Christ: The Lord of Psychology

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Kingdom Psychology, which is wisdom of God, calls the Christian Psychologists to a greater walk and relationship with the creator. It calls for the psychologist to be in total obedience and submission to God. It also calls the Christian psychologist to “resist unbelief and to examine every thought and bring it into total submission to God” (2 Cor. 10:5). In a field that has been alienated from God, the Christian Psychologist is called to re-create his/her method of setting free the sin severed souls of this world.
At 2Corithians 10:3-6, the Christian is challenged to “walk in the flesh, but not war according to the flesh”, using the weapons that are divinely given, “powerful for the use of destroying fortresses and everything that comes against the knowledge of God.” For the Christian Psychologists, this can be very challenging in trying to fulfill the heavenly calling of saving souls and still cooperate according to guidelines that are already in place. The kingdom psychologist is called upon to “pull out the threads and tapestry of psychology and reweave the discipline w...

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