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@DrAaronNew Anybody who spends the majority of their ink ripping on others, especially fellow Christians….probably best to avoid them.

Over time, you can trace their animosity from Eric Johnson to Diane Langberg to Bob to SEBTS to CCEF and more. Nobody outside of the ACBC is safe. Or faithful, apparently. This is where they’ve always been headed.

This is a great blog post from Bob. Those in the evangelical counseling and/or biblical counseling world(s) will find it informative. I have 3 of my own observations to add to the conversation, for whatever they are worth.

Between two thieves I spend my utmost breath, As he that for some robbery suffereth. Alas! What have I stolen from you? Death. from George Herbert, “The Sacrifice”

τετέλεσται Original Word: τελέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: teleó 1. to end, i.e. complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt) "When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished [τετέλεσται]," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." – John 19:30 #GoodFriday

@WaulkThisWay So true!

Eventually, religious fundamentalists and zealots bite and devour their own. The human drive to constantly prove one’s piety and bona fides is no respecter of persons.

@seanperron Any chance you are completely biased?

This is an important debate. It is long, but worth your time. Marshall made clear arguments. Brad did not. youtube.com/watch?v=5xp2LL…

@RickThomasNet @lifeovercoffee1 That’s certainly a misrepresentation.

#trauma #traumainformed #traumainformedcare #bible #biblicalcounseling #lifeovercoffee @lifeovercoffee1

@emilyestahly @mellyneuf @BobKellemen @jasonkovacs @natejbrooks @KristinKellen @BibClinCounEdu Would being called “zombies,” having views misrepresented publicly, or having their personal theologies mocked fall under the “strong words” category or would it be more?

@mellyneuf @BobKellemen @jasonkovacs @natejbrooks @KristinKellen @BibClinCounEdu I’m not going to deny they strong words have been said about their writings/online conduct, but I have never seen anything even close to an accusation that they are abusing their authority over an employee/student to do their bidding. I’m happy to be corrected tho if I missed it.

This is a really good point. Where is the outrage when other brothers and sisters like @BobKellemen @jasonkovacs @natejbrooks @KristinKellen @BibClinCounEdu are being maligned, misrepresented, and have their characters dragged through the mud?

@DrAaronNew @BobKellemen @seanperron @biblicalcc Yeah at this point in my life, if I don’t see any of the fruits of the Spirit, I don’t waste my time.

@BobKellemen @seanperron @biblicalcc “…shameless self-promotion and pride…”

Some Public Reflections on Sean Perron’s Public Accusations Against the Biblical Counseling Coalition @seanperron @biblicalcc In response to thread started by Jason Kovacs, Sean Perron wrote: x.com/seanperron/sta… As one you mentioned, I went to the BCC and it was one sided. Actively suffocated the conservative voices. The project failed. (Which is why so many resigned). I also think the Lord did not bless it because of the shameless self-promotion and pride involved. I'm hopeful for the future with Kevin but will believe it when there is fruit of repentance. Here are my reflections for Sean: 1. That’s an amazing, quite sad, and quite untrue public accusation you've just made, Sean. However, it is actually helpful that you’ve said it out loud. 2. According to you, the BCC “actively suffocated the conservative voices.” Let’s publicly present facts about just a few of the conservative voices who presented and/or have had active roles/voices at the BCC year after year: Stuart Scott. Heath Lambert. Julie Ganschow. David Powlison. Randy Patten. Kevin Carson. Jeremy Pierre. Amy Baker. Charles Hodges. Jim Berg. Mark Shaw. Ed Welch. Mike Emlet. Michael Leister, Lucas Sabatier, Luis Mendez, Kike Torres, Sascha Mendes, Jim Newheiser. Kevin Hurt. Joe Keller, Kyle Johnston. Lilly Park. Pat Quinn. Paul Tautges. Rob Green. Robert Jones. Howard Eyrich. Just to name a few. Are they not conservative enough for you? Are they not strong enough voices? 3. You write that “so many resigned.” According to the ACBC Executive Director, to this day, 40% of the BCC Council Board members are ACBC Certified Counselors/ACBC Fellows/ACBC Board Members. Are they not conservative enough for you? Not strong enough voices for you? If so many resigned, it sure seems like so many conservative ACBC leaders are still active participants in the Biblical Counseling Coalition. Do you view these ACBC leaders as unwise? As compromisers? As blind to what you see? 4. You just publicly accused the Biblical Counseling Coalition of “shameless self-promotion and pride.” Not a speck of evidence. Not an ounce of foundation. Just a vomiting out of false accusations. It’s that judgmental, arrogant attitude, Sean, which is leading many people to express concern about the ACBC. See the five links below for primary source quotes/documentation that the ACBC consistently expresses the attitude that they are the only good and godly people in the biblical counseling world—even calling into question the Christian faith of those who fail to align with ACBC! 5. For examples of ACBC’s attitude of superiority, and their public mischaracterizations of fellow biblical counselors, see: Jason Kovacs Responds to Greg Gifford and ACBC rpmministries.org/2026/01/kovacs… Are Greg Gifford and ACBC Really the Sufficient Standard for Who Is a Biblical Counselor? rpmministries.org/2025/12/giffor… Can You Be a Christian If You Are Not an ACBC-Approved Biblical Counselor? rpmministries.org/2025/12/christ… A Crisis in the Biblical Counseling World? rpmministries.org/2025/12/crisis… A Biblical Counseling Evaluation of ACBC’s “A Biblical View of Trauma, Part 2” rpmministries.org/2025/08/trauma… 6. You write of “shameless self-promotion and pride.” The five posts/links above document ACBC leaders (you, Dale, Omri, Greg, Francine) bluntly proclaiming that people who are not ACBC certified are outsiders to biblical counseling. Gifford said it with crystal clarity in his conclusion: “Thus, to clarify the movement going forward, true biblical counselors who want to communicate clearly their position should focus on their certification and their organization’s certification with ACBC” (42). “If one becomes a member of the ACBC organization, it thus prohibits them from being a CIBCer” (42). ACBC has drawn the line. Dale Johnson, Heath Lambert, Sean Perron (you've said that Ed Welch, CCEF, the BCC, and the Biblical Counseling Faculty of SEBTS are no longer faithful biblical counselors), Omri Miles, Greg Gifford, Francine Tan, and others, could not be more clear. In their minds: If you are not aligned with ACBC, if you are not certified by ACBC, then you are an outsider to true biblical counseling. So here’s my question, Sean: Is promoting ACBC as THE only faithful biblical counseling organization evidence at all of any “shameless self-promotion and pride”? 7. You spoke of the need for “fruit of repentance” for the Biblical Counseling Coalition. Wow. You definitely have said the quiet part out loud. Fruit of repentance is something that Christ calls forth from all of us, Sean.

@sevier_nick Maybe. But it’s hard to watch.

It’s not a contradiction for biblical counselors to use scientific research to refute scientific claims.

@sevier_nick So inconsistent

Apples and oranges. Applying theology to politics is nothing like integrating godless psychological principles and practices into our theology. Secular psychology is inherently and explicitly opposed to the Christian worldview; politics are not.

@sevier_nick “Millions”? It’s always nice when people make bold claims without any supporting evidence…

Mental illness diagnoses are made up labels that explain nothing about the cause of your problems. They are unscientific and unhelpful, as millions have come to experience for themselves. But, the Bible is… Well, hear how it speaks of itself: “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account” (Heb 4:12-13). And, this same word that pierces and exposes also heals and covers, bringing salvation to sinners and renewal to the ruined. That’s why the Apostle Paul, who called himself “the chief of sinners” declared: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes…” (Rom 1:16). So, how will you respond to these truths? May it be like Peter, who Jesus once called Satan for setting his mind on the things of the world and who denied Jesus 3 times as Jesus was being beaten and interrogated, but whom Jesus loved deeply: “After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God’” (John 6:66-69). To whom will you go?

@sevier_nick #selfserving

Yes, contending ≠ quarreling. Quarreling is about your own desires. Contending is for the faith. But, you must know that contenders are always slandered as quarrelers.

@sevier_nick @m_scheeringa Do you acknowledge science that contradicts your opinions?

Thankful for co-belligerents exposing the lies of Trauma-Informed Care!

@DrAaronNew @acbc @_BCSociety @BaptistLeaders @sevier_nick @williamwolfe Aren’t we supposed to bear good fruit?

Pay attention to how places like @acbc, @_BCSociety, & @BaptistLeaders and people like @sevier_nick & @williamwolfe operate. Their level of arrogance and ignorance is astonishing. And dangerous.

@_BCSociety Fringe attracts fringe….

Bored with “battles.” Some are more important than others. In the battle for biblical counseling, souls are at stake. Please listen and share to expose how Integration has infiltrated the biblical counseling movement and is impacting local churches everywhere.

@JoshuaReich @chuckdegroat Is this from a book?

The body keeps the score, but even more deeply it keeps the Story - echoes of Eden deep within, an ache of longing, subterranean memory which holds a story of beauty and dignity even within profoundly traumatized bodies. -Chuck DeGroat

“Stories reveal things about human experience that can’t be taught by courses, books, and articles on counseling.” - David Powlison

Don't trust "Christian leaders" who are best known for trashing other Christians.

“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’” – Abraham Kuyper

@DrAaronNew He’s so arrogant. This faux humility is so obvious. People don’t take examining the fruit that one bears seriously enough….

Y’all. Southern Baptists deserve better. Christian counseling deserves better. Do not listen to Heath Lambert. /end

There will come a day, I’m sure, when I will ignore Heath Lambert. But that day is not today. He is influential in at least 2 of my own circles - Southern Baptist ones and Christian counseling ones. So I still feel compelled to speak.