are viewed as fallen but justified and worthy by Grace. In other words, the Christian counselor views worthiness as for people but not of them. Worthiness is a gift of God and therefore not to be denied by the saved--denial being a form of arrogance and a repudiation of this gift. Obviously, this is a radically different perspective of people.
The second difference between Christian and secular counseling that is discussed by Strong (1973) concerns the notion of responsibility. Christian counseling emphasizes personal responsibility for one's life situation and circumstances. Secular counseling emphasizes personal rights. More insight into the nature of responsibility as viewed by the Christian counselor has been provided by Adams (1973:77). He states that regardless of a person's background, regardless of the influences, circumstances and events of his childhood and early life, God holds the Christian responsible. The Christian, he states, is not to view himself/herself as, ". . .tossed about by the rolling waves and high
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