The Offense of Christ’s Lordship over Psychology
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11 The lordship of Christ over all of a Christian’s life is an assumption basic to Christianity. The acknowledgement of his lordship in psychology is especially problematic today because of the pervasive naturalism and neo-positivism of modern psychology. Nevertheless, an understanding of the kingdom concept in Scripture suggests that Christians are inevitably called to work towards the expression of Christ’s lordship in psychology. This occurs as the Christian pursues psychological knowledge and practice before God, aware that all true truth about human nature is an expression of God’s mind, that sin and finitude limit one’s ability to grasp the truth, that the Scriptures are needed to properly interpret human nature, and that kingdom activity involves a faithful response to Christ’s lordship in one’s work with others and one’s knowing of human nature. Consequently, everything the Christian does is to be done in Jesus’ name to the glory of God (Col. 3:17; 1 Cor. 10:31). Submitting to the authority of Christ in all of one’s life was a distinguishing mark of an early Christian and seems fundamental to Christianity.
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