PsychoBabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology--and the Biblical Alternative
Why is it many evangelical preachers shout from the pulpit about God's power, but they shuffle their emotionally troubled members off to the closest therapist? Both church leaders and laypersons seem to believe that the psychological "experts" have the answers for the wounded hearts and souls of God's people. And when churches do offer counseling, it often is tinged with the secular psychology and psychotherapy that have infiltrated the church.
Psychobabble explains the dichotomy between secular and Biblical counseling and shows the danger of incorporating secular techniques into a Christian approach. This book will arm believers looking for Scriptural answers to the hurts of a broken world. As anti-Christian bias becomes increasingly pervasive in secular psychology, the church must look to the true source of all healing. This book will point the way.
"Dr. Ganz threads through all the sticky issues as he confronts the psychological demigods of the Christian integrationists' pantheon and exposes their feet of clay. For those who have wondered whether the integration of secular psychotherapy with the revelation of God in the Bible is possible--here is your answer." --Dr. Jay Adams, professor, Westminster Theological Seminary
"Here is a solid Biblical approach to counseling from somebody who has seen it from both the psychological and Biblical sides. Anyone who does Biblical counseling should read this book." --Dr. John F. MacArthur, Jr., pastor, author of Ashamed of the Gospel
"A vivid book by a Bible-believing Jewish-Christian ex-psychotherapist, full of precious wisdom as to how God's power transforms troubled lives." --Dr. J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regents College
"At a time when much of the modern church seems to have replaced repentance with recovery, sanctification with serenity, and piety with therapy, Psychobabble is especially welcome--and needed. I pray that it will receive a wide reading." --George Grant, author, Executive Director, Legacy Communications
Top Highlights
“In short, counseling/psychotherapy (psychology) no longer stands as the science of behavior, but as the guardian of the soul, the maker of value, the determiner of morality, the definer of freedom. That which began as a true science of behavior has degenerated into a neoreligious cult. In the place of God is man. In the place of the priest (minister) is the psychologist. In the place of the Word is psychotherapy. In the place of confession/forgiveness is interpretation (or one of its many equivalents). Counseling/psychotherapy (psychology) emerges as the practical twentieth-century religion. Here the deception of neutrality is revealed.” (source)
“Positive reinforcement is not to be confused with the Biblical concept of encouragement. Rather, it is the calculated manipulation of external stimuli designed to mold human response patterns. The alteration of human behavior through these methods is called behavior modification. Because it involves attempting to control a person’s destiny by controlling his or her behavior, behavior modification is a euphemism for ‘man as God.’” (source)
“At the foundation of Freud’s thought was the belief that people are ruled by their unconscious minds. He believed that human behaviors, responses, and attitudes are governed by primitive urges combined with a vast horde of personal experiences of which they have no knowledge or conscious control. Essentially, Freud saw man as an instinct-ruled beast dominated primarily by the drives of sex and aggression.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : PsychoBabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology--and the Biblical Alternative
- Authors:
- Ganz, Richard
- MacArthur, John
- Publisher: Crossway Books
- Publication Date: 1993
- ISBN: 9780891077343