Christian Therapeutic Willingness
1. How would you help a counselee in the attending position become a willing participant in the counseling process?Important assumptions to facilitate the movement from the attending position to the willing position in the counseling process include the perspective...Christian Solution Focused Brief Therapy
This discussion will show that a sound rationale exists to support solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT). First, it will provide a brief comparison between SFBT and positive psychology (PP) and then present a research-based argument to support SFBT. An annotated list...Pastoral Counseling Models
David G. Benner’s “Strategic Pastoral Counseling Model” and Ron Hawkins’ “Pastoral Assessment Model and Counseling Scenario” have numerous similarities and differences. Both models support brief therapy, assume God is working,...Textual Issue of 1 Samuel 13.1
If someone in your church finds a study Bible footnote that describes the textual problem in 1 Samuel 13:1 and wants to know what the original text said, how would you answer them?The textual challenge of 1 Samuel 13:1 is particularly daunting due to the limited...Law of Moses, Deuteronomy 4:35, 32:17, and Daniel 7
Law of MosesIn Hebrew, two side-by-side nouns form a construct chain, which may express a possessive relationship between two nouns, where the first is the construct noun and the second is the genitive noun. However, a construct chain has a broad semantic range....Genesis 4.1 and Procreation
Do you think procreation is a possible interpretive option for qanah in Genesis 4:1 (i.e., “I have procreated a man…”)? Why or why not?The narrator of Genesis states, “Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave...Views of Creation
Historical creationism asserts that God created the universe, which lasted for an indeterminate amount of time, prior to God preparing the land for habitation in six days.[1] Historical creationism appears to be the most appropriate interpretation of the Creation...Old Testament Literary Analysis
Literary Features and TechniquesThe narrative of David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11:1-27 provides a quintessential example of a tragic moral collapse. However, the depth of meaning and significance of the narrative may remain hidden without adequate attention paid to...Applying Old Testament Law
Daniel Hays asserts that Christians should utilize the Old Testament Law by interpreting and applying it based on an approach he refers to as principlism.[1] The traditional approach of interpreting the Mosaic Law consists of classifying laws into categories of moral,...
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