I guess I’m odd. When I can’t watch the big game live, I tape it, but I watch the end first! Especially if the big game involves one of my beloved teams. I’m a major fan of the Chicago Bulls. Back when Michael Jordan was leading them to six NBA titles, I taped one of […]
what is or is not a disease
Instead of assuming that everyone with a depressed mood has a disease that requires medical treatment, it could be that we are looking at people who are simply sad for a variety of identifiable reasons. If we are going to help those who struggle with mood disorders, we need to have a better understanding of […]
I Know Lord, But…
This article came from: Dr. Rick Thomas Founder & Director Mt. Carmel Ministries & Biblical Counseling Education 816-437-8410 www.mtcarmelmin.org Lamentations Author: Probably Jeremiah although others have been suggested. Date: Sometime around the final fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC Purpose: Lamentations means “lamenting,” “sorrow.” The author is greatly saddened, grieved, and in painful anguish over […]
Serotonin and Depression Advertising
Here is a great article on the difference between advertising and science regarding serotonin and depression medications. The authors state that “contemporary neuroscience research has failed to confirm any serotonergic lesion in any mental disorder and has in fact provided significant counterevidence to the explanation of simple neurotransmitter deficiency….To our knowledge, there is not a […]
Recent research on non-biblical Treatment for Depression
Recent research would indicate that the current medical treatments do not seem to work well for depressed.1 At the same time, there is concern concern that the way we make diagnosis will apply the label of depressed to many who actually have emotional struggles but no disease.2 There is also some indication that medicines may […]
Amazing Grace
“After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of […]
gospel-centered community group
Then, out of that identity, we worship; we “proclaim the excellencies” of Christ. Through Jesus we have been reconciled to God and to one another. Once we were not a people, but now we are God’s people through the mercy of the cross. Therefore we ought to be a people who point to and worship […]
sets people free
It is interesting that when the apostle Paul was addressing the Jews and God fearers in Antioch he didn’t need to tell them what they were being saved from. He did not need to convince them of their bondage to their sin or that they were sinners. He just assumed they knew it and said, […]
Windows of Opportunity
Here are a few more pics of the Counseling in a Week Conference: The entry to the Anselm House, the name tags and notebooks, and our fearless leader answering questions.