Brian Walker

Director of Operations at Anchored Virtual, follower of Jesus, husband to Kristen, father to Maggie, Isaac, & Ian

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@WaulkThisWay I'm with you on this, and for all the same reasons you've articulated so well here. While there are some false claims, its almost certainly the case that EA is still underreported in most churches.

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@LowerLeavell @KevinCarson @joehussung To be historic, we need to go full papyrus. This is the way.

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@WaulkThisWay The gospel is what I lead with and what shapes my entire counseling process. I've trained all of our counselors at AV to do the same. We even did a podcast on the necessity of gospel-centrality in counseling: https://t.co/4lLxt5DQUm

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

More excellent analysis from @timallchin.

[Tim Allchin @timallchin]

The most important word in the biblical counseling debate right now might be the least defined:

“secular.”

We use it like it settles arguments.

It doesn’t. 🧵

[Gavin Ortlund @gavinortlund]

Friendly reminder that often (not always) it’s best to ignore extremist people/posts because it amplifies them. Outrageous views are counting on us expressing our outrage so they travel further.

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@LowerLeavell Agreed. Identifying breathing & grounding exercises as clinical methodologies seems like a serious category error.

[Brad Hambrick @BradHambrick]

A Reflection on the Rice Lecture Series Debate on Biblical Counseling @DBTSeminary

https://t.co/AcjxtELwRp

A Historic Event
A Listener's Guide
A Collection of 7 Responses
A Statistical Analysis
10 Personal Reflections
One Final Question

May we continue to refine one another!

[jonathanholmes @jonathanholmes]

I appreciated part 1 of @timallchin's series on the current state of BC, and I enjoyed part 2 as well. Tim raises fair points of critique for those who are and have used CIBC as a descriptive term. I'd love to see greater engagement like this happen across the board!

[Joshua Waulk @WaulkThisWay]

PSA: Clinically-informed ≠ clinically-consumed.

Instead, the clinically-informed biblical counselor is scripture-saturated, doctrinally-devoted, and Christ-centered (grace).

Likewise, they’re competent in common grace applications (nature).

Grace does not destroy nature.

[Jared S. Poulton @jared_poulton]

This has been my experience with @BradHambrick as well. Thankful for this brother.

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

CIBCers don't care about niceness. But we do care about truthfulness in how people are portrayed. @timallchin models this so well here. His refusal to caricature others speaks to his integrity and his intentionality in building relationships across the BC movement.

[Tim Allchin @timallchin]

"There's a move that keeps getting made in biblical counseling: if you're not classical BC, you're not a biblical counselor. No middle ground. No spectrum. That binary isn't working. New series starts today."
https://t.co/YmlbgPysXg

[jonathanholmes @jonathanholmes]

This 🧵 from @joehussung is a helpful primer on the dialogue around generations in BC. Howard Eyrich and I wrote a chapter on this here: https://t.co/OUkqCk2iPm (ch. 42- The History and Future of Biblical Counseling, ed. by @KevinCarson & @BobKellemen)

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

For biblical counseling to be transformational it must be gospel-centered. I'm thankful for @wagner_floriani and Katie Boomer joining me for this 101 level biblical counseling conversation as we kick off season 2 of CtC! https://t.co/UmIxYUoASD

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@JamesAHatt @wagner_floriani @JordanStoryline I would affirm Powlison's Seeing with New Eyes, if I have to narrow it down to just one. Pierre's Dynamic Heart in Daily Life would be a close second.

[Joshua Waulk @WaulkThisWay]

Biblical Counselors:

If you take upon yourself the responsibility of your client’s sanctification, which belongs to God alone, you will eventually adopt a legalistic ethos in an attempt to maintain control.

This will end in anxiety and despair for both you and your client.

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@jared_poulton Congrats, my friend! That's great news!

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

"When you divorce divine sovereignty from the cross, you get weird math that really, really hurts people." -Kelly Kapic

[Brad Hambrick @BradHambrick]

Great choice!

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

I need some feedback from church leaders & Christian/biblical counselors to add some anecdotal research for an upcoming conference talk. In your experience, what are the primary factors that strain the relationship between local churches and counseling organizations?

[Brian Walker @brian_walker75]

@jasonkovacs I only discovered this rule change through co-writing projects with Bekah Hannah. Much to her annoyance, I found double-spacing incredibly hard to unlearn.