I need to warn others.” I did not say what I was thinking, but I will now. I did not realize he was such an awful teacher and was doing harm to the church. The teacher was lecturing us on why James Dobson was an integrationist and why we should not read any of his books.ĭuring our break, the more naive among us said, “I think I need to go home and get rid of all my Dobson books. I first saw this during one of my breaks between classes during my MABC program.
Let me narrow the “biblicist’s field” to my family I’m talking about biblical counselors (BC).īC can get so caught up in their rightness that they can hurt people, albeit unwittingly or ignorantly. Meaning, if it is not theologically precise, according to their understanding, they disdain it and warn everyone else of the heresy. The biblicists tend to dislike everything that is not black or white. Let me speak with broad brushes, and if the descriptor does not fit you, move on and praise God that you’re not like them. So, what is the problem? Some Cautionĭo you remember that group I mentioned in the introduction–the biblicists, integrations, secularist, confused, and adamant? Some of them do not know how to talk well to each other. You will find all of them implied in Scripture and there is nothing in the Bible that would forbid them. There is no way any reasonable person would dismiss these things.
The most obvious question is whether these things are wrong to do, and the most obvious answer is that they are not. If you’re not familiar with his book, the five love languages are receiving gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and physical touch. You could poll any congregation, and there will be several folks who will tell you that they have benefited from Chapman’s work, as it gave them ideas and categories to love a person according to their uniqueness. The primary reason it resonates with believers is that they, generally, are more interested in other-centered relationships. Christians have benefited the most from his book, though he could just as easily market it to the secular world because it is not overtly Christian. Some GoodĬhapman is championing a solution to this universal problem by writing a book. On the surface, it’s a great idea because none of us can say we’ve mastered the skill of loving others well. I figured that I would wait a bit before I shared my two cents.įive Love Languages (FLL) is a book by Gary Chapman that identifies five critical areas in which to demonstrate love practically to another person. But they wanted to know if there were inherent problems with the book? Before I could chime in, the biblicists, integrations, secularist, confused, and adamant weighed in with how to think about this matter.
It’s a popular book that has benefited many folks. Photo: ©Gustavo Fring from Pexels via Shows Main Idea – Someone asked my opinion on the Five Love Languages.
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