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A Pastoral Counseling View and Application of King David’s Dysfunctional Family

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2020, 28(2), pp.109-134
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2020.28.2.109
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : October 12, 2020
  • Accepted : November 7, 2020
  • Published : November 30, 2020

Taidoo Kim 1

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ABSTRACT

This research focused on King David’s dysfunctional family from a pastoral counseling perspective to apply to pastoral ministry. This research might be resourceful to pastors and parents who seek to understand and apply this study to counsel dysfunctional families. Three steps were applied in this study. First, the researcher studied the text (2 Sam 13:1-16:23) via brief exegesis to articulate the background of the narrative. Second, the researcher analyzed the text from a pastoral counseling and socio-psychological perspective. As a result of the analysis, the researcher found that David failed to manage anger as a parent. This resulted in three lessons from David’s failure: (1) Destruction of familial relationship, (2) Escalated anger and resentment between family members, (3) Negative influence from ignoring opportunities to bring healing and recovery to the family. Third, the researcher suggested four applications in pastoral counseling and in parenting. King David’s dysfunctional family calls for attention in the areas of (1) the significance of timely crisis counseling, (2) the importance of exemplary parenthood, (3) the importance of proper discipline and punishment in parenting, and (4) the significance of learning to deal with anger management in the family. From this study, pastors and parents may learn valuable lessons to build a biblically healthy family.

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