"Christian" Psychology

What then of “Christian psychologists”? Anyone who take that title and practices with that mindset is actually steeped in and is a purveyor of utter contradictions. The so-called wisdom of man cannot be reconciled with God’s Word. “The flesh profiteth nothing” (John:6:63). Introducing psychotherapeutic concepts from the perverted minds of men (if in doubt, read their biographies!) such as Freud, Jung, Rogers, Maslow, and the like, is akin to adding cyanide to a pure drinking well. That’s what “Christian” psychology is. It has nothing to offer other than the corruption of biblical truth mixed with the false theories of the “professionals.” Furthermore, to add the designation “Christian” to psychology borders on blasphemy; it is a blatant distortion of what the God of the Bible has declared, and especially the sufficiency of Scripture: “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue” (2 Peter:1:3).

Of all the leaven that Christian psychologists have induced Christians to accept, the most spiritually destructive, I believe, is the core teaching of psychology: self. During the 1970s and ’80s, numerous books written by Christian psychological counselors flooded the church. Influential evangelical preachers quickly echoed their teachings, many believing that the “doctors” of psychology were speaking from science. Although they may not have known that psychotherapy comprises completely subjective theories that have nothing to do with science, they nevertheless failed to be Bereans by not comparing the teachings of the “professionals” with Scripture. 

T. A. McMahon, “Tragedy Compounded.” The Berean Call, 12/19