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According to Rollins (1990:4) biblical psychology, can be defined as the study of the biblical perspective on the origin, nature, pathology, health and destiny of the human psyche or soul. He...
We race to one verse or one secular book rather than entering the marathon of the hard work of studying the Bible cover to cover to relate God’s truth to human life. While our concordance may not contain the phrase “sexual abuse,” the Bible comprehensively and compassionately
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parallels between psychology and Scripture. The book is not about psychology based on the Bible, or how the Bible is a type of psychology book. It is also not about how to be a better counselor, psychotherapist, or psychologist by using Scrip-ture, nor is it a guide on how to use psychology in everyday life from a biblical perspective.
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- Psychological Warfare
- Melancholic Characters
- King Saul
- Psalms and Proverbs
- The Maccabees
- Gospels
- Pauline Material
In the OT, when Joshua the army commander of the Israelite confederation sends spies to observe Jericho – the first stronghold in the Promised Land – they meet Rahab the prostitute. She agrees to default based on the condition that they will spare her and her family. She confesses that when they heard how God had helped the Israelites, “our hearts ...
There are many characters in the Bible who are portrayed as melancholic. Gideon was one of the judges who, even after a visit by an angel, failed to believe God. He wanted to test God’s words via the famous “fleece.” Even after he had gathered the forces, he still was afraid so much so that God had to come in a vision to comfort him. He suggested t...
King Saul needs a special mention when talking about abnormal characters in the Bible. When Israel was transformed from being a confederation of tribes into a monarchy, Saul was selected by God as their first king. Even with some initial success, Saul turned out to be a very disturbed personality. 1 Samuel 13 tells us how he was driven by fear and ...
Long before the psychologists came up with the idea of self-talk as a therapy, David the poet-king of Israel used it and recorded it for future generations. In Psalms 42.5 (also in 43:5), he says, “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation”. David who was a lyre p...
The apocryphal book of 2 Maccabeesportrays the stories of the martyrdom of many Jews under the cruel rule of Antiochus Epiphanes. These stories help us to understand the psychological context in which the hope of resurrection rose to prominence and even as a distinguishing mark of some religious groups. When an entire family is slaughtered by Antio...
In the NT Christ warned against anxiety, “which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” (Matt 6:27). He reasoned that if God feeds the birds which neither sow nor reap, the Heavenly Father (the Christian way of addressing God) will definitely feed his children. These are comforting words for the anxious and the depressed...
Apostle Paul talks about the peace of God in Philippians 4:7, after which he informs the formula by which it should be attained: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about ...
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Bible presents a wealth of autobiographical. with doctrines, phrased in terms now obsolete, yet true in their psychological insight. When Paul analyzes his own experience with sin ing the experience of a large portion of mankind. of faith might well be studied by all those who in the redemption of men.
Jan 4, 2019 · The message behind this maxim is that psychological truths carry the same truth-value as biblical truths because God reveals both. The problem with this is that God does not always reveal both. Biblical truths are authoritative in ways that psychological concepts can never be.
Nov 16, 2021 · 8. I am grateful to members of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics for their most helpful comments on a draft of this paper at the Society's 2021 conference. 35 1. In this article, I consider some of the forms that truthfulness can take in the Christian life. Drawing on the notion of storied identity, I address the following questions.
