutions. That is, the way I explain something will tell me what to do about it."

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“The ‘Who cares, what’s the use?’ attitude is a powerful behavior-altering drug.”

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"For years biblical counselors have challenged the psychologizing of human life, arguing that human beings are fundamentally and thoroughly relational – ‘covenantal,’ to put it technically, living coram Deo, to put it in the language of our fathers in the faith."

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“The gospel of Jesus Christ is as wide as human diversity and as deep as human complexity. The Scriptures that bear witness to this Christ in the power of His Spirit are sufficient to cure souls.”

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“On the last day, common grace will be done. Every knee will bow before the Lord Jesus Christ, some in utter shame that they bent such good gifts to godlessness, some in utter joy that all good gifts glorify the God who gives good gifts freely and graciously.”

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How does Biblical Counseling differ from what the secular world has to offer? Listen to this great example by Dr. Powlison -

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“The madness in our hearts generates warped spectra. But God sees all things in bright, clear light—and this God is the straightener of crooked thoughts. He makes madmen sane.”

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“Why do people do what they do? An ‘answer’ to this question anchors every theory of human personality, and every attempt to fix what ails the human race. One’s view of motivation will align and color every detail of theory and practice.”

[David Powlison Quotes @David_Powlison]

“The madness in our hearts generates warped spectra. But God sees all things in bright, clear light—and this God is the straightener of crooked thoughts. He makes madmen sane.”

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“No counseling model whose genes contain secular DNA ever gets motivation theory straight. It is clear that every heart (at every moment, in every circumstance) is either actively serving lies and lusts or is actively loving the Lord God of truth.”

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“Scripture subordinates all under its master category of motivation: man is a religious creature who worships, serves, loves, hopes in, seeks, trusts, fears something, either God or God-substitutes.”