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The Basics of Biblical Counseling
Lesson One
Let’s Start with Some Words
Psychology means:
ology = ____________________________
psyche = __________________________________________
Only a _____________________________ is equipped to study the soul, or inner
life of man!
Biblical means:
Having its presuppositions and _________________________________ in the
written, authoritative, Word of God.
Our Greatest Difference
Emphasis in secular psychology is on the study of _________________________
apart from God, and is dependent on man’s reasoning.
Emphasis in Biblical counseling is on the study of the ______________________
as it relates to human need, and is dependent on the revealed mind of God.
Example: Thinking Biblically . . .
o Does the Bible have specific answers that resolve insecurity?
o Does God command us to love ourselves?
o Does the Bible teach us to forgive ourselves?
o Is a good self-image a pre-requisite to success?
o Is being overweight a sin?
o Does the Bible address panic attacks?
A Textbook definition of psychology
What do you see that is inconsistent with a biblical perspective?
In the image of God, or animal?
The study of psychology is founded on the theory of evolution and the false
assumption that man is merely a higher form of ________________________ and
does not have a spirit, soul, or heart as the Bible teaches.
We Are More Than a Brain
Most psychologists view man’s emotions, perceptions, cognitive ability, and
behavior as having its origin in purely __________________________ functions
of the body, unrelated to an immaterial or ________________________________
part of man’s being.
“Spiritual” is a category they view as an emotional response
originating in man’s brain, not an actual immaterial or eternal part of human
beings.
Have you ever heard… “Problems are either physical, emotional or spiritual?”
Psychologists believe behavior problems have either a ______________________
or _______________________ basis, and as such, are not related to the spirit, or
spiritual causes.
Biblical counselors believe emotional and behavior problems have either a
________________________ cause or a _______________________ cause.
One’s emotions cannot be separated from ____________________________, nor
do they function apart from each other.
The Father of Modern Psychology, Sigmund Freud, Believed That
• Man is under the control of ______________________________ that originate in
childhood traumas.
• Problems are inner conflicts between the _______________________________.
• The majority of human beings are _______________________.
• Religion and all forms of religious _______________ is to be hated and rejected.
• Called it “at best a _______________________.”
• He wrote, “The psychoanalyst is secular ____________________________.”
What We Really Want to Know - Who and What Heals?
Most psychologists would say that the _________________________________
alone has the power to heal his human heart or change himself.
God says, ____________________________________ has the power to change
and heal the human heart.
Psalm 107:20 - He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.
Which Authority Do We Trust?
The psychologist’s basis of authority and confidence rests wholly on man-made
theories, human wisdom, and various forms of research conducted by experts and
institutions that begin their search for truth on the basis that Biblical revelation is
_____________________________________.
A Godless Worldview Produces Confusion, not Answers!
Isaiah 8:19-20
Behind the smoke and mirrors
Thomas Szasz – Professor of psychiatry at the University of New York Syracuse
Contrast with a Biblical Worldview 2 Peter 1:2-4
God Has Answers!
Proverbs 22:20-21
John 8:31-32
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