@article{ART002286423},
author={Ha, Jae Sung},
title={Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2017},
volume={25},
number={2},
pages={9-43},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ha, Jae Sung
TI - Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2017
VL - 25
IS - 2
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 9
EP - 43
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Christian counseling requires the counselor’s Biblical perspectives on human sexuality as prerequisite because the ultimate meanings of sexuality only come from both its Author and His Word. God made man and woman as sexual beings in His own image. According to the Scripture, human sexuality accompanies pleasure but it also necessitates a covenantal marriage relationship. However, there has been nothing like human sexuality that was distorted and destroyed from its orignal intention of the Creator both in Christian history and secular practices. Among them, homosexuality is a clear violation of God’s creational intention even though it has been a widespread sexual practice among young people and a legal practice among today’s biased elites. The Reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin finally restored human sexuality back to its scriptural meanings and purposes: pleasure beyond childbearing, sexuality as a God’s gift for human, and legitimacy of physical needs. Therefore, Christian counselors must help counselees see the human sexuality according to the Scripture and the teachings of the Reformers, that is, to seek sexual pleasure from or within their marital relationships, to share it mutually, to keep the sexual relationships exclusive, to help those with homosexual desires according to the Biblical truth, and to comfort those who have been through abysmal sexual violence by authorities or others.
KW - Christian counseling;sexuality;fall;pleasure;homosexuality
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
ER -
Ha, Jae Sung. (2017). Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 25(2), 9-43.
Ha, Jae Sung. 2017, "Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.25, no.2 pp.9-43. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
Ha, Jae Sung "Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 25.2 pp.9-43 (2017) : 9.
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives. 2017; 25(2), 9-43. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
Ha, Jae Sung. "Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 25, no.2 (2017) : 9-43.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 25(2), 9-43. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2017; 25(2) 9-43. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives. 2017; 25(2), 9-43. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
Ha, Jae Sung. "Christian Counseling and the Restoration of Human Sexuality: from Biblical and the Reformers’ Perspectives" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 25, no.2 (2017) : 9-43.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.9
