{
  "id": "MTOM-0051",
  "title": "Therapeutic Gospel: Emotional Healing and Self-Acceptance as the Centre",
  "slug": "therapeutic-gospel-treating-the-gospel-mainly-as-emotional-healing-and-self-acceptance",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/therapeutic-gospel-treating-the-gospel-mainly-as-emotional-healing-and-self-acceptance/",
  "category": "Salvation and Gospel",
  "severity": 4,
  "severity_label": "Level 4 - Soul-endangering deception",
  "danger_type": "gospel_psychologized",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "The gospel certainly heals and restores, but its centre is not self-acceptance. Its centre is reconciliation to God through the crucified and risen Christ.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "1 Cor 15:1-4",
    "2 Cor 5:18-21",
    "Luke 24:46-47",
    "Rom 3:21-26",
    "Eph 2:1-10"
  ],
  "key_terms": "euangelion [gospel, good news]; katallage [reconciliation]; hilasterion [atoning sacrifice]; psychologized [redefined mainly as inner emotional experience]",
  "related_topics": [
    "sin-reduced-to-brokenness-only",
    "push-self-belief",
    "the-gospel-reduced-to-god-has-a-wonderful-plan-for-your-life",
    "easy-believism-without-repentance"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.084397+00:00"
}