Our April 2024 mini-series on the BCC Grace and Truth blog addresses the topic of panic attacks. In this first article, Charlie Hodges shares five things to know about panic attacks. In other contributions to the series, Lucy Ann Moll shares a biblical strategy for breaking the anxiety cycle in panic attacks, and Joy Forrest explains how biblical meditation can help trauma survivors overcome panic. Continue Reading →
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Marijuana use is a common question that comes from patients and counselees today. It is important because legislatures around the country are giving consideration to making the consumption of pot legal. As a physician and biblical counselor, there are four things I would like for you to know about marijuana: What is it? What is it good for? Is it safe? What does the Bible say about it? Continue Reading →
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In my teen years, our family sang as a quartet in church, and one song that has stayed in my memory quotes Isaiah 41:21: “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Running has been my preferred form of exercise for over 50 years, so much so that on social media, I am known as runningdoc. Continue Reading →
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As I think about ethics in biblical counseling, I am unavoidably affected by the way I have lived and worked for the past 48 years. I decided to become a physician at age 11, not knowing the responsibilities that choice would bring. I had even less understanding of ethics and no clue as to how they fit into medicine. I had a fair sense of right and wrong delivered to me by my parents, and at the age of 19, I confessed Jesus Christ as my risen Lord and Savior, and the Bible then became my sourcebook for the answers to ethical questions. Continue Reading →
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Many articles pop up in my email about mental health questions, and one of the many caught my eye this past week. It was published on churchleaders.com. The title, “4 Myths Christians Should Stop Believing about Depression,”[1] was meaningful for me because the first article I wrote that was published in a journal was titled “Spiritual Depression: A Myth Diagnosis.” That article contained my earliest thoughts about the growing number of people being diagnosed with depression in our country and around the world. Continue Reading →
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