Monday, February 18, 2008

The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God by John Frame

I will be posting my thoughts, notes, and summaries of Dr. Frame's work.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Answers in red

Divorce
Famous mother
And coach

1. Good Afternoon Dr., where did you go to school?
I went to Metropolitan University and received a Doctor of Psychology from Columbia University’s school of psychology. I then went to the university of Chicago and received a master in social work.

2. Can you explain what social work degree requires?
Well, in order to receive such a degree you must have done extensive stuffy in sociology anthropology, etc. I specifically did a lot of study on the family dynamic. I thesis had to do with the negative results of divorce in all spectrums of the family order.

3. What did you do after school?
I worked with DYFS where I studied divorce further.

4. What do you do now?
I have since then opened my own practice.

5. How well do you know the defendant?
Very well.

6. How well did you know the deceased?
Very well.

7. How did you observe Chris?
Well at times I interacted with Chris simply as a family friend. At other times I would watch him as a psychologist. The fact that his mother was a world famous athlete made him a very interesting case study for me. So really I have been observing Chris all his life not just now looking back.

8. Do you have any advantages seeing him in both spectrums?
Oh certainly, with most of patients I only see them twice a week and never know for sure what actually is going on at home. Being both a friend and a trained psychologist has made me be able to see Chris in his interpersonal relationships from which I would not be able to draw if I had only spoken with him individually once a week.

How did the fact that his mother was the coach affect Chris?
It acted as a stressor

What is a stressor?

How did this stressor affect him?
Negative way he not only had to perform well at competitions because he must have felt that he needed to perform extraordinarily on a daily basis because the felt-need to win the approval of his parents was great.

Were there any other stressors in Chris’s life?
The divorce

How did the divorce affect Chris?
Negatively, explain winning approval of both parents

Who placed this specific stressor of blame on him?
Chris did so subconsciously to himself.

Were there any other stressors in Chris’s life?
Yes his parent being a world famous athlete

How did the stressor of Avery being a superstar affect Chris?
Both Negatively and positively

How did it affect him positively?
Set a goal

How did it affect him negatively?
Prove he was as good as mother

Who placed this stressor on Chris?
Well society. Like mother like son Take a great violinist and give him a son. Society automatically expects him to be exceptionally musically talented.

As a friend did you ever see Avery using his position as coach to foster such feelings?
No

As a friend did you ever see Avery use blame of the divorce as a motivator?
No

And as a friend, did you ever see Avery use his position as a super star to motive Chris?
No


9. In your expert opinion, if a goal is set that is very hard to reach with these stressors in place to what end will the child go to reach those goals?
At any cost and I believe that he went so far as to put his life in danger



Just so that the jury is clear, the stressors that caused him to go at any cost were placed there by whom?
Society, and Chris subconsciously because of the situations.

10. As a friend, what accomplishments of Avery’s did you see?
Exceptional athlete and won many awards.

As a psychologist do you see any reason that the defendant would try to live her dream through him?
No, she already lived her glory days. She was still having a great life and was still getting plenty attention.


11. As a friend, how was Avery as a mother?
Avery was an exceptionally loving mother at points. I saw her try and push Chris by she would frequently tell me that she just wanted him to succeed.



How great were these stressors?
They were major

If Chris had dissatisfaction with the way his father motivated him how would he respond?

Why?
He wanted to earn his approval and in fact begged Mr/Ms Richman not to tell his mother he was upset

As an expert, what does that show you?
It shows that he wanted more than anything to gain his mother’s approval

Just so that the jury is clear, who placed these pressures of approval on Chris?
Society and himself
Answers in red

1. Good Afternoon Dr., where did you go to school?
I went to Metropolitan University and received a Doctor of Psychology from Columbia University’s school of psychology. I then went to the university of Chicago and received a master in social work.

2. Can you explain what social work exactly is?
Well, in order to receive such a degree you must have done extensive stuffy in sociology anthropology, etc. I specifically did a lot of study on the family dynamic. I thesis had to do with the negative results of divorce in all spectrums of the family order.

3. What did you do after school?
I worked with DYFS where I studied divorce further.

4. What do you do now?
I have since then opened my own practice.

5. How well do you know the defendant?
Very well.

6. How well did you know the deceased?
Very well.

7. How did you observe Chris?
Well at times I interacted with Chris simply as a family friend. At other times I would watch him as a psychologist because the fact that his mother was a world famous athlete made him a very interesting case study.

8. Do you have any advantages seeing them in both spectrums?
Oh certainly, with most of patients I only see them twice a week and never know for sure what actually is going on at home. Being both a friend and a trained psychologist has made me be able to see Chris in his interpersonal relationships from which I would not be able to draw if I had only spoken with him individually once a week.

9. And the defendant?
Very well.

10. As a friend, how was Avery as a mother?
Avery was an exceptionally loving mother at points. I saw her try and push Chris by she would frequently tell me that she just wanted him to succeed.

11. As a friend, did you ever see Chris speak of his mother?
Yes, he spoke very highly of her

12. As a psychologist, what did you think when you heard that?
Well I saw it was a great thing that a son would love his mother even though a lot of pressure was placed on him just because of Doc’s position. Very often the child hates the parent when he/she feels such immense pressure on them.

13. Where did that pressure come from?
Well society. Take a great violinist and give him a son. Society automatically expects him to be exceptionally musically talented. When he doesn’t

14. Is there anything from Chris’s life that supports this conclusion?
His grades began to slack

15. In your expert opinion, is it likely that a child life Chris who admires his father, as Chris did, put his life on the line to reach the standards set for him?
Yes very much so.

16. As a friend, did you ever see Avery foster such feelings?
No, I never did

17. Did the defendant ever enable him in an unhealthy manner?
No

18. As a friend you saw Chris’s accomplishments. As a psychologist do you see any reason that the defendant would try to live her dream through him?
No, he was far more accomplished than most I knew.
19. In your professional opinion, was the pressure set on him by society a large enough reason to push the defendant to life-threatening means?
Yes

20. Are you biased?

21. How can the jury know you are not?

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Relevance and Practical Implications of the Resurrection (Part 1)

You pretty much have to live in a shell to have not heard about James Cameron and the long lost tomb everyone has been looking for! Because I most likely wouldn't have anything new or exciting to say on the matter I would like to write about the relevance of the resurrection and the practical implications it holds on us today. So over the next few days I would like to look at how the resurrection gives us a confident joy, a hope, and a divine impulse to service.

Confident Joy
Apart from giving us an assurance of the deity of Christ, the resurrection gives us a confidence throughout life as it pertains to our salvation. We could end each day asking, "Did I pray enough?" "Did I read my Bible enough?" "Was I good?" and when I go through the list of moralistic do's and dont's, I come out a rather depressed person. As I start to understand the resurrection more and more I realize that sin has been defeated and Christ has triumphed over death. So in our sin, we can hate it and find it revolting but we still have a confident joy that I am free from death's grip based on my own good works? No, but Christ's defeat of sin and the grave. So in the face of sin we can be angry over our depraved self, but we can confidently take joy in the fact that Christ has defeated the very thing we hate so much. ESV 1 Corinthians 15:55 "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" As the hymnwriter says, "Behold him there the risen Lamb, my perfect spotless Righteousness, the great unchangeable I AM, the king of glory and of grace. One with himself I cannot die, my soul is purchased by his blood, my life is hidd'n with Christ on high, with Christ my savior and my God."

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Atheism Is a Religion

This morning in the Science Times of the New York Times there was an article about a women named Dr. Carolyn Porco. You can find the article here. Very interesting... Maybe atheism is just as much of a relgion. Dr. Porco said, "Let’s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and beauty. It is already so much more glorious and awesome — and even comforting — than anything offered by any scripture or God concept I know."

Monday, November 20, 2006

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog. My name is Ben. I am a student in high school. The title of my blog is Crosscentric meaning that the cross of Christ is at the center of our doctrine and actions. External conformity will accomplish nothing but a self-righteous and "anti-gospel" disposition before God. The answer lies at a biblical understanding of the cross. So in this blog I will attempt to cover issues like doctrine (and the lack there of) to the culture today while trying to bring across the supremacy of Christ and His cross through all matters. So I hope you will stop by and take a look every now and again.
For Christ and His Supremacy,
Ben Prinz

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Mark Driscoll



This is a rather old video but I wanted to post it just to get something up.