The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 20, Number 3, Spring 2002
Overview
For nearly 30 years, the Journal of Biblical Counseling (previously the Journal of Pastoral Practice) of CCEF (the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation) has provided a forum for biblical counseling’s development and application. The journal’s mission is to develop clear thinking and effective practice in biblical counseling through articles that faithfully bring the God of truth, mercy, and power to the issues faced by ministries of counseling and discipleship.
Top Highlights
“For Adams, the issue is deeper than which definition to use in a lexicon. Rather, the identity of the individual believer is in view. Adams, I believe rightly, wants to maintain the theological proposition that the Christian has one nature, not two. In other words, he wants to avoid partitioning the spirit into the new person and the old person. He is persuaded that believers are united to Christ by faith. Period. The old is gone, the new has come. In our inner beings, we have one nature. We are one self. To suggest anything else diminishes the transforming work of the gospel, implying that the cross of Christ has been largely ineffective in dealing with sin.” (Page 20)
“If we want to use the house image, rather than saying that the traces of sin are now found in the body, it is more accurate to say that sin is still in the house, but it is an alien. We are still sinners, but sin is now more of an intruder than the homeowner. It has no legal right. Therefore, we can demand that the squatter leave rather than broker some agreement with him.” (Page 21)
“He further believes that sarx—‘flesh’—does not refer to our immaterial ‘sinful nature’ (New International Version), ‘corrupt nature’ (Knox), or ‘lower nature’ (New English Bible). Instead, it is best understood as the human body that has become programmed to sin by our mind and behavior. It is at this point that his thinking has few, if any, precedents.” (Page 17)
“Typically, the physical body does not bear responsibility for the cause of sin. The body is ‘weak’ (Matt. 26:41) or ‘wasting away’ (2 Cor. 4:16), but not sinful. Sin is consistently rooted in the heart or the immaterial, spiritual center of our being (Luke 6:45).” (Page 18)
- Title: The Journal of Biblical Counseling: Volume 20, Number 3, Spring 2002
- Author: David Powlison
- Series: The Journal of Biblical Counseling
- Publisher: The Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Counseling › Practice; Pastoral counseling › Practice; Pastoral theology
- Resource ID: LLS:JBC20_3
- Resource Type: Journal
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