1. “Equally Yoked” Pastoral & Laity Bible Counseling Convocation - Bible Counseling 101

2. “Equally Yoked” Breakout Session - Bible Counseling 101 A Better Understanding of ‘Equally Yoked’ for Pastors, Laymen, and Rank-in-file Church A Match Made in Heaven

3. Exploring Faith -RLGNS 101 Bible Counseling One on campus study asked students who were ‘equally yoked’ vs ‘unequally yoked’: “…do you spend a specific amount of time in exploring, investigating, and considering faith, spirituality, and beliefs?” The ‘unequally yoked’ spent an exact amount of time less than the ‘equally yoked’ couples identified in the double blind trial study.

4. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 - Bible Counseling 101

5. Prayer A campus survey inquired of ‘equally yoked’ vs ‘unequally yoked’ student - couples: “…do you pray, contemplate spiritual concepts, and meditate throughout the week?” The ‘equally yoked’ couples‘ vs ‘unequally yoked’ were more involved in prayer, contemplation, and meditation, the survey results suggested. -RLGNS 101 Bible Counseling

6. Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 - Bible Counseling 101

7. Fellowship When campus interviews about ‘fellowship’ were conducted - the ‘equally yoked’ couples scored about the same as ‘unequally yoked’ couples : “…The interview asked: do you attend events, get-togethers, and events together? ” The ‘equally yoked’ couples‘ vs ‘unequally yoked’ were scored and the results recorded were more even. The interviewers choose couples ‘on campus’ as well as those ‘off campus’ and suggested that further studies need to be conducted. -RLGNS 101 Bible Counseling

8. Family Identity & Roles… Your Family role may be son or daughter …it may be parent …or grandparent and associated with your family’s ‘Civil Identity’ and your specific surname: Your Surname is that specific family name passed down-line, generation after generation, in a family lineage from whom the origins of your surname to-the very youngest new born. Your Middle name is a name given by your joint parents traditionally - by inter- marrying families to protect the family against frauds, phoneys, and fakes out to use your reputable ‘names’ as a tactic or strategy to profit in multicultural finance. Your First name is a personal name given to you as a newborn by your parents - to be used in every day conversations - with a specific meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’ in society. - Bible Counseling 101

9. Mentorship A small study on campus investigated whether ‘equally yoked’ couples or ‘unequally yoked’ both student and community members were being mentored: “…do you have spiritual mentors, pastoral teachers of discipleship, or marital role models for your faith as a ‘couple’?” The ‘equally yoked’ couples‘ proved to be were more involved in working with a pastor, ministrial leader, or marriage mentors. -RLGNS 101 Bible Counseling

10. Be ye not unequally yoked together... II Corinthians 6:14 - Bible Counseling 101

11. Prayer A campus survey inquired of ‘equally yoked’ vs ‘unequally yoked’ student - couples: “…do you pray, contemplate spiritual concepts, and meditate throughout the week?” The ‘equally yoked’ couples‘ vs ‘unequally yoked’ were more involved in prayer, contemplation, and meditation, the survey results suggested. -RLGNS 101 Bible Counseling

12. Social Identity Your Social Identity is your sense of belongingness to a collective of identified important groups such as;Your Social Identity is your sense of belongingness to a collective of identified important groups such as; Citizenship: a Nation, Residence: Home, Property: Ownership, deeds, and co-ownership in Real estate, e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc., Profession : your trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or union, Titles : in clubs, associations, organizations, etc., Credentials, degrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schools successfully attended. Socio- economic Class : Amount of money in bank, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notes and certificates.Citizenship: a Nation, Residence: Home, Property: Ownership, deeds, and co-ownership in Real estate, e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc., Profession : your trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or union, Titles : in clubs, associations, organizations, etc., Education: Credentials, degrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schools successfully attended. Socio- economic Class : Amount of money in bank, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notes and certificates. - Intro to Social Psychology

13. “Social Identities” Citizenship:Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Residence:Residence: Seattle, WA Ownership:Ownership: Owns Home Profession:Profession: Bible Teacher Education: Master of Religion Titles:Titles: “Bible Teacher” Class:Class: Middle Class Citizenship:Citizenship: Canada / Visa Residence:Residence: Seattle, WA Ownership:Ownership:Leasing Profession:Profession:Pastor Education: Doctorate Religion Titles:Titles:“Pastor” Class:Class: Middle Class Example 2 - Intro to Social Psychology Example 1 Examples

14. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10 - Bible Counseling 101

15. Your “Civil Identity” Your “Civil Identity” Your Civil Identity is actually a uniqueYour Civil Identity is actually a unique mosaic of your present: Ethnicity, Political Party, Race, Color, Religion, Disability, Sex, Sexual (Pleasure Preference) Orientation, Marital Status, Family Status, …etc. Ethnicity, Political Party, Race, Color, Religion, Disability, Sex, Sexual (Pleasure Preference) Orientation, Marital Status, Family Status, …etc. -Bible Counseling 101 Liberal Arts

16. “Civil Identity” - Ethnicity: - Politics: - RELIGION: - Race: - Color: - Age: Sex: - Sex: - Sex preference: - Marital status: - Ethnicity: - Politics: - RELIGION : - Race: - Color: - Age: Sex: - Sex: - Sex preference: - Marital status: -RLGN 101 -BIBLE COUNSELING ‘de facto’ (in fact, in reality) personalitycharacter

17. “Civil Identity1” -Ethnicity: -Politics: -Religion: -Race: -Color: -Age: Female -Sex: Female -Sexual (pleasure preference) Orientation: -Marital status: “Civil Identity” is actually a unique mosaic of one’s present: Ethnicity, Political Party, Race, Color, Religion, Disability, Sex, Sexual (Pleasure Preference) Orientation, Marital Status, Family Status, ….. -Ethnicity: -Politics: -Religion: -Race: -Color: -Age: Male -Sex: Male -Sexual (pleasure preference) Orientation: -Marital status: “Civil Identity2” -Bible Counseling 101 Liberal Arts Beliefs Beliefs

18. Keep God’s Commandments And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31 - Bible Counseling 101

19. Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 - Bible Counseling 101

20. equal partnerIn the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift.... 1 Peter 3:7

21. - Bible Counseling 101 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3

22. the bond of perfectnessAnd above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Colossians 3:14 - Bible Counseling 101

23. “Personal Identity” Your ‘Personality’ is just how your capability is manifested in the way you personally: observe, uphold, and promote what is right, such as-Your ‘Personality’ is just how your capability is manifested in the way you personally: observe, uphold, and promote what is right, such as- Law abidingness,Law abidingness, Morality/ abiding in social mores, andMorality/ abiding in social mores, and Heartfulness/emotional stability.Heartfulness/emotional stability. Your ‘Character’ is the actual way your seen by your peers as having the capacity of just how you personally and actively: fight against-Your ‘Character’ is the actual way your seen by your peers as having the capacity of just how you personally and actively: fight against- Crime/infractions of the law,Crime/infractions of the law, Immorality/violating social mores, andImmorality/violating social mores, and Infatuation/lust.Infatuation/lust. …is the sum of your social identity, civil identity, family identity and… -Bible Counseling 101 Liberal Arts

24. Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning… …the two shall become one... So then, they are no longer two but one... Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. Matthew 19:4-6 - Bible Counseling 101

25. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another I Corinthians 7:3-5 - Bible Counseling 101

26. “Be ye not unequally yoked…” II Corinthians 6:14 Copyright: 1997 - Used by Permission Bible Reference: The Layman’s Parallel Bible

27. Liberal Arts Schools Some “Suggested” Schools Liberty U., Lee U., Houghton Coll., Southern Adventist U., Johnson U., California Lutheran U., Northland Coll., Milligan Coll., Coll. of the Ozarks, Cedarville U., Anderson U., Samford U., Bryan Coll., Corban U., Hendrix Coll., Southwestern U., Centre Coll., Bethel Coll., Central Coll., Eastern U., Belmont U., Luther Coll., Eastern Mennonite U., Southern Methodist U., Macalester Coll., Muhlenberg Coll., Gustavus Adolphus Coll., George Fox U., Southeastern U., Emory U., St. Olaf Coll., Hope Coll., Roberts Wesleyan Coll., Concordia U., NE, DePauw U., Whitworth U., Lafayette Coll., Wittenberg U., Taylor U., Abilene Christian U., Sewanee-U.of the South, Valparaiso U., Texas Christian U., Ohio Wesleyan U., Franklin Coll., Ouachita Baptist U., U. of Mobile, Gordon Coll., Covenant Coll., California Baptist U., Millsaps Coll.,, Goshen Coll., Allegheny Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Waynesburg U., Biola U., Wheaton Coll., Regent U., Presbyterian Coll., Baylor U., Davidson Coll., Rhodes Coll., Transylvania U., Pepperdine U., Wofford Coll., Oklahoma Baptist U., Indiana Wesleyan U., Trinity U., Asbury U., Hanover Coll., Chapman U., Messiah Coll., Nebraska Wesleyan U., Illinois Coll., Augustana Coll. – SD, Point Loma Nazarene U., Erskine Coll., Augsburg Coll., Calvin Coll., Azusa Pacific U., Concordia Coll., U. of Evansville, North Central Coll., Vanguard U. of SoCal, Seattle Pacific U., Oklahoma Christian U., Patrick Henry Coll., Albion Coll., LeTourneau U., Oral Roberts U., John Brown U., Oklahoma City U., Wartburg Coll., Alma Coll., U. of Tulsa, Grove City Coll., Belhaven U., American U.Liberty U., Lee U., Houghton Coll., Southern Adventist U., Johnson U., California Lutheran U., Northland Coll., Milligan Coll., Coll. of the Ozarks, Cedarville U., Anderson U., Samford U., Bryan Coll., Corban U., Hendrix Coll., Southwestern U., Centre Coll., Bethel Coll., Central Coll., Eastern U., Belmont U., Luther Coll., Eastern Mennonite U., Southern Methodist U., Macalester Coll., Muhlenberg Coll., Gustavus Adolphus Coll., George Fox U., Southeastern U., Emory U., St. Olaf Coll., Hope Coll., Roberts Wesleyan Coll., Concordia U., NE, DePauw U., Whitworth U., Lafayette Coll., Wittenberg U., Taylor U., Abilene Christian U., Sewanee-U.of the South, Valparaiso U., Texas Christian U., Ohio Wesleyan U., Franklin Coll., Ouachita Baptist U., U. of Mobile, Gordon Coll., Covenant Coll., California Baptist U., Millsaps Coll.,, Goshen Coll., Allegheny Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Waynesburg U., Biola U., Wheaton Coll., Regent U., Presbyterian Coll., Baylor U., Davidson Coll., Rhodes Coll., Transylvania U., Pepperdine U., Wofford Coll., Oklahoma Baptist U., Indiana Wesleyan U., Trinity U., Asbury U., Hanover Coll., Chapman U., Messiah Coll., Nebraska Wesleyan U., Illinois Coll., Augustana Coll. – SD, Point Loma Nazarene U., Erskine Coll., Augsburg Coll., Calvin Coll., Azusa Pacific U., Concordia Coll., U. of Evansville, North Central Coll., Vanguard U. of SoCal, Seattle Pacific U., Oklahoma Christian U., Patrick Henry Coll., Albion Coll., LeTourneau U., Oral Roberts U., John Brown U., Oklahoma City U., Wartburg Coll., Alma Coll., U. of Tulsa, Grove City Coll., Belhaven U., American U.

28. “Open Bible” Exam really 1.To your own understanding, what does the Holy Bible really mean to be ‘Equally Yoked’ and give a true life example. 2.Why does ‘Equally Yoked’ mean to have a special focus on religious beliefs and Spirituality? 3.Just how free are people to believe in Holy Bible injunctions or doctrine that guide couples in a plan of Salvation? -Bible Counseling 101 Liberal Arts