I support the Biblical counseling model of Jay Adams because of

 Col. 2:8 tells us not build our lives around philosophies which are not
centered on Christ. Prov. 1:7 tells us that the “fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge”. This means that at the center of our
worldview
 should always be God and his perspectives on life. Psychology should
always be looked at and examined through the lens of this Christian
worldview.
 We need to make sure that any use of scripture in the integration
process is careful and cautious.We need to be careful in drawing truth
out of scripture (exegesis) making sure the scripture actually does say
what we think it says. For this we need a good awareness of
Hermeneutics. We also need to be cautious about reading modern day
ideas back into scripture (eisegesis). For example, reading back into
scripture modern day theories of psychology which were unknown to
the original writer or reading modern ideas into Biblical words (such as
reading a modern day view of counselling into the Old Testament uses
of the word ‘counsel’).
 Because the Bible claims its own sufficiency “secular psychology has
nothing to offer for understanding or providing solutions to the non-
physical problems of people.”
 “True the scriptures do not contain everything. They are not a textbook
for electrical engineering, shipbuilding (unless you are building an ark),
aeronautics, or a hundred-and-one other disciplines. But they are
adequate as the textbook for living, and for changing our living to
conform with God’s requirements.”
 “To postulate some necessary connection or dependency relationships
between psychology and Christian counselling … is to

1. deny the Bible’s claim to sufficiency

2. deny Christ’s adequacy as a Counselor;

3. believe that God left His church for over 1900 years without the
necessary resources to solve human problems and live a godly life.”

 Scripture is authoritative and inerrant and therefore it should be seen

as the standard for matters of faith and practice. This means that
scripture is sufficient in the area of counselling. It is possible to hold
the authority and inerrancy of scripture without holding to the
sufficiency of scripture but for these people scripture becomes
fundamentally deficient and of limited value in issues of living. They
end up believing that the Bible is “sufficient for justification, but not for
sanctification.”
 “God has given us – in our union with Christ and his word – everything
that is necessary for living and godliness (2 Peter 1:3)”