A Word from Bob
There’s been a lot of discussion on Twitter/X about a video from Pastor John MacArthur about mental illness.
While my post does not interact with Pastor MacArthur’s post, my post does seek to offer, in tweet-size bites, my preliminary ponderings on Mental Illness, the Church, and Biblical Counseling.
My Twitter/X Thread
1 A Thread on the Church, Biblical Counseling, and Mental Illness. Lots of current discussion on Christian Twitter/X about mental illness and mental disorder and what a sound, compassionate, comprehensive theological approach (and definition) might look like. Here’s some very initial, preliminary, tweet-size ponderings. What do you think?
2 I have done some more in-depth thinking about Mental Illness and the Church (presented in 2015 at the Annual @ACBC Conference). You can find that paper (as a free PDF) here. As my ACBC presentation paper notes, a biblical/theological approach to mental illness should begin with a theological anthropology (how God designed us), it should continue with an understanding of the fall/hamartiology, it should include an awareness of and engagement with pertinent neuroscience research, it would be wise to include relevant church history, and it should include compassionate, comprehensive ministry to the sufferer.
3 To develop
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