Psychology Example
Faith Integration
General Psychology
29 March 2012
Growing up church was always a priority for my family. To this day its value has not changed for us. My mom always encouraged me to challenge my beliefs so that my faith could be stronger in those things I truly believed in. Since then my faith has grown exponentially as I have become confident in the promises of God’s word. Through reading the bible and being in church it becomes more and more evident to me that everything in the bible holds truth and significance. My faith is something that I hold onto tightly and will always keep at a high priority for my life. Though there have been many topics covered in church sermons and bible verses, psychology was never a focus of mine as my faith developed. Because of this I do not to have any predispositions regarding psychology and faith coexisting. I was raised understanding that being human means that I have a sinful nature because of what happened in the Garden of Eden, but I never embraced the knowledge of why that might also be true mentally and emotionally. However, I do believe that psychology can be applied to faith in many ways, and that understanding psychology can help us better understand ourselves as who God has called us to be. Reading Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith by David Meyers and Malcolm Jeeves has really opened my eyes to a new perspective on how psychology can be applied to my faith as a Christian. It has allowed me to deepen my understanding of what it means to be human and a follower of Christ. It talks about many subjects that most Christians struggle with regularly. The most important thing that this book taught me was that psychology and faith are concurrent. On page 3 it states, “… we cannot find the whole truth merely by searching our minds - for there is not enough there…” (Myers 3). Searching our minds and the knowledge that we have about how we function can only give us so many answers. In order to find truth on our
General Psychology
29 March 2012
Growing up church was always a priority for my family. To this day its value has not changed for us. My mom always encouraged me to challenge my beliefs so that my faith could be stronger in those things I truly believed in. Since then my faith has grown exponentially as I have become confident in the promises of God’s word. Through reading the bible and being in church it becomes more and more evident to me that everything in the bible holds truth and significance. My faith is something that I hold onto tightly and will always keep at a high priority for my life. Though there have been many topics covered in church sermons and bible verses, psychology was never a focus of mine as my faith developed. Because of this I do not to have any predispositions regarding psychology and faith coexisting. I was raised understanding that being human means that I have a sinful nature because of what happened in the Garden of Eden, but I never embraced the knowledge of why that might also be true mentally and emotionally. However, I do believe that psychology can be applied to faith in many ways, and that understanding psychology can help us better understand ourselves as who God has called us to be. Reading Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith by David Meyers and Malcolm Jeeves has really opened my eyes to a new perspective on how psychology can be applied to my faith as a Christian. It has allowed me to deepen my understanding of what it means to be human and a follower of Christ. It talks about many subjects that most Christians struggle with regularly. The most important thing that this book taught me was that psychology and faith are concurrent. On page 3 it states, “… we cannot find the whole truth merely by searching our minds - for there is not enough there…” (Myers 3). Searching our minds and the knowledge that we have about how we function can only give us so many answers. In order to find truth on our
Cited: Myers, David G., and Malcolm A. Jeeves. Psychology through the Eyes of Faith. Washington, D.C.: Christian College Coalition, 1987. Print.