Discipleship Counseling

Abstract

This paper discusses the three major themes presented in the book Discipleship Counseling written by Dr. Neil T. Anderson. The Christian counseling system does not agree on the combination of the teachings of theology and psychiatric secular science. The first theme analysis draws attention to the fact that Christians are in a difficult position. It is because they do not have a wide understanding of their existence in the world and in Christianity. The analysis of the second theme of the book identifies that there should be integration of the discipleship counseling in the organizational structure. The final theme identified and analyzed in the paper discusses the hurdles that come during the restoration of counselee to God.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Summary1

The Counselee in Christianity1

The Organizational Structure3

Difficulties in Counseling3

References5

Discipleship Counseling

Summary

The book Disciple Counseling primarily discusses the problems and issues of Christians that they face in Christianity. This paper describes and analyzes the three major themes of the book. A critical analysis of these themes will help the Christians in obtaining an understanding of the discipleship issues. The evaluation of the three ideas in the book expresses the concepts of Christians regarding the discipleship. The author provides solutions to the problem of discipleship counseling to the readers. First theme presented in the paper is that the Christians do not have a sufficient knowledge about their place in the religion of Christianity. Second theme of the paper is that there should be an organizational structure related to the discipleship counseling in Christianity that requires effective integration. The Third main theme is that there are several obstacles that come underway while the counselee of discipleship returns back to the Lord. According to Anderson (2003) the topic of discipleship is important to understand. Discipleship concept also applies to the physical world. It is not necessary that people only use discipleship in churches, but it applies widely in the secular world of sociology, medicine and psychology (Anderson, 2003).

Below is the analysis and review of three major themes of the discipleship counseling presented in the book:

The Counselee in Christianity

The first major theme of the paper is that some of the Christians do not know their position in Christianity. These people need counseling of discipleship in Christ in order to know their purpose in the religion. It is not a surprising phenomenon because according to Barna Group Survey (2009) 19% of the Christians do not have an accurate world view of the Bible (The Barna Research Group, 2009). Carter & Narramore (1979) also raise the concern that integration is not a mental exercise but its changes the entire life of a man (Carter & Narramore, 1979). Anderson has justified this concept. He says that the western naturalism and rationalism is not in balance with the reality of Bible (Anderson, 2003). The author presents the idea through an argument which says that the secular orientation of psychology does not respond to the requirements of a holistic minded Christian. The secular psychology ignores the religious reality of ...