Psychology and the Church DVD

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Fact 1: Multitudes of evangelical pastors consider it essential to have a clinical counselling degree in addition to their theological credentials.

Fact 2: Psychological theories have been preached so often and from so many pulpits that they are accepted without question as Biblical doctrines by increasing numbers of Christians.

Fact 3: Evangelical churches in the West have become a major referral service for clinical psychologists and psychiatrists.

Fact 4: Big names like James Dobson, Bill Hybels, Rick Warren and others are at the forefront of the effort to integrate many of secular psychiatry and psychology's ideas into Christianity.

Yet, for nearly 2,000 prior to the rise of modern psychiatry and psychotherapy, Christians ministered to one another using nothing but the teachings of Scripture and prayer. No other resources were contemplated to meet the needs of those experiencing mental, emotional or behavioural problems.

Contemporary Christianity’s embrace of psychology, then, raises an important question: Was there an insufficiency on the part of God’s Word and His Holy Spirit during those two millennia that made it necessary for the church to turn to modern psychotherapy in order to more effectively address these problems?

In the history of contemporary Christendom, no secular enterprise has had such a profound influence on Christianity as has psychological counselling. The critical question raised by this development is: has it been helpful or harmful to the gospel and to Christians?

T.A. McMahon, co-author of The Seduction of Christianity, hosts this ground-breaking documentary which features perspectives and insights from both Christian and secular experts including Martin and Deidre Bobgan, Tana Dineen and Dave Hunt. This powerful presentation exposes the roots - and results - of Christianity’s embrace of the beliefs of Freud, Jung, Rogers, Maslow, and others.

53 minutes.

Region 0. Plays in the UK, the USA and most other countries.