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Oct 26, 2020 · While the study of psychology is a worthy pursuit, we ultimately believe that Scripture is the sufficient and final authority for addressing people’s complex issues. If you want to understand humans, the Bible does so most fully. How should Christians interact with psychology? They should integrate the two in a biblically faithful manner.
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Aug 17, 2021 · Abstract. From the publisher: Over the course of recent decades, scholars and practitioners have been working to integrate contemporary psychology-related fields and Christianity. This project ...
Mar 28, 2023 · An overview of why Focus on the Family integrates psychology and theology. We’ll be the first to acknowledge that different perspectives exist on the appropriateness of integrating principles of psychology with the Christian faith. (For balanced input from scholars and practitioners, we encourage you to read Psychology and Christianity: Five ...
- Psychology Defined
- Man, The Soul Creature
- Responsibility to The Creator
- Evolutionary Presuppositions
- Human Conduct
- A Summary
- Conclusion
Psychology may be defined in two very different ways — depending upon whether or not one is approaching the topic from the biblical vantage point, or from the humanistic viewpoint. The humanist, i.e., one who considers man to be the measure of all things, with no need for belief in a supreme Being, suggests that psychology is “the study of human an...
In the balance of this article we propose to highlight several glaring contrasts between biblical psychology and the psychology — falsely-called — that so dominates our modern culture. There is a vast, unbridgeable chasm that exists between valid psychology and that which proceeds from a humanistic ideology. Let us probe some of the various questio...
One of the underlying tenants of modern psychology is a skepticism about the existence of a supreme Being to whom man ultimately is accountable. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), known as the founder of psychoanalysis, was a tremendously significant figure in the field of psychology. His influence permeated the educational field in many ways. Freud was an...
As we mentioned earlier, modern psychology is generally defined as the study of “human and animal behavior.” This very definition should be a “red flag” signal that we are talking about a school of thought that is grounded in evolutionary dogma. Dr. Paul W. Leithart has written: “All traditional psychiatry rests on two errors: 1) The acceptance of ...
Psychological theory plays a significant role in either: 1. explaining man’s conduct, or, 2. in recommending human activity. And herein lies one of the dangers. Reflect for a moment on these two points. First, for example, Sigmund Freud, and those who were influenced by him, argued that the “sex drive” is the primary force of all emotional life. Th...
As we conclude this brief survey of humanistic psychology, surely it has become evident to every reader who regards the Bible as a divine revelation, that there is a vast difference between modern, humanistic “psychology,” and the wholesome mental health principles that abound in the Bible. Think about some of the vivid contrasts. 1. Humanistic psy...
The fact of the matter is this: the reputation of humanistic psychology/psychiatry these days is somewhere between that of the alchemist and the snake-oil salesman. Sometime back, TIME magazine carried a major article titled: “Psychiatry’s Depression.” Dr. E.F. Torrey, a psychiatrist, has written a book dubbed: The Death of Psychiatry. Thomas Szasz...
Jun 10, 2009 · Psychology is defined in a leading Christian textbook as “the scientific study of the behavior and thinking of organisms….the study of how living creatures interact with their environment and each other, and how they cope (successfully or unsuccessfully) with that environment.” 3 Given this broad definition, and recognizing that many people use the term interchangeably with psychotherapy ...
Jan 4, 2022 · The term integrated Christian counseling describes an approach to counseling that seeks to be grounded in a biblical worldview and include aspects of modern psychology that are compatible with that worldview. Integration is spoken of in regard to the theoretical stance of the counselor and his or her techniques, Christians in the academic field ...
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The current emphasis in psychology on the study of the brain and on cognitive psychology may eventually pose a serious threat to the Christian psychologist and the integration process. Cognitive psychology is interdisciplinary, including neuropsychology, computational cognition, neural networks, evolutionary psychology, and contemporary approaches to consciousness.
