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As published in the PsychoHeresy Awareness Letter January-February 2010 - Volume 18 Number 1 |
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Re: Hypnosis: I just finished reading your e-book on hypnosis. What I am seeing is anytime we relinquish conscious control of ourselves, be it through hypnosis, self-induced trances, alcohol, or drugs we open ourselves up to demonic control. We use the term self-control to describe control of our tempers, our lusts and other character faults. But I think self-control means more than that, it means keeping conscious control of our lives and choices. Even when we lose our tempers, commit adultery, steal, lie or slander, we are actually in control of our actions. We know exactly what we are doing and we do it because we want to, no matter how wrong it may be. Perhaps curbing such things might better be described as "self-restraint." The devil only suggested it; he cannot make us do it. On the contrary, if we give up our self-control to trances, drugs or whatever, something or someone else is in control, we do not know what we are doing and we are doing what they want to do, but we are still accountable for allowing them to be in control. The book helped clear up some things such as the role of hypnosis and hypnotic suggestions in psychology/psychiatry. New York |
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Dear Martin and Deidre, I like the Psych Notes and find them often very revealing. The one entitled "Telephone Psychotherapy" was almost funny! The first sentence, "The problem with psychotherapy long has been that nearly half the patients quit after a few sessions" DUH! And, I wonder why? Because a lot of people can tell right off the bat that it’s NOT HELPING, that’s why. Here’s a for instance: A relative of mine and her husband were going to a couple in our church for "counseling." But they soon (very quickly, in fact) discovered that they were saying so many bad things about each other (to these people) that it was actually making things WORSE. Anyway, after they stopped going for counseling, they began figuring out ways themselves to improve their marriage. They have actually matured a whole lot in the past year or so. I believe a lot of people are smart enough to "see through" the psychotherapy maze and to stop it right at the beginning. The ones who become "enamored" with it are pretty much the ones who are enamored with their own selves and their fleshly desires. And that’s sad. Hang in there, folks. They say, "Satan is alive and well." Well, SO ARE WE! Hallelujah! And, clothed in righteousness IN CHRIST JESUS. Bearing arms, too. Texas |
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Bi-Monthly PAL: I am a Christian and live in Denmark, a country where it is hard to be a Christian. I am very interested in receiving the bi-monthly PAL. I consider psychology and psychiatry "bad fruit." I have been involved with it before I became born again, and I can see by reading the Bible why it can do you no good, and it did in fact never do me any good. So thank you very much for your ministry and God bless you. Denmark |
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Dear Brother and Sister Bobgan, I have just read your book Theophostic Counseling and am grateful to have found it. So many are deceived by these theories. After I spoke up at a women’s Bible study and stated what I believed, several women came against what I said. Since reading your book I was much relieved. Ohio |
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The Bobgans, I am reading your book, Person to Person Ministry. I agree with the material, but must confess it is frustrating getting this message across to the Church of the Lord Jesus, my own church included. I am a NANC counselor by certification only. When I decided that the Lord was impressing on me to become involved in personal discipling, I was convinced that NANC was the best way to go. I do not attend the NANC conferences, but nonetheless, that is where I received my training. I am a member of an Independent Baptist Church which is fundamental and evangelical. Sad to say, it is psychologized, from the staff to the congregation. This seems to be the norm in America rather than the exception. When a congregation has accepted this mindset and puts it on a par with Scripture, it causes great frustration for someone like myself. Now they may not admit that, and to be fair, not every member would support integration, but the mindset is there. Changing churches is not necessarily an option, because it is pretty much rampant. The more I have grown, the more the sufficiency of the scripture means to me. Sadly, other methods have become so entrenched that sufficiency is no longer sacred. Christian psychologists will say that the Word is infallible and inerrant, but cannot say it is sufficient, because of who they are. If you sense frustration on my part, you would be correct. Rooting these things out and convincing leadership to reconsider is probably being played out in churches all over this land. North Carolina |
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Dear Martin, I was blessed as I concluded from the book Person to Person Ministry that being equipped with the right scriptures by making a list or committing to memory those associated with salvation, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, growth through trials, sanctification and having a forward looking, future focused daily walk as you suggested, are the tools. Then, using simple expositional bible study of those scriptures in one on one, person to person ministry as the way of avoiding problem-centeredness and maintaining Christ-centeredness is the method. New York |
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M & D, We are reading your Soul Care book out loud each day in addition to our Scriptures during our daily devotions. Such a blessing! Michigan |
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