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PSY 3306 Methods of Biblical Change 2010 Spring Semester

Professor Dell Canright AVIII: Tu Th 9:30 – 10:45
Office Phone 817-461-8741 ext 118  Office Hours: Tu 12:30 – 5:00 Email: dscanright@yahoo.com  Office Location: CE, first floor // Arlington Baptist College endeavors to prepare men and women for Christian life and ministries, both lay and professional, through studies in Bible, general education, church vocations, and practical service, integrating faith and learning in the context of a Christian worldview. // // This course will help the student understand the dynamics of biblical sanctification. It is a foundational study in how to help people turn from their sin to Godly living. Special emphasis will be placed on the issues of temptation, behavior, and man’s heart. It will provide an overview of the counseling process, presenting a comprehensive model for promoting biblical change. The goal is to help the student to learn to think biblically, and guide his/her clients in that same endeavor. // //1. //// Help the student understand the importance and practicality of regeneration; // //2. //// Help the student understand the process of sanctification in the everyday life of the believer; // //3. //// Enable the student to learn to think biblically in the process of daily living; // //4. //// Equip the student to lead other believers in the process of sanctification and to an understanding of the centrality of the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit in that process. //  // Upon completion of this course, the student will: // //1. //// Have a deeper understanding of the practical aspects of regeneration in the life of the believer; // //2. //// Have a better understanding of the believer’s involvement in the process of sanctification; // //3. //// Have practical knowledge of how to apply Scripture in the daily life of the believer to enable permanent change; // //4. //// Have a process by which the student is able to lead others in the process of change by daily implementation of biblical truth. // //1. //// The student will present a project demonstrating his/her understanding of the change that is begun at the moment of regeneration; // //2. //// The student will present a study of the believer’s life in light of the teaching of Romans 6-8; // //3. //// The student will present projects for change using the format of 2 Timothy 3:16,17 as a basis for a plan of action; // //4. //// The student will present a step-by-step process which he/she would use to lead another believer into a deeper commitment to daily biblical living. // // Required: // // Instrument in the Redeemer’s Hand, // by Paul Tripp // How to Help People Change, // by Jay Adams // Suggested: // // Biblical Counseling Foundation Self-Confrontation Manual // // You will be graded on a contract system for this class. You may choose your grade based on the quality and amount of work you are willing to do throughout the semester. Please keep in mind that doing the amount of work does not necessarily mean that you will earn the grade for which you are striving. Quality will also play a major role. // // All work must be typed, neat, grammatically correct, and spell-checked. Document borrowed information using parenthetical references. All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date. Assignments turned in after the beginning of class will be considered late, and result in a 5-point deduction. // // Requirements for obtaining a “C” (minimum requirements – average between 76 and 84) // // Requirements for obtaining a “B” (average between 85 and 92) // // Requirements for obtaining an “A” (average between 93 and 100) //  ** Arlington Baptist College ** PSY 3306 Methods of Biblical Change 2010 Spring Semester ** Class Schedule ** January:  Read 12: Introduction to Class & Syllabus 14: The Role of the Scriptures, part one   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 1, 2 19: The Role of the Scriptures, part two   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 3-5 21: Teaching for Change, part one   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 6, 7 26: Teaching for Change, part two     ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 8 - 10 28: The Role of Conviction/Reproof, part one     ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 11, 12 February: 02: The Role of Conviction, part two     ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 13 – 15 ** * “C” Assignment Due: Regeneration Paper ** 04: The Process of Correction, part one   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 16, 17 09: The Process of Correction, part two   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 18 - 20 11: Training in Righteousness, part one   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 21, 22 16: Training in Righteousness, part two   ___ Assignment Due: Adams, chapters 23 – 25 18: The Best of News: A Reason to Get Up in the Morning     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 1 23: In the Hand of the Redeemer   ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 2 25: Do We Really Need Help? ___  Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 3 March: 02: The Heart Is the Target     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 4 04: Understanding Your Heart Struggle   ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 5 “**C” Assignment Due: Sanctification Paper** 09: SPRING BREAK 11: SPRING BREAK 16: Following the Wonderful Counselor   ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 6 18: Building Relationships by Entering Their World     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 7 23: Building Relationships by Identifying with Suffering     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 8 25: Getting to Know People     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 9 30: Discovering Where Change Is Needed     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 10 April: 01: The Goals of Speaking the Truth in Love     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 11 06: The Process of Speaking the Truth in Love   ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 12 **“B” Assignment Due: 100 pages of outside reading** 08: Establishing Agenda and Clarifying Responsibility   ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 13 13: Instilling Identity with Christ and Providing Accountability     ___ Assignment Due: Tripp, chapter 14 15: Opening Blind Eyes: Another Look at Data Gathering     ___ Assignment Due: Appendix 1 20: What the Counselor Brings to the Process of Data Gathering    ___ Assignment Due: Appendix 2 **“B” Assignment Due: Counseling Project using 2 Timothy 3** 22: Strategies for Data Gathering   ___ Assignment Due: Appendix 3 27: Doctrines That Drive Homework     ___ Assignment Due: Appendix 4 29: Homework and Four Phases of Counseling   ___ Assignment Due: Appendix 5 **“C: Assignment Due: Personal Project** ** “A” Assignment Due ** May: 04: Begins Week of Final Exams (watch for schedule) ** * ALL “A” Assignments Due
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 * Note: You must fulfill all of the requirements for the lower letter grade before credit will be given for the next letter grade. **
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 * ** Due February 2nd: **// A 3-page paper presenting the biblical teaching of the meaning and expectation that comes as a result of Regeneration. (Worth up to 10 points.) //
 * ** Due March 4th: **// A 3-page paper on the topic of “Sanctification”. (Worth up to 10 points. //
 * ** Due April 29th **// : Complete 25 of the 29 daily reading assignments. (Worth up to 25 points.) //
 * ** Due April 29th **// : Personal Project: Choose an area that needs “instruction in righteousness” that you will work to improve during the semester. For this project you will use 2 Timothy 3:16 as a format, and then write a weekly journal (1 page in length) detailing progress or setback. Each student is required to journal for 14 weeks. (Worth up to 25 points.) //
 * // Final Exam (Worth up to 14 points.) //
 * // Fulfill all of the requirements for “C”; //
 * ** Due April 6th **// :100 pages of outside reading with a 2-page summary, including title, author, and brief comment on the content itself. (Worth up to 4 points.) //
 * ** Due April 20th **// : Choose a topic that you might encounter in a counseling situation. Using 2 Timothy 3:16 as a paradigm, present a 2-page paper on how you would counsel the individual, family, or couple. (Worth up to 4 points.) //
 * // Fulfill all of the requirements for “C” and “B”; //
 * ** Due April 29th **// : Write a 3-5 page paper developing a teaching on the theology from Romans 6:1-14. Specifically address how you would teach this passage to a counselee who is struggling with some form of stronghold (addiction). This paper will be scrutinized very carefully. It is expected that the student choosing to complete this assignment will follow the accepted writing style required by the English department. (Worth up to 8 points.) //

**  ** Arlington Baptist College ** PSY 3306 Methods of Biblical Change 2010 Spring Semester I, _____________________________________________, have read ____ of the required reading assignments. Signed by ___________________________________________ Date ____________  ** Arlington Baptist College ** ** Counseling Program ** ** Bibliography Spring 2010 ** Adams, Jay E. //A Theology of Christian Counseling// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1979. _____.//The Biblical View of Self-love, Self-image, Self-esteem//, Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1986. _____. //The Christian Counselor’s Manual// Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1973. _____. //Critical Stages in Biblical Counseling, USA : Timeless Texts, 2002. // _____. //Christian Living in the Home// Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1982. _____. //Competent to Counsel// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1970. _____. //From Forgiven to Forgiving// Amityville, NY: Calvary Press, 1994.

_____. //How to Help People Change// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1986. _____. //Is All Truth God’s Truth?// Stanley, NC: Timeless Texts, 2003. _____. //Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage in the Bible// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1980. _____. //Solving Marriage Problems// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1983. _____. //The Use of the Rod and Staff// Stanley, NC: Timeless Texts, 2003. Aitken, Kenneth T. //The Daily Bible Study Series:Proverbs// Philadelphia, PA: The Westminster Press, 1986. Almy, Gary L. //How Christian Is Christian Counseling//? Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2000. Barker, Kenneth L. & Kohlenberger III, John R. //Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary, Vol. 1: Old Testament// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994. Bobgans, Martin & Deidre //Larry Crabb’s Gospel// Santa Barbara, CA: Eastgate Publishers, 1998. Broger, John C. //Self-Confrontation Manual// Palm Desert, CA: Biblical Counseling Foundation, 1991. Bulkley, Ed //Why Christians Can’t Trust Psychology// Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1993. Chafer, Lewis Sperry and Walvoord, John F. //Major Bible Themes// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1926. Constable, Thomas L. “Class Study Notes of the Old and New Testament”, 2008 edition. www.soniclight.com. Debinski, Craig //Excellent Marriage// Woodruff, SC: Timeless Texts, 2001. DeMoss, Nancy Leigh //Biblical Womanhood in the Home// Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2002. Dillow, Linda //Creative Counterpart// Nashville, TN: Nashville, TN, 1986. Elliff, Tom and Jeannie //Letters to Lovers// Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2003. Fitzpatrick, Elyse //Helper by Design// Chicago, IL; Moody Publishers, 2003. _____ //Love to Eat, Hate to Eat// Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 1999. _____. //Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety// Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2001. Gallagher, Steve //At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry Dry Ridge, KY : Pure Life Ministries, 2000. // _____. //Counseling the Sexual Addict Dry Ridge, KY : Pure Life Ministries, 2004. // Ganz, Richard //Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology// Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1993. Grudem, Wayne //Systematic Theology// Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company, 1991 Henderson, John //Equipped to Counsel: A Training Program in Biblical Counseling, Leader’s Notebook// Mustang, OK: Dare 2 Dream Books, 2008. Henry, Matthew //A Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol 3: Job to Song of Solomon// Iowa Falls, Iowa: World Bible Publishers. Hoekema, Anthony A. //Created in God’s Image// Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdman’s Publishing Co., 1994. Jefferson, Charles //The Minister as Shepherd// Fort Washington, PA: CLC Publications, 1998. Johnson, Eric L. and Jones, Stanton //Psychology & Christianity// Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000. Kanengieter, Marvin //Looking at Life’s Relationships Through the Window of Proverbs// Denver, CO: Baptist Publication, 1970. Keller, Phillip //A Shepherd’s Look at Psalm 23// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970. Kruis, John G. //Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling// Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1994. Lightner, Robert P. //Sin, The Savior, and Salvation// Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1991. MacArthur, John //Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically// Nashville, TN: Nelson Reference & Electronic, 2005. _____.//Successful Christian Parenting// Nashville, TN: Word Publishing, 1998. Mack, Wayne A., //A Homework Manual// //for Biblical Living, Vol. 1 & 2// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1980. _____.//Strengthening Your Marriage// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1977. _____. //Your Family/God’s Way// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1991. Mack, Wayne A. and Carol //Sweethearts for a Lifetime// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2006. McDonald, Cleveland and Philip M., //Creating a Successful Christian Marriage//, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1994. McGee, J. Vernon //How to Live Longer and Better More Peaceful and Prosperous Now and Forever,// Dallas, TX: International Prison Ministry, 1988. McKane, William //Proverbs, A New Approach// Philadelphia, PA: The Westminster Press, 1970. Miles, Herbert J. //Sexual Happiness in Marriage// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1982. Nelson, Tommy //The Book of Romance// Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998. Owen, Jim //Christian Psychology’s War on God’s Word// Stanley, NC: Timeless Texts, 1993. Peace, Martha //Attitudes of a Transformed Heart// Bemidji, MN: Focus Publishing Inc., 2002. _____. //Becoming a Titus 2 Woman// Bemidji, MN: Focus Publishing, Inc. 1997. _____. //The Excellent Wife// Bemidji, MN: Focus Publishing Inc., 1995. Petty, John C. //Step by Step// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1999. Piper, John and Grudem, Wayne //Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood.// Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991. Priolo, Lou //Teach Them Diligently// Woodruff, SC: Timeless Texts, 2000. _____.//The Complete Husband// Amityville, NY:Calvary Press Publishing, 1999. _____. //The Heart of Anger// Amityville, NY: Calvary Press Publishing, 1997. Pyne, Robert A. //Humanity & Sin// Nashville,TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999. Ray, Bruce A. //Withhold Not Correction// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1978. Rosenau, Douglas E. //A Celebration of Sex// Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994. Scott, Stuart //The Exemplary Husband// Bemidji, MN: Focus Publishing, 2002. Smalley, Gary //If Only He Knew// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1988. Smith, Robert D. //The Christian Counselor’s Medical Desk Reference// Stanley, NC: Timeless Texts, 2000. _____. //Biblical Principles of Sex// Stanley, NC: Timeless Texts, 2003. Sproul, R. C. //The Intimate Marriage// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1975. Swindoll, Charles R. //Living Portraits of the Church// Insight for Living, 1993. _____. //Making the Weak Family Strong// Insight for Living, 1990. _____. //Marriage: From Surviving to Thriving// Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, 2006. _____. //Strike the Original Match// Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1980. Tripp, Paul //Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hand// Resources for Changing Lives, 2001. _____. //The Age of Opportunity// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 2001. Tripp, Tedd //Shepherding a Child’s Heart// Wapwallopen, PA: Shepherd Press, 1995. Waltke, Bruce K. //The Book of Proverbs//, Vol. 1 & 2 Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdman’s Publishing Company, 2005. Walvoord, John & Zuck, Roy B. //The Bible Knowledge Commentary//, Vol. 1 & 2, USA: Victor Books, 1983. Welch, Edward T. //Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave// Resources for Changing Lives, 2001. // _____.Blame it on the Brain // Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1998. _____. //When People Are Big and God is Small// Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, 1997. Wheat, Ed and Gaye, //Intended for Pleasure// Grand Rapids, MI: Fleming H. Revell, 1977. Wheat, Ed //Love Life for Every Married Couple// Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 1980. Wilson, Douglas //Reforming Marriage// Moscow, ID: Canon Press, 1995. Vine, W.E. //Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words// Nashville, TN: Thomas Publishers, 1996. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> WEBSITES: [|www.bible.org]: A very helpful website that will answer your theological questions and provide many counseling related topics of study. [|www.biblicalcounselingnetwork.com]: A list of biblical counselors throughout the Metroplex area. [|www.ccef.org]; Christian Counseling and Education Foundation is a biblical counseling training organization; they also provide many biblical resources for counselors and pastors. [|www.christiancounseling.com]: Website owned and operated by Jeremy Lelek and the Association of Biblical Counselors. [|www.christiancounselingofmansfield.com]: Website for Christian Counseling of Mansfield. [|www.crown.org]: Larry Burkett’s financial website with tools/helps for financial planning. [|www.divorcehope.com]: A Christian website with some different perspectives on divorce. [|www.familylife.org]: Dennis Rainey is the host of “Family Life Today” on KCBI 90.9 radio. The organization is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and they provide many of Christian marriage and family materials. [|www.family.org]: Dr. James Dobson’s “Focus on the Family”. [|www.NANC.org]: National Association of Nouthetic Counselors is an organization dedicated to training biblical counselors, including a certification program. They also provide many biblical counseling resources. [|www.probe.org]: A Christian think-tank organization with many helpful articles related to the family, etc. [|www.soniclight.com]: Dr. Thomas Constable’s notes (from Dallas Theological Seminary) on the whole Bible. [|www.successfulstepfamilies.com]: Resources for blended families. [|www.timelesstexts.com]: Great Biblical resources for counseling.