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Welcome to Part 3 of a three-part blog mini-series on Discussing and Applying Jeremy Lelek’s Biblical Counseling Basics.

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Discussing and Applying the Doctrine of Sin 

In the classic systematic theology doctrines, theologians move from anthropology (God’s original creation design for us) to hamartiology—how sinned marred that design. Following this theological pattern, Dr. Lelek next applies the doctrine of sin to biblical counseling.

“Unlike secularists, biblical counselors recognize sin as a profoundly relevant counseling concept. Our biggest enemy is the enemy within. A proper view of the psychology of man acknowledges that humanity’s greatest ill is sin. The active sinful desires that emanate from the human heart serve always to move individuals away from God. The hostile, deceptive agenda of such desires


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