Counseling Quiz #1, Chs. 1-3

What was the first clergy malpractice suit about?

The pastors were accused to be negligent because they tried to help a suicidal young member of their church by giving him biblical truth. The question: Whether churches should have the legal right to counsel troubled people using only the Bible.

What did the counselee eventually do?

Tragically, he refused counsel & took his own life.

What were John MacArthur’s 7 ideas that are the basis of modern psychology?

1. Human nature is basically good.

2. People have the answers to their problems inside them.

3. The key to understanding and correcting a person's attitudes & actions lies somewhere in that person's past.

4. Individuals' problems are the result of what someone else has done to them.

5. Human problems can be purely psychological in nature, unrelated to any spiritual or physical condition.

6. Deep-seated problems can be solved only by professional counselors using therapy.

7. Scripture, prayer, and the Holy Spirit are inadequate & simplistic resources for solving certain types of problems.

Does the author believe that psychology is scientific?

No.

What was Jay Adams’ first book?

Competent to Counsel

What are the 3 institutions Jay Adams started that are still important today for Biblical Counseling?

1. CCEF

2. NANC

3. The Journal of Biblical Counseling

What does John Street think about the soul & spirit?

Both “soul” & “spirit” speak of the same intangible aspect of the inner man, the part of man that only God sees.

“The whole of the inner man comes under the dominion of [________].”

the spiritual

“Using psychology for soul-care is like dressing cancer with [________].”

Band-Aids

“Scripture identifies sin as the chief (________) problem of man for counseling.”

(not the only)

“Natural revelation is [________] when it comes to changing the soul.”

impotent