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This blog started as part of a personal journey when God responded to my cry to Him for help during a particularly difficult period with a narcissist. While we spend most of the time here exploring the depths of the Bible for solutions, I occasionally remind myself of three underlying purposes for this blog: Continue reading
.Proverbs 21:24
24 “Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with insolent pride.
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You may have found this blog because you have a “narcissist” in your life, or in the life of someone you care about. At first, you may not have known that you were dealing with a narcissist, but the pain and damage this selfish, arrogant, condescending, domineering person caused might have driven you to search for answers on what was going on, and on how to deal with this difficult person. As you went online or to books on Amazon, you read more about who this person is, and how he operates. And you likely read some explanations as to how he got this way, or advice regarding how to deal with this “narcissist”. In the process of trying to learn everything possible in your search for answers, you may have decided to explore what the Bible has to say on the subject.
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While the Bible does not specifically refer to “narcissism” – which takes its name from Greek mythology – it does speak to the subject.
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2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
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I am reading an excellent book called “Counseling the Hard Cases: True Stories Illustrating the Sufficiency of God’s Resources in Scripture“. This book provides case studies on how Biblically based counselors successfully counseled seemingly impossible counseling situations – including situations which secular-counselors had previously been unable to resolve.
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The book starts with a discussion on whether the Bible is sufficient to help people with their problems….
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“Is Scripture sufficient to inform all the possible counseling situations in this fallen world? The implications of such a question are massive. Continue reading
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This blog started as part of a personal journey when God responded to my cry to Him for help during a particularly difficult period with a narcissist. While we spend most of the time here exploring the depths of the Bible for solutions, I occasionally remind myself of three underlying purposes for this blog: Continue reading
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