Speaker points to Jesus for help

Psychologist Edward Welch told about 50 people at the Nursing School Thursday night that people need to stop feeling "victimized" and find self-help in Jesus Christ, who "fills the holes in their love-cup." Welch, a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, said people should look to God instead of pitying themselves. He said that in recent years people have been using the term "victimized person" too frequently, an individual-centered idea that developed during the Romantic period. To make his point, Welch discussed Stuart Smalley, a character from Saturday Night Live. "I'm good enough, I'm smart, and dog gawn people like me," Welch said, reciting Smalley's credo. Smalley is mocking the pop psychologist view of the victimized person, he explained. Welch said one has to be a "responder to God" rather than a demander, and added that Christians must turn to God for forgiveness and redemption from their sins. Welch also interjected a prayer in the middle of the meeting. "I thought it was pretty good, [but] different than I expected," College freshman Fred Miller said.