Theory Critique Anderson Summary
Theory Critique: Anderson
Echo Rae Maese
Liberty University
Summary of Content The Bondage Breaker was written by Neil T. Anderson. This is a book that “deals with the foundational issues of your identity in Christ and outlines practical steps on how to live by faith, walk according to the Spirit, renew your mind, manage your emotions, and resolve the emotional traumas of your past through faith and forgiveness" (p.12). I find this to be a significant definition of exactly what I see counseling to be. Anderson emphasizes the battle we Christians have with spiritual warfare and doesn’t hesitate to hide the fact that Satan may play a major part in many of our emotional struggles and distance from God during them. He does not …show more content…
Throughout many of the chapters Anderson mentions how our struggle with un-holiness is less when our parents or loved ones meet the needs we have to be loved. Anderson then tells us the importance in realizing our worth in God. He says “In Christ we are important, we are qualified, we are good. Satan can do absolutely nothing to alter our position in Christ and our worth to God. But he can render us virtually inoperative if he can deceive us into listening to and believing his insidious lies accusing us of being of little value to God or other people” …show more content…
I do believe that though Satan does not have the ability to control our every thought and action we are vulnerable to let him in when we let sin hold a significant control over our lives. As a recovering addict I can attest to just how much Satan is able to enter your life when you let something as strong as sin take over your very thoughts and actions. Satan uses these things to make us feel worthless and lie to us by telling us we can never recover and God is angry with us for our actions. I felt as though I was unworthy of God’s love because I struggled so much with my addiction and put God as a last priority to my addiction. You will find in your recovery just how wrong Satan was though, and you see how God was there all along trying to bring you closer to him with your every
Echo Rae Maese
Liberty University
Summary of Content The Bondage Breaker was written by Neil T. Anderson. This is a book that “deals with the foundational issues of your identity in Christ and outlines practical steps on how to live by faith, walk according to the Spirit, renew your mind, manage your emotions, and resolve the emotional traumas of your past through faith and forgiveness" (p.12). I find this to be a significant definition of exactly what I see counseling to be. Anderson emphasizes the battle we Christians have with spiritual warfare and doesn’t hesitate to hide the fact that Satan may play a major part in many of our emotional struggles and distance from God during them. He does not …show more content…
Throughout many of the chapters Anderson mentions how our struggle with un-holiness is less when our parents or loved ones meet the needs we have to be loved. Anderson then tells us the importance in realizing our worth in God. He says “In Christ we are important, we are qualified, we are good. Satan can do absolutely nothing to alter our position in Christ and our worth to God. But he can render us virtually inoperative if he can deceive us into listening to and believing his insidious lies accusing us of being of little value to God or other people” …show more content…
I do believe that though Satan does not have the ability to control our every thought and action we are vulnerable to let him in when we let sin hold a significant control over our lives. As a recovering addict I can attest to just how much Satan is able to enter your life when you let something as strong as sin take over your very thoughts and actions. Satan uses these things to make us feel worthless and lie to us by telling us we can never recover and God is angry with us for our actions. I felt as though I was unworthy of God’s love because I struggled so much with my addiction and put God as a last priority to my addiction. You will find in your recovery just how wrong Satan was though, and you see how God was there all along trying to bring you closer to him with your every