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    Dr. Adams (1986) falls into the anti-psychology camp, and he stands firm on his convictions that the Word of God is sufficient for counseling. His whole bases for the counseling process is from 2 Timothy 3:16 which states that all scripture is God 's revealed truth and is perfect for teaching, correction, and training in righteousness. Jay Adams (1986) book How to Help People Change, can be considered a controversial book depending how one perceives it. Throughout the book, it appears as if Adams

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    A Critique of Dr. Jay E. Adams, Dr. William Backus & Marie Chapian Counseling Theories Belinda Jeanette Prescott Liberty University A Critique of Dr. Jay E. Adams, Dr. William Backus & Marie Chapian Counseling Theories Concise Summary of Theory Adams (1986), has developed a four step process in which he lines up and bases off of II Timothy 3:14-17, the four steps include, teaching, conviction, correction, and disciplined training in righteousness. Adams says “just as evangelism always must precede

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    Julie, Writing this a letter was an awesome idea! I learned a lot from reading you post this week. Looking at Jay Adams quote is a powerful quote that can turn people totally away from psychology or be skeptical if they do not have a fully understanding. Looking at your post and how you explain Addams quote I can see where he is coming from, but now that I have a better understanding on psychology I disagree with his quote. God gives us wisdom on how to discern what is right and what is wrong from

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    Jay Adams developed Nouthetic Counseling after years of obtaining secular education and shadowing others in the field of psychology. The main premise of Adams' methodology incorporates that hope is found in Jesus Christ, the scripture is the source of authority, and a counselor is dependent on the Holy Spirit, and this dependence should be taught and modeled to the counselee. This method focuses on how sin is the primary source of most problems and the need for humans to take responsibility for change

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    I started skateboarding when I was eleven years old. In 2010, when I was thirteen years old, I met Tony Alva at Berkeley Skatepark. At the time, I did not really know who he was except that he was a former professional skateboarder. Later that night, I went on my computer and did research about who he was and that is when I found out about the Dogtown skate crew. All of the information that I gathered that night changed my life forever. I had scene both Dogtown films, Lords of Dogtown and Dogtown

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    Theory Critique: Adams vs. Backus & Chapian: How to help people change, by Dr. Jay E. Adams and Telling yourself the truth, by Dr. William Backus and Marie Chapian Ebony Smith Liberty University Counseling 507, Theology & Spirituality in Counseling Dr. Ben Omungu February 4, 2012 Theory Critique of Adams vs. Backus & Chapian: How to help people change by Dr. Jay E. Adams and Telling yourself the truth by Dr. William Backus and Marie Chapian. There are many views held among

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    In The Bible, the story of Adam and Eve depicts man being made from the dust. The setting takes place in the Garden of Eden, a very lush and fruitful setting. However, their fate ends in deceit and reveals their sensuality and lack of morality. Fitzgerald mirrors the symbolic use of dust in his novel, The Great Gatsby, to parallel that dust results in poor thinking and actions. The author of The Great Gatsby uses the symbolism of dust and ashes foreshadows death and indicates the loss of innocence

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    Genesis 1 and 2, it explains how the world and it’s living inhabitants were created from God’s touch. From Genesis 1 we see how the sky, seas, land, animals, and mankind were created. However Genesis 2 focuses more on the first of mankind, known as Adam and Eve and how they are made to be. In this paper I will compare Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 and what the main idea for creation is in each one, however in my opinion there is no contradiction between the two. Genesis 2 merely fills in the details that

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    are cruel and selfish. I’ve heard that the career tributes usually get ahold of all the food early on and work from there. Honestly, I don’t care that much about the career tributes since I only want to spy on them and get information. The mocking jays wake me up from

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    Before the birds had all their wonderful colors they had nothing but black and brown feathers. They all felt unsatisfied with their feathers and wanted to have their own feathers that were different. All the birds wanted to stand out from each other and not be the same. So they wondered what could they do to change their feathers. Jaybird always saw the forget-me-nots that were on the outskirts of the forest and desired their colors. “Oh how I wish for their wonderful blue!” she exclaimed. So

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