How Theology Shapes Ministry: Jay Adams’ View of the Flesh and an Alternative

In this article, Ed Welch argues that theology profoundly affects practical counseling methodology. Welch raises questions about one component of Adams’s counseling model: the characterization of “flesh” as neuro-physiological programming that must be reprogrammed. Welch concludes that this significantly shapes Adams’s portrayal of how a person changes and how the counseling process unfolds and offers an alternative interpretation.