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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.
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The answer is, the Bible doesn’t claim to be sufficient for dealing with medical problems; it does claim to be sufficient for dealing with problems of the soul (psyche, in Greek). How can we determine which psychological “truths” are true? If we answer, “Whatever works,” we’re on thin ice, since many false religious and spiritual techniques produce...
We are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps. 139:14). God designed our brains to function through chemical reactions which are only minutely understood by modern psychiatry. There probably is an overlap between the physiology of brain function and the realm of the soul or personhood. There are some situations where medication can even out a person’...
Not at all! I’m only saying that much of the counseling that has flooded into American Christianity through psychology is contrary to God’s Word of Truth. The Bible is clear that we often need the wise counsel of others, especially those who are mature in the faith (Rom. 15:14; Gal. 6:1; Prov. 24:6). We dare not be independent Christians, living ap...
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Isaiah 8:20. The people of God are directed to the Scriptures as their safeguard against the influence of false teachers and the delusive power of spirits of darkness. Satan employs every possible device to prevent men from obtaining a knowledge of the Bible; for its plain utterances reveal his deceptions. At every revival of God's work the ...
Jul 3, 2020 · The Holy Spirit inspired the human Bible authors to write what God intended. 1 Peter 1:10–12 and 2 Peter 3:15–16 indicate that Bible authors understood that they were inspired by the Holy Spirit and longed to understand all that the Holy Spirit had inspired them to write. Jesus himself declared that the Scriptures were inerrant in John 10: ...
Asking if the Bible is true, means that we need to have some understanding of truth. What is truth? While this question is often presented as a deep philosophical puzzle suitable only for the “brainy” to tackle, the answer is not so complex.
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.
3 days ago · 05/08/2024. Today let's look at two more of the gifts God gives us for the building up of His body of believers.Today let’s look at two more of the gifts God gives us for the building up of His body of believers. Serving. This Greek word is sometimes also translated “ministry” and applied to the “ministry [that. Tuesday: Prophesying. 05 ...
