Applying this process throughout the assignments was invaluable to my understanding as a Christian. This process is really a journey of careful reading of biblical context and that our lives can be changed forever by the knowledge gained. In step one, “Grasping the Text in Their Town” is about what the text means to the original audience. It teaches you to read, observe, and examine as much of the text as possible. One must dissect and break down the passages into small sections, look at the grammar, significant words or repetition, as well as historical and literary contexts of the passage (Grasping God’s Word p. 22).
ISBN: 9780842352529 Summary Mark McMinn’s book Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling introduces to his audience a revised edition of his 1996 book for those counselors who are considering the ministry of Christian counseling. Dr. McMinn’s main focus is the counselor’s daily life, and the counselor’s therapy sessions. McMinn (2011) looks at how the counselor can integrate the Christian faith into their counseling practices. In order to have religious interventions, the counselor is required to understand spiritual formation, prioritize personal spiritual training, challenge prevailing methods of mental health, be sensitive to ethical issues and strive to have a strong scientific base. McMinn (2011 p. 60) points out that there are three roles that counselors hold simultaneously.
Adams references scripture throughout the process of his theory but he specifically references 2 Timothy 3:14-17 pertaining to change. Adams developed four steps to help a person make the necessary changes to reach Christ-likeness. The four steps are teaching, conviction, correction, and disciplined training in righteousness. According to Adams theory change can be obtained only as people learn to reverence and fear God. He believes that people need to be taught the word “of God”, conviction can take place so the counselee can repent of his sins, be set free, and change will take place.
But What Does It Mean to Me? "What does this verse mean to me?" by John MacArthur All Rights Reserved That's a fashionable concern, judging from the trends in devotional booklets, home Bible study discussions, Sunday-school literature, and most popular preaching. The question of what Scripture means has taken a back seat to the issue of what it means "to me." The difference may seem insignificant at first.
A worldview, therefore, helps us form our answers to the essential questions of life itself: “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” and “Where am I going?” A Biblical worldview gives our children a fixed point of reference– the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Christianity, by its very nature, forms a worldview, one based on Christ and then in turn being transformed to His image, an image different than that of the world. (Romans 12:2). Giving our children a Biblical worldview, also allows them to adequately share their faith. How can one share that which has not been adequately learned?
A fine working definition of spirituality is knowing God so I can please God. That is what godliness (spirituality) is all about. Paul makes this clear: "If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord" (1 Cor. 14:37). Spirituality is forever tied to knowing God and doing God's will.
The Congregants were challenged to come up with some of their own metaphors to describe and illustrate from everyday life how God feels about us, and what God’s kingdom is like (Tame K, 2005). In this essay I will explore two different metaphors; one from the material written by Tame, and one from my own experience that reminds me what the Kingdom of God is like today and how I see Jesus modeling that kingdom for us. The first metaphor comes from a story about a secretary in Tame’s paper and her struggle with her new computer, she had shared that she had to keep reading the manual and that it would take a great amount of exploration and commitment to get the best out of the machine. One could look at this metaphor and draw the conclusion that the computer represented The Kingdom of God. Yet with some exploration in our case reading the Bible one could not only understand how faith functions, but one could become literate operating within it.
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY THEORY CRITIQUE: SANDRA D. WILSON A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. JOHNNY BAKER IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE EVAN 507 THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY IN COUNSELING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2013 Concise Summary of the Content In some regards, the concept of self-help carries a negative connotation in the Christian world today. Regardless of how one feels about this concept, Sandra Wilson provides what could be classified as a self-help model for dealing with past hurts. Through managing and changing the pattern we have learned, we may break the dysfunctional generational behaviors that are passed on from one generation to another. In other words, Hurt People Hurt People serves not only as a good title for this book, but it also serves as an appropriate summary for it as well. Everyone bears wounds or scars from past hurts which are not always physical, but are emotional, verbal and spiritual (Wilson 2001, 9).
Running Head: The Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Bible was Inspired by God Robert Surface Student # L23603038 Liberty University The Bible is the authoritative source of God’s Word to two hundred and forty seven million people throughout the United States who claim to be Christians. However, to accept the Bible as authoritative we must also accept the answers to more general questions in relationship to the Bible. We will discuss in this paper the question of what it means to say that the Bible is an authority as well as where that authority originates. We will discuss inspiration and the definition of inerrancy. In detail we will discuss the relationship between inspiration and inerrancy.
Credibility Statement: I have gained an understanding on this topic through the careful studying of the holy bible within my family as well as instinsive research. Purpose or Thesis Statement: If you have been looking for a clear answer on what truly will happen during the end-times, pre-tribulation is the first step to getting true understanding. Preview Statement: In as brief as possible, I will explain as well as discuss this theory. First, I will show my audience the heightened hate for Christianity and humanity towards each other. Second, I will discuss the US's actions taken to accomplish the (N.W.O.)