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“Do not be anxious about anything.” When it comes to stress and worry, that’s all we really need to say, right? Just repent of your anxiety, and everything will be fine. But emotional life is more complex than this. In The Logic of the Body, Matthew LaPine argues that Protestants must retrieve theological psychology in order to properly understand the emotional life of the human person. With...

Recent Reformed systematic theologies have sparse psychological concerns, such as an interest in the body and soul problem, the nature of the imago Dei, the dichotomy vs. trichotomy debate, etc. But a host of historical psychological issues are largely ignored by Reformed evangelicals, including the powers of the soul, the priority of the powers, virtues and vices, the interaction of grace, temptation, and demonic suggestion with these powers, etc.18 These issues and others need systemic theological
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