Ep. 272 - The Big Problems With Psychology

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Evangelism, Apologetics, Jesus, Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Gospel, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Salvation, Prolife, Faith, Witnessing, Theology

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar explore the relationship between psychology and Christianity. It is controversial, primarily due to the humanistic roots of modern psychology. While psychology aims to understand the inner person, some argue it often conflicts with scripture, suggesting self-reliance rather than reliance on the Lord. Psychology can lead to conclusions that contradict Christian beliefs, particularly when it emphasizes human intuition and denies human nature’s inherent sinfulness. Mo...

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0:00.0	The kicker here is that secular psychology positions itself as a neutral party.
0:06.6	It would tell you, or I think a psychology would tell you that they don't see a conflict between
0:11.5	religion, Christianity, and psychology.
0:14.7	But psychology is not neutral.
0:17.3	More than anything else, psychology is ultimately answering questions.
0:20.8	You know, there's at least four questions
0:22.2	that modern psychology is trying to answer when it's having a conversation with you.
0:27.0	Who are we? What's wrong with us? What will help us? And how do we get there?
0:32.0	And when you position it like that you realize how
0:35.8	religious, how much presupposition there are. Like who are we, we are image bearers of
0:41.0	God who have fallen.
0:42.5	What is wrong with us?
0:44.6	It's not circumstances, it's not the authority in our lives.
0:48.3	Ultimately, what's wrong with us,
0:50.5	like the Russian philosopher once said, the line between good and evil goes straight
0:56.2	through the heart of every man what's wrong with us is that we are fallen creatures
1:01.4	that we have disordered loves. What will help us? Nothing else but
1:07.4	new hearts that we cannot get other than through the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross. How do we get there?
1:15.5	We submit our lives, repent and believe in our Lord and Savior. This is, the psychology is not neutral. It seeks to answer those questions and
1:27.1	those are not the answers that it provides.
1:30.0	Right. Oh, wow, wow, wow, yes, that tune is indicative of Hawaii.
1:37.0	Yes, friends, that tune is indicative of Hawaii.
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