A church hired you to provide pastoral counseling to the members. Your pastor has just completed a series on the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, envy, wrath, gluttony, lust, sloth, and greed and used the following biblical references: Exodus 20, Proverbs 6: 16-19, and Galatians 5:19-21. A church member explains that she just completed a Theories of Personality class at a secular university and believes that whatever sin she may commit is excused due to her Big 5 Personality test results and her understanding of personality theories. In your paper, address the following topics:
Based on the Burger text, what evidence could she provide that would support her claims? Specifically, which theories would she reference, and why would she come to that conclusion?
Based on the Beck text, the Bible, and three scholarly articles, how would you respond to her claims from a Christian worldview? You may also include non-academic references in addition to the scholarly articles. Do personality theories excuse sin or assist us in our understanding of sin? Can someone have a personality disorder and not sin?
This is not an opinion paper but an exploration of theories of personality from a Christian worldview. For every claim or position you take, provide evidence and a citation from a psychology text, journal, or the Bible.
Requirements: The paper should be a minimum of 1,250 words and in APA format. Use both the Burger and Beck texts and at least three scholarly articles from Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, or the ATLA database in the Belhaven Library database to reference in your paper.
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