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The Rise of Therapeutic Christianity: How Self-Help Language Is Reshaping the Church
Series: Discerning the Times – Answering Today’s Most Urgent Questions •
Host: Dave Jenkins •
Date: August 19, 2025
Show Summary
Therapeutic Christianity takes biblical words like grace and peace but empties them of gospel meaning—replacing God-centered truth with self-centered affirmation.
In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins defines what Therapeutic Christianity is, traces its 100-year drift, explains why it’s spreading, warns about its dangers, and equips believers with a biblical response rooted in the sufficiency of Scripture and our identity in Christ.
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Key Scriptures
John 14:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Jeremiah 17:9; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 2 Peter 1:3; Luke 9:23; 1 John 3:4; Acts 17:30; Romans 12:2; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; Acts 17:11; Colossians 3:1–4.
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