Foundations of Biblical Counseling-Midterm

Biblical Counseling

Discerning thinking and behavior that God wants to change.

Doctrine

What is right (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Rebuke

What is wrong (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Correction

How to get it right (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Instruction

How to keep it right (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

1. A Superior Authority-God's Word
2. A Superior Belief System-Doctrine
3. A Superior Treatment Goal-The Glory of God

Why Biblical Counseling is superior to all other forms of counseling.

Be Conformed to the Image of Jesus!

The ultimate goal of all counseling.

Sin

All _________ is a worship disorder.

Worship is the purpose for which we were created

- Glorify God with our actions
- Glorify God with our bodies
- Glorify God in all things

Sufficiency of Scripture

The Bible is an adequate guide for all matters of faith and practice (MacArthur).

1. Progressive sufficiency
2. Completed sufficiency
3. Formal sufficiency
4. Material sufficiency

Four categories of sufficiency.

Progressive sufficiency

The amount of revelation that God's people have at any point in history.

Completed sufficiency

The cannon is closed, and we are not receiving new revelation.

Formal sufficiency

Scripture contains everything needed for its own interpretation.

Material sufficiency

The Bible tells us everything we need to know from God about any given topic

1. The source of authority (Bible and psychology = integration)
2. The nature of the problem
3. The solution to the problem

The difference between biblical counseling and Christian counseling.

Our own sinful heart

The nature of the problem in biblical counseling.

Noetic Effect of Sin

Our hearts have been corrupted by sin and that corruption affects the way we think, the way we behave, and the way we emote. (i.e., our emotions). Ultimately these affect the way we relate to others.

Observation; Interpretation

Psychology is beneficial for the biblical counselors for ___________________, but not for ___________________.

Motivation

All the different psychological theories are essentially different theories of ___________________.

Align; color

One's view of motivation will _________ and __________ every detail of theory and practice.

Vertical; Horizontal

Christ's transformational work in our lives simultaneously operates in two dimensions the _______________________ and the _______________________.

Who or what is you functional God/god?

X ray questions circle around the same basic issue......

What do you want? What desires made him do that? What yearning led her to say that? What longings animate me when I follow that train of thoughts and fantasy? What did they fear when they felt so anxious?

The simplest way to discover why a person does, says, thinks, or feels certain things is to ask.......

Misinterpreters: we don't want the true interpretation.

God must show us how to properly interpret our wants, because we are compulsive.......

We want

The most significant inner conflict in Christians is between what the Spirit wants and what......

Create those buttons

Temptations and sufferings do push our buttons, but they don't........

Yes

Can you change what you want/desire? (Y/N)

That other person

The key to change lies between you and God, not between you and........