Star Trek and Biblical Counseling? Now That Is Really Integration!!!
I love Star Trek. I love biblical counseling. I love getting to integrate them together in the title of today’s guest post!
In Star Trek lore, the Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise designed to place cadets in a no-win scenario. No matter what they do, they cannot possibly complete their mission safely.
The No-Win Scenario
First introduced in the 1982 film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the phrase Kobayashi Maru has entered the popular lexicon as a reference to a no-win scenario.
I’m using Kobayashi Maru as a reference to a no-win scenario in some of our current biblical counseling conversations. The target is constantly moved; the rules of engagement are repeatedly changed; no matter what you do or say; you are wrong. Our guest blogger illustrates this no-win scenario using the idea of “circular reasoning.”
A Guest Post by Biblical Counselor Joseph Leavell
What’s been said so far are my words. What comes next are words from my biblical counseling friend, Joseph Leavell.
Joseph is a teacher, counselor, and blogger with an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from The Master’s University. He has been married to his
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