Matthew Statler

Pastor, passionate about soul care and Glorifying God through shepherding His people, applying the Word to suffering, and training others to counsel biblically

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

Interesting watching the "trauma-informed" retreat from their previous dogmatic positions. The move from "The Body Keeps The Score" to "The Body Keeps the Score sort of"
While I commend the retreat from lies, the inconsistency requires further reformation. Take for example the attached article.
This article wants to say two things at once:
1. VDK was directionally helpful with his framework.
2. But VDK's framework was materially false at key points.

In point 1:
Claes says VDK helped people see that trauma affects the body. (Sadly, we know that is not what VDK was claiming to do, nor what people believe now about trauma).

In point 2: She rightly points out the Frontiers article that the body does not store trauma. But then moves to include "body work" as a help to counseling trauma.

These blaring errors in addition to the continued category mistakes show that much work is still to be done in undoing VDK's errors.

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

@DonnaDiorioTX Thank you for reading Donna! I took the idea from that Puritans book, he talks about it as an inflamed eye!

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

https://t.co/x0yZ2TytrI

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

In postmodern trauma theory, “all attempts at rational understanding and representation are considered blasphemous.”
Anne Rothe, “Irresponsible Nonsense” (2016)

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I know I’ve heard something eerily similar.

Labels as weapons

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

Would Jesus embraced the polyvagal theory?

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

This may come as a shock to many:
“Dr. Charles Hodges @runningdoc , a physician and biblical counselor, warns, "Not every study will have a good design or be well conducted, and the researcher's biases can sometimes influence the interpretation of data."”

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

Polyvagal theory is Stephen Porges’s proposed explanation of how the autonomic nervous system shapes responses to safety, danger, and social connection. It is influential in trauma-informed therapy, but its specific neurological and evolutionary claims remain scientifically contested—it should not be presented as settled neuroscience.

https://t.co/8v5uA3AfjU

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Would Jesus embraced the polyvagal theory?

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https://t.co/YxL0w13VRv

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@imputationist

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

@PastorPitman @lisa_matthews15 Some days! Totally mental haha!

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

We are at the phase of discourse in the biblical counseling conversation where everyone I don't like is a Fundy.

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

“Pastors cannot build God’s kingdom, then, without His tools. God forbade the Israelites from lifting a tool on His altar so they would not pollute it with human workmanship (Ex. 20:25). As soon as men bring their man-made ideas into ministry, they have polluted the work of God. Only God can build His kingdom. If man builds it, then the kingdom is man’s and not God’s. Not only are pastors helpless without the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit’s strength is necessary for a pastor to persevere amid the difficulties of ministry. In particular, a pastor needs the Spirit’s indwelling, influence, and empowerment.”

Thriving in Lifelong Ministry:
Cultivating Spiritual and Pastoral Vitality for the Long Haul by Joel R. Beeke

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[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

Stay Baptist Friends!

“6. I love Baptist grit. We’ve often been despised and hated. Most of our first leaders were self-educated and had to scrabble livings as farmers, artisans, or booksellers because their churches (many pastored more than one) couldn’t pay them a salary. They didn’t have access to higher education or centers of cultural power. Thankfully, that’s since changed, but Baptist grit hasn’t disappeared. It can still be seen in local churches and frontier mission settings all over the earth. Grit persists among the Baptists. If you don’t believe me, sign up for the next Pillar Network church-planting conference.”

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

@StephanieE85454 Yes! That is a favorite!

[Matthew Statler @StatlerMatthew]

@imputationist @sevier_nick It's the Baptist way