Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Monday, August 27, 2007
The Grand Psychosis
"Sin is the ultimate disease, the grand psychosis. You cannot escape it or defeat it on your own. Look around and you will see its mark everywhere. Sin complicates what is already complicated. Life in a fallen world is more arduous than God ever intended, yet our sin makes it worse. We deal with much more than suffering, disease, disappointment, and death. Our deepest problem is not experiential, biological, or relational; it is moral, and it alters everything. It distorts our identity, alters our perspective, derails our behavior, and kidnaps our hope. As Moses noted when he described human culture before the flood, "The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time" (Gen 6:5). This is what sin does to us. It is the ultimate disease!" Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands, Pages 12-13.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Mentally Ill Americans
Yesterday Joey at Wide White linked to a commentary at WorldNetDaily on mental illness in America. Since mental illness is a topic I blog about often I want to post the link as well to get it in my archives.
Why so many Americans today are 'mentally ill' is a fantastic commentary even thought I don't agree with the premise that people are born with a "good side" that we just need to listen to more often.
Heads are turning, people are seeing more and more that pharmaceutical treatment of mental illness has horrendous side effects - the wonder drugs are not all they are cracked up to be. There is another explanation for all our psychosis and thus another answer. The WorldNet commentary provides another perspective.
Why so many Americans today are 'mentally ill' is a fantastic commentary even thought I don't agree with the premise that people are born with a "good side" that we just need to listen to more often.
Heads are turning, people are seeing more and more that pharmaceutical treatment of mental illness has horrendous side effects - the wonder drugs are not all they are cracked up to be. There is another explanation for all our psychosis and thus another answer. The WorldNet commentary provides another perspective.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
More Help Understanding Biblical Counseling
The Christian Mind, a great blog that often posts on biblical counseling and psychology, links to a very helpful article defining Biblical Counseling.
The article covers an interview conducted with four seminary scholars all providing deep insight as to what exactly is Biblical Counseling and what distinguishes it from all other counseling.
The article covers an interview conducted with four seminary scholars all providing deep insight as to what exactly is Biblical Counseling and what distinguishes it from all other counseling.
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