Stages of Christian Psychospiritual Growth - Eric Johnson

Many exemplary Christians over the centuries have offered a model of psychospiritual growth, including such luminaries as Augustine, Bernard of Clairvaux, Thomas Aquinas, and John Newton. Building on the main themes and wisdom of their models, and incorporating some insights from contemporary psychology, we reflect together on God’s design plan in psychospiritual development across the lifespan and whether it follows a stage pattern.

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Eric L. Johnson is Director of Training at the Christian Psychology Institute, after teaching psychology, counseling, and worldview studies for over 30 years at the University of Northwestern, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Houston Christian University. In addition to writing more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, he edited Psychology and Christianity: Five Views, and was a co-editor of Marriage: Its Foundation, Theology, and Mission in a Changing World. He has written Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal and God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith. He was the first director of the Society for Christian Psychology and has been doing pastoral counseling for over 25 years. He’s married to Rebekah, and they have two children, Laura and Iain, and a son-in-law, Rich, and three incredible grandchildren, Cash, Jedi, and Seraphina.

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