Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Divided by Sin

2 The Weight of Sin

3 The Healing Power of Grace

4 Holding Sin and Grace Together—Three Perspectives

5 Sin and Grace in Integrative Psychotherapy

6 Sin and Grace in the Functional Domain

7 Sin and Grace in the Structural Domain

8 Sin and Grace in the Relational Domain

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Scripture Index

Praise for Sin and Grace in Christian Counseling

About the Author

Sin. Grace. Christian Counseling. How do these fit together? In Christian theology sin and grace are intrinsically interconnected. Teacher and counselor Mark McMinn believes that Christian counseling, then, must also take account of both human sin and God's grace. For both sin and grace are distorted whenever one is emphasized without the other. McMinn, noting his own tendencies and the temptation to stereotype different Christian approaches to counseling along this theological divide, aims to help all those preparing for or currently serving in the helping professions. Expounding the proper relationship of sin and grace, McMinn shows how the full truth of the Christian gospel works itself out in the functional, structural and relational domains of an integrative model of psychotherapy.