EFFECTIVE BIBLICAL COUNSELING

Summary Of The Way Christian Counselors Approach Integration

Summary Of The Way Christian Counselors Approach Integration

Christian counselors interpret the Scriptures to determine how human nature in God's image has been shaped by fall / Redemption /Creation so as to reconcile, heal, sustain and guide faith in love (Jay, 1973). The Biblical psychology studies scholastic theology (contextual, biblical, lexical, exegetical, and systematic), pastoral theology, spiritual theology, and historical theology to enlighten and apply God's special revelation about the inner nature of human beings (relational {self-aware l/social/spiritual}, emotional, volitional, and rational beings) as produced by God (anthropology), distorted by sin (hamartiology), ...