Most of us have come to associate psychology with terms and ideas not found in the Bible. Words like schizophrenia, paranoid, neurosis, transference, ego, operant conditioning, defense mechanisms, latent homosexuality, self-actualization, and codependency have filled our minds and clouded the issues. But Scripture maintains that Christians should avoid the use of words and terminology of this world system whenever Biblical concepts will suffice: Now we have received, not the spirit of the world,
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