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Martin Bobgan

Deidre Bobgan

Religion & Spirituality

Inter-Varsity Press]

FOUR TEMPERAMENTS, ASTROLOGY &amp; PERSONALITY TESTING examines and answers the following questions:•What is the connection of the four temperaments, astrology, and personality testing?•Why are the four temperaments so popular among Christians, even though they have almost disappeared from the field of psychology?•Do the four temperaments and other personality typologies give true insight into a person’s thoughts, emotions, or behavior?•Can knowing personality types and temperaments foster Christian love and maturity?•Are there any biblically or scientifically established temperament or personality types?•Are personality inventories and tests valid ways of finding out about people?

Four Temperaments, Astrology, and Personality Testing

EastGate Publishers

This book is a response to the four-part series on "Psychology &amp; the Church" by Bob and Gretchen Passantino, published in the Christian Research Institute's (CRI) journal. The articles by the Passantinos blatantly leave the door wide open to the integration of secular psychological counseling theories and therapies with the Bible. The Bobgans show how the tentacles of the psychological way have strangled the thinking of many Christians and demonstrate that CRI must now accept part of the responsibility for the church's ongoing capitulation to and use of psychotherapy.

CRI Guilty of Psychoheresy?

Dr. Larry Crabb is well-known for his books on counseling and Christian growth. While he refers to his counseling model and methods as biblical, this book shows how secular psychological theories influence his teachings about the human condition, how people change and grow, and how they can find God. The book provides a detailed analysis of Crabb's psychotheology with descriptions of his need-driven theology, his teachings on unconscious motivators of behavior, and his exposing process. The authors trace Crabb's journey of jolts, shifts, and expansions and show that while Crabb's books may progressively sound more biblical, his eclectic theories and methods remain psychologically bound.

Larry Crabb's Gospel

Religious Studies

The Bobgans demonstrate that TheoPhostic counseling is the result of many existent psychological therapies, including psychoanalytic, Eye Movement Desinsitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and cognitive-behavioral therapies. They also show that it includes dangerous elements from the inner healing movement, such as guided imagery, visualization, and hypnosis. They present their concerns about this form of counseling and concluded that it originated from the perverted wisdom of men rather than from the mind of God.

TheoPhostic Counseling: Divine Revelation or PsychoHeresy?