ANDREW WOMMACK WRONG about PSYCHOLOGY

Welcome to That Christian Nerd channel. Today I am analyzing a article that was published by popular christian teacher Andrew Wommack with my friend Louisa Watt! The article argues that Psychology is unbiblical and goes against Christianity for several different reasons that we go through in the video. Links to follow our work and resources are down below.

(Links and resources)

{My linktree}-https://linktr.ee/ThatChristianNerd

{Louisa Watt youtube)-https://youtube.com/@LouisaWatt?si=CMOZocp3alM8moY7

1: {Her article}-https://louisawatt.com/2023/10/19/psychology-is-anti-christian/

2: Berk, L. (2010). Development through the lifespan (7th ed., International ed.). Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

3: Bible Gateway. (2023). 1st Corinthians chapter 15. New International Version. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015:33-34&version=NIV

4: Burton, L., Westen, D., & Kowalski, R. M. (2012). Psychology (5th Australian and New Zealand ed.). John Wiley and Sons Australia.

5: Firmin, M. W. (2020). Alternative perspectives to Armando Simón’s “Goodbye Sigmund Freud: The case for exorcising the ghost of Freud from the field of psychology.” Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 30(1), 93–101. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2019.1681342

6: Goldstein, E. B. (2019). Cognitive psychology : connecting mind, research, and everyday experience (5E. [5 edition]). Cengage Learning, Inc.

7: Hobson, T. (2018). Soul or Life? The Double Meaning of Psychē. Patheos. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/tomhobson/2018/05/soul-or-life-the-double-meaning-of-psyche/

8: Kuta, S. (2021). What Life Is Like for the 'Criminally Insane' at a Maximum-Security Psychiatric Hospital. A&E TV. https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/patient-experience-at-forensic-psychiatric-hospitals

9: Malcolm, L. (2015). A plea of insanity. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/allinthemind/mental-illness-and-the-criminal-justice-system/6535790

10: Sharf, R. S. (2015). Theories of Psychotherapy & Counseling (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.

11: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2022). Cosmological Argument. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/

12: Step Bible. (2023). Psyche, Matthew chapter 12 verse 18. https://www.stepbible.org/?q=version=ESV%7Cversion=KJV%7Creference=Matt.12&options=NVUGVH&display=INTERLEAVED

13: Abdel-Khalek, A. M. (2016). Introduction to the psychology of self-esteem. In Franklin Holloway
(Ed.), Self-esteem perspectives, influences, and improvement strategies. Nova Science Publisher.

14: Baker, L. A. (2007). The biology of relationships: What behavioral genetics tells us about interactions among family members. De Paul Law Review, 56(3), 837–846. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685725/

15: Duvall, J. S., & Hays, J. D. (2020, October 13). Grasping God’s Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible (4th ed.) Zondervan Academic.

16: El—New world encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved October 16, 2023, from https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/El#El_outside_the_Bible

17: King, D. B., Woody, W. D., & Viney, W. (2015). History of psychology: Ideas and context. Routledge.
Wommack, A. (n.d.). “Psychology vs. Christianity.” Andrew Wommack Ministries. Retrieved
October 16, 2023, from https://www.awmi.net/reading/teaching-articles/psychology_christianity/

18: Religious Freedom Center. (n.d.) “The Bible, Hammurabi’s Code and Law in the Ancient Near East.” sbl.org. Retrieved October 16, 2023, from https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/LessonPlans/Hammurabi_Code_and_Law_in_Ancient_Near_East.pdf

19: Santrac, A. S. (2013). Three I know not what: The influence of Greek philosophy on the doctrine of Trinity. In Die Skriflig, 47(1), 1–7. http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2305-08532013000100059&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

20: There are no objective definitions. (2016, February 22). StevePatterson.com. https://steve-patterson.com/there-are-no-objective-definitions/

21: Volpe, K. (2004). Toward a psychology of human agency. APS Observer, 17. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/toward-a-psychology-of-human-agency

22: Wilkins, M. J. et al. (2015). Book of Matthew. In NIVAC Bundle 6: Gospels, Acts. Zondervan Academic.

23: Wright, D. P. (2019). "How Exodus Revises the Laws of Hammurabi.” TheTorah.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023, from https://thetorah.com/article/how-exodus-revises-the-laws-of-hammurabi

24: “Yahweh vs. Baal: The Psalms as apologetic.” (2000, April 13). Discovery Series. https://discoveryseries.org/courses/yahweh-vs-baal-the-psalms-as-apologetic/

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