Christian Psychology Article Summary

Iryna Zierdt, MP2 What are the Author’s main points regarding Psychology and Faith?
As the author begins the article, Christian Psychology, its first subtitle clearly states author’s opinion about integration CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). The article says that the Bible is the only casebook for the cure of souls, therefore integration is not applicable CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). The author seems to be very upset that psychotherapy or psychological counseling is rapidly replacing Biblical counseling in a church setting and explains the author’s opinion by drawing examples why it does not work CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). The author believes the change is because
The author mentions that it is suggested that if a person has only Bible knowledge, he is ill-equipped to handle the pressing problems of the humanity and that the Bible itself is not enough to solve human issues CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). In order to support his disbelief in integration he cites William Kirk Kilpatrick that states that true Christianity does not mix well with psychology CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). The author points out the words of Jacob Needleman who pinpointed that modern psychiatry arose out of vision that man must change himself and not depend for help on imaginary God CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). Modern day psychology has its roots in atheism, evolution and humanism, and as Paul Vitz states it is anti – Christian. The author believes that psychology is a lie and has no basis to be considered as a science, so preachers of the Gospel who try to meld psychotherapy with the Word of God will help no one CITATION Chr86 \l 1033 (Christian Psychology, 1986). One of the most convincing statements authors suggests are that Biblical way of counseling is not based on theories or techniques of men but is practiced by people who know
I believe Entwistle would be less concerned about the abolition of psychology and more interested in proving that psychology is God’s matter and was created by God’s people to help them learn and take care of God’s most precious creation, humankind. It’s not all that simple though, Entwistle reviews the history of humanity in order to show how science evolved and what consequences it had for the development of the church and its relationships with each other. I do believe that Entwistle supports that psychology is a science as well.
The biggest thing that stood out to me after reading Entwistle was that Christians care about the mentally ill and have established a lot of infrastructure to support them CITATION Dav10 \l 1033 (Entwistle, 2010). Psychiatry and psychology are supported by Christians in terms of caring for people who suffer and needed