A Therapeutic Diagnostic Grid for Biblical Tension Theology (BTT)

Structure:

Phenotype (Symptom) → Collapse → Prescription Texts → Healing Telos → Dosage & Praxis

A. Norm ↔ Power

1) Legalism / Control-Driven Spirituality

• Symptoms: Fear-based obedience, judgmental spirit, control tendencies, lack of joy, chronic self-condemnation.
• Collapse: Norm without Power; Truth without Life.
• Prescription Texts: Romans 8:1–4; Galatians 5:1; Matthew 11:28–30.
• Healing Telos: Obedience moved from fear to filial freedom.
• Dosage & Praxis:
  • Daily declaration of Romans 8:1.
  • Practice Sabbath rest weekly.
  • Speak truth in grace (Eph 4:15).

2) Cheap Grace / Moral Laxity

• Symptoms: Tolerating sin, dismissing holiness, spiritual stagnation, using grace as excuse.
• Collapse: Power without Norm; Gift without Inheritance.
• Prescription Texts: Titus 2:11–14; Hebrews 12:14; Matthew 7:21–23.
• Healing Telos: Grace becomes training in godliness.
• Dosage & Praxis:
  • Daily examination and repentance rhythm.
  • Accountability partnership (James 5:16).

B. Objective Truth ↔ Subjective Faith

3) Intellectual Orthodoxy / Cold Heart

• Symptoms: High knowledge, low love; lifeless worship; minimal compassion.
• Collapse: Objective Truth without Subjective Faith.