The Psychological Way/The Spiritual Way

Most Christians agree that the Scriptures are a basis for mental-emotional health, but very few seem to believe that the Bible is sufficient to deal with all nonorganically caused mental-emotional disorders. Many in the church believe that the Bible provides preventative principles for mental­emotional well-being but hesitate to accept that the Bible contains restorative power. Martin and Deidre Bobgan maintain that God and His Word provide a completely sufficient foundation for mental­emotional health and that the Bible is the repository of the healing balm for all nonorganically based mental-emotional disorders. To support this position, much of the book, published in 1979, is devoted to exposing the faults and failures of psychological theories and therapies. In doing so, they explore the four streams of psychotherapy: the psychoanalytic, behavioristic, humanistic, and transpersonal streams. The book includes descriptions of the major ideologies, theoretical variations, and techniques that exist among the different therapies that emerged from the original theorists. Topics include descriptions of popular therapies and how many of these therapies and techniques are contradictory to one another. The book further emphasizes the conflict between human-devised psychological theories and the Bible.