1What is the working definition of biblical pastoral counseling?
Biblical pastoral counseling is the imparting of biblical wisdom, person to person, seeking to promote godly thoughts, words, actions, and emotions when faced with the responsibility of living before God in a fallen world.
2What are the Three Cs of nouthetic counseling?
Change through Confrontation out of Concern.
3What are the four pastoral requirements?
Confidentiality, Priority, Morality, and Ability.
4What are the three morality safeguards when counseling women?
Accusation, Infatuation, and Temptation.
5What six influences govern counsel?
Personality, theology/worldview, experience, biblical knowledge, relationship, and methodology.
6In Jay Adams' matrix, what is the Freudian model's category?
Expert Knowledge.
7According to the Freudian model in the notes, what is man's primary problem?
Poor socialization: an oversocialized superego versus the id.
8What is the Freudian solution or method?
Resocialization by an expert, watering down the superego.
9In Jay Adams' matrix, what is the Skinnerian model's category?
Expert Knowledge.
10According to the Skinnerian model, what is man's primary problem?
Environmental conditioning.
11What is the Skinnerian solution or method?
Reconditioning by an expert through operant conditioning and reinforcement.
12In Jay Adams' matrix, what is the Rogerian model's category?
Common Knowledge.
13According to the Rogerian model, what is man's primary problem?
Failure to live up to potential, given the assumption of inherent goodness.
14What is the Rogerian solution or method?
Resources in the self, using a nondirective approach and reflective mirroring.
15In Jay Adams' matrix, what category includes Integrity Groups (Mowrer)?
Common Knowledge.
16According to Integrity Groups (Mowrer), what is man's primary problem?
Bad behavior toward others, understood as real social guilt.
17What is the Integrity Groups (Mowrer) solution or method?
Resources in the self and group through transparent group confession.
18What is the Christian approach's category in Jay Adams' matrix?
Divine Knowledge.
19According to the Christian approach, what is man's primary problem?
Sin against God.
20What is the Christian approach's solution or method?
The Spirit's resources in the Word.
21How does biblical counseling anthropology describe man?
Man is made in God's image as a responsible moral agent before God, not merely a victim.
22What does it mean that man is a psychosomatic being?
Man is a union of body and soul, with interaction between them.
23How can physical ailments or organic brain issues affect counseling?
They can affect spiritual expression, but do not remove moral accountability.
24What examples of physical or organic issues are given in the notes?
Alzheimer's disease and thyroid problems.
25What does total depravity affect?
Both body and soul.
26What three possible sources of suffering should a counselor distinguish?
Suffering from living in a fallen world, from others sinning against the counselee, or from personal sin.
27What does Christology teach about Christ's emotions?
Christ had a true human soul and exhibited real, sinless emotions.
28Which sinless emotions of Christ are listed in the notes?
Grief, anger, compassion, and joy.
29Are human emotions inherently sinful, according to the notes?
No. Human emotions are not inherently sinful; counselors should help sanctify them toward Christlikeness.
30What does regeneration provide?
Supernatural power to obey; sin remains but does not reign.
31What does justification establish and remove?
It establishes identity and removes true guilt.
32What does sanctification include?
Definitive setting-apart and progressive, Spirit-led growth.
33Who is the true Parakletos?
The Holy Spirit.
34Through what does the Holy Spirit work, according to the notes?
Through the Word.
35What does prayer demonstrate in counseling?
Utter dependence on the Holy Spirit.
36Which passages are listed as pastoral duty texts?
Romans 15:14; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Acts 20:20; Hebrews 13:17; Colossians 1:28.
37Which passages are listed as psychosomatic proof texts?
Genesis 2:7; Psalm 32:3–5; Matthew 10:28; 1 Corinthians 6:20.
38What is the fear of the Lord in relation to godly wisdom?
It is the foundational beginning and chief principle (head) of all godly wisdom.
39Which passages are given for the fear of the Lord?
Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 9:10; Jeremiah 32:39–40.
40What is psychosis?
Severe impairment in reality testing, thinking, and emotional response.
41What is a delusion?
A false, fixed, irrational belief not held by others in the cultural group.
42What is a hallucination?
A sensory perception without an external stimulus.
43What is anosognosia?
Lack of insight; inability to recognize that one has a disorder.