Using a series of diagrams, Mike Emlet shows the relationship between human responsibility (the “heart”) and the impact of physiological, relational and societal-cultural influences. Mike’s goal is to help us avoid the two extremes that ultimately short circuit the process of biblical change: either ignoring the context in which we live or concluding that the context is determinative of the way we live. Either extreme truncates the transformative message of the gospel.

Continue reading this article excerpted from the Winter 2002 issue of The Journal of Biblical Counseling (Volume 20:2). (PDF - click to read or right-click and save to your hard drive)

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Michael R. Emlet, M.Div., M.D., practiced as a family physician for twelve years before becoming a counselor and faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He is the author of several CCEF booklets including Asperger Syndrome; Angry Children: Understanding and Helping Your Child Regain Control; Help for the Caregiver: Facing the Challenges with Understanding and Strength; and OCD: Freedom for the Obsessive Compulsive. His first book Crosstalk: Where Life & Scripture Meet was released at the end of 2009.

Posted 01-20-2010

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