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The Pastor as Soul Physician: Changing Lives with Christ’s Changeless Truth

The Pastor as Soul Physician: Changing Lives with Christ’s Changeless Truth. Ever Feel a Little Lost?. Ever Feel a Little Lost?. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others.

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The Pastor as Soul Physician: Changing Lives with Christ’s Changeless Truth

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  1. The Pastor as Soul Physician:Changing Lives with Christ’s Changeless Truth

  2. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

  3. Ever Feel a Little Lost?

  4. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

  5. Some Signs Are More Helpful Than Others

  6. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

  7. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

  8. Some Sign Are More Helpful Than Others

  9. Need Some Directions?

  10. Need Some Directions?

  11. Whet Your Appetite

  12. The Tale of Tim’s Two Counselors • The Tale of Tim’s Two Counselors: • Which pastor/counselor/spiritual friend/soul physician do you tend to be more like? Why? • Has anyone ever interacted with you like either of Tim’s counselors? What did it feel like? What were the results? • What content does a person need to know to be a biblical counselor, pastoral counselor, spiritual friend, soul physician? What biblical theology might have motivated Tim’s counselors?

  13. The Great Soul Physician The SPDR!

  14. The SPDR • Nourishing the Hunger of the Soul: • Preventative Medicine—God’s Word • Knowing the Creator of the Soul • The Great Physician—The Trinity • Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: • People—Creation

  15. The SPDR • Diagnosing the Fallen Conditionof the Soul: • Problems—Fall • Prescribing God’s Cure for the Soul: • Solutions—Redemption

  16. The SPDR • Envisioning the Final Healing of the Soul: • Home—Glorification • Dispensing God’s Care for the Soul: • Spiritual Friends—Sanctification

  17. Nourishing the Hunger of the Soul: Preventative Medicine—God’s Word • Our Passion: Coram Deo Sola Scriptura—Colossians 2:8-10 • Our Principle: Truth and Love Must Kiss—Philippians 1:9

  18. Nourishing the Hunger of the Soul: Preventative Medicine—God’s Word • Our Pattern: Relating God’s Truth to Human Relationships through Trialogues

  19. Knowing the Creator of the Soul: The Great Physician—The Trinity • Start before the Beginning • Who God Is • The Soul Physician • Reality Is Relational • Who We Are • For Knowing Images Bearers

  20. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • The CFR Narrative • Creation • Fall • Redemption

  21. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • A Biblical Theology/Psychology of the Nature of Human Nature • RRVEP (Relational, Rational, Volitional, Emotional, Physical)

  22. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Relational Beings: • Romancers: Intimacy • Loving Passionately • Affections • Longing

  23. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Spiritual Beings: Communion

  24. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Social Beings: Community

  25. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Self-Aware Beings: Conscience

  26. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Rational Beings: • Dreamers • Thinking Wisely • Mindsets • Thinking

  27. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Volitional Beings: Will/Choice/Goals • Creators • Choosing Courageously • Purposes/Pathways • Choosing

  28. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Emotional Beings: • Singers • Experiencing Deeply • Mood States • Feeling

  29. Examining the Spiritual Anatomy of the Soul: People—Creation • Physical Beings: • Actors • Living Fully • Habituated Tendencies • Acting

  30. Diagnosing the Fallen Conditionof the Soul: Problems—Fall • “Not the way it’s supposed to be!”

  31. Diagnosing the Fallen Conditionof the Soul: Problems—Fall • Our descent into the abyss of sin. • Our only explanation for sin and suffering. • Our Fallen Personality: Hamartiology • Our Fallen Planet: Sufferology

  32. Diagnosing the Fallen Conditionof the Soul: Problems—Fall • “Our World Is Fallen and It Often Falls on Us!”

  33. Prescribing God’s Cure for the Soul: Solutions—Redemption • Creation: Biblical Psychology • Fall: Biblical Psychopathology • Redemption: Biblical Psychotherapy • Our Passion: Coram Deo Sola Gratia

  34. Prescribing God’s Cure for the Soul: Solutions—Redemption • The Bible Is Comedy Not Tragedy • Regeneration: Who We Are In Christ: Nature • Reconciliation: Who We Are To Christ: Nurture

  35. Envisioning the Final Healing of the Soul: Home—Glorification • God’s Promise: Heaven • What is our destiny? • Impact our present reality? • We’ve read the end of the story!

  36. Dispensing God’s Care for the Soul: Spiritual Friends—Sanctification • Sustaining: “It’s Normal to Hurt

  37. Dispensing God’s Care for the Soul: Spiritual Friends—Sanctification • Healing: “It’s Possible to Hope”

  38. Dispensing God’s Care for the Soul: Spiritual Friends—Sanctification • Reconciling: “It’s Horrible to Sin, But Wonderful to Be Forgiven”

  39. Dispensing God’s Care for the Soul: Spiritual Friends—Sanctification • Guiding: “It’s Supernatural to Mature”

  40. Personal Applications • Of nourishing, knowing, examining, diagnosing, prescribing, envisioning, and dispensing: • Which seems most important for you to learn? • What if you omitted any one? • Which could you apply to your life now? How? • How might your daily life change if you lived coram Deo sola scriptura? • How might your daily life be different if you lived coram Deo sola gratia?

  41. Ministry Implications • What is your approach to helping people, your map/model? Where did you learn it? Where could Scripture further shape it? • As you leave here today on track toward growth as a soul physician, what will you be doing differently as you further develop as a biblical counselor? • Rate your level of “what to know” for biblical counseling compared to ninety minutes ago, with 1 being “the same as when I entered,” and 10 being “incredibly higher”.

  42. The Pastor as Soul Physician:Changing Lives with Christ’s Changeless Truth

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