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Oct 26, 2020 · The message behind this maxim is that psychological truths carry the same truth-value as biblical truths because God reveals both. But God does not always reveal both. Biblical truths are authoritative in ways that psychological concepts can never be.
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Jan 4, 2019 · The message behind this maxim is that psychological truths carry the same truth-value as biblical truths because God reveals both. The problem with this is that God does not always reveal both. Biblical truths are authoritative in ways that psychological concepts can never be.
Jun 11, 2009 · Did Adler teach things comparable to biblical truth? Yes. A theory would babble if it did not speak at least half-truths. Christians, nevertheless, must reinterpret everything through God’s gaze.
Jan 11, 2024 · Thus, psychology is both descriptive — information about what people do — and prescriptive — instruction about what people should do. This means that psychology can pose direct challenges to both the faith and values of Christian people.
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Psychology and Christianity: Five Viewsis organized into three sections. In the first section, editor Eric Johnson presents a brief history of how Christians have engaged the discipline of psychology as part of their efforts to understand human beings and human experience. In the second section, five different perspectives on how Christians might i...
Each of the five perspectives in the book offers readers an underlying philosophy of psychology which the author(s) think adheres to the Bible’s teaching about humanity. By “philosophy of psychology,” I mean a framework for making sense of how psychological theories and research should be developed, interpreted, and evaluated. The presenters dip in...
Of what value is this book to biblical counselors? Several responses come to mind: (1) Myers and Jones describe how psychological scientists do what they do in a way that should help non-scientificially trained biblical counselors better grasp the assumptions and methods of scientific inquiry. Readers should beware, however, of the authors’ overrid...
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Sep 20, 2013 · How can we determine which psychological “truths” are true? If we answer, “Whatever works,” we’re on thin ice, since many false religious and spiritual techniques produce results. Scripture is the only basis for determining absolute truth (John 17:17).
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Jul 15, 2019 · Rather than seeking to end discussion utilizing conceptual frameworks such as “integration” and “Christian psychology,” Jeeves and Ludwig might do well to pursue insights and mutual enrichments found through constructive dialogue across ideological, cultural, and communal differences among committed Christians.
