tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post4833853813396956773..comments2023-03-23T03:08:24.690-07:00Comments on Theology and Counseling: What is True Salvation?Dr. Corsinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11401103560367914853noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-61914434669531035762013-03-30T20:11:01.396-07:002013-03-30T20:11:01.396-07:00For individuals that have grown up in a Christian ...For individuals that have grown up in a Christian community or in the Christian "Bubble," I feel that fully-embracing a personal faith can be difficult at times. I grew up in a wonderful Christian family with parents that truly loved the Lord. I spent a lot of time at church and going to different church events. One of my biggest difficulties in cultivating and formulating my personal faith is in differentiating my faith from my parent's faith. Many times growing up, I felt as if I was living in the shadow of my parent's faith and never truly embracing a personal faith of my own.<br /><br />It was not until that I moved out of my parent's house and went to college that I started to really challenge myself and search for my own faith. As Christian counselors, I feel that we need to be careful when working with children in Christian families because they might not have fully embraced the Christian faith. It would probably be necessary to do some type of assessment of their Christian faith before starting counseling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976036438376868143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-22921391980587594212013-03-28T09:50:51.012-07:002013-03-28T09:50:51.012-07:00Lorena,
I too want to harp on what bekah previousl...Lorena,<br />I too want to harp on what bekah previously mentioned in the comment above, and what you mentioned in your post. You are so right when you spoke of the importance that we as Christians, as well as Christian counselors have an understanding of salvation as well as what we belive. I think this has become more real for me throughout my time in our 507 class. There are so many "perpectives" of salvation and striving to me more like Christ is exactly what we need to do! I also loved this stataement that you wrote in the above text: "Christian counselors are to revive the hope in their counselees that they too can have victory over Sin." I completely agree with this idea of reviving hope not just to our clients, but to everyone we come into contact with. Thanks so much for this post! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11669791432017576087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-37548954139445286592013-03-28T09:48:57.653-07:002013-03-28T09:48:57.653-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11669791432017576087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327598978675535878.post-15490837383071483742013-03-26T14:10:59.274-07:002013-03-26T14:10:59.274-07:00Lorena,
It is so true that as Christian counselor...Lorena, <br />It is so true that as Christian counselors it is imperative that we have a deep understanding of salvation. There are so many differences in theology out there that it can be easy to get caught up in grace vs. works, Armenianism vs. Calvinism, etc. Ultimately, the truth is that when we are saved, God sees the righteousness of Jesus instead of our own unrighteousness, but we are also called to be more Christ-like. Great post!bekahzello.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13574708247185779189noreply@blogger.com