In this post I want to talk about the relationship of suffering to the spiritual issues that our culture often refers to as mental illness. At times the biblical counseling movement has received a bad rap for equating the kinds of spiritual issues on the table in counseling with sin. I want to make clear that sins […]
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Dr. Heath Lambert: Can Jesus Heal Mental Illness? (pt 4 of 4)
Dr. Heath Lambert: Can Jesus Heal Mental Illness? (pt 3 of 4)
This article was written by Dr. Heath Lambert, an Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jesus, Healing, and the Spiritual Nature of Mental Illness In Part 1 of this series I discussed the difficulty of defining mental illness because it is not a concrete object, but an abstract idea that […]
Dr. Heath Lambert: Can Jesus Heal Mental Illness? (pt 2 of 4)
This article was written by Dr. Heath Lambert, an Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “Mental Illnesses” are Spiritual Issues In my previous post I tried to demonstrate that mental illness is not a concrete object like a wheelbarrow, but is an abstract idea like friendship. A concrete object is […]
Dr. Heath Lambert: Can Jesus Heal Mental Illness? (pt 1 of 4)
One of the questions we get asked a lot in the biblical counseling movement concerns whether Jesus can heal those with a mental illness. The question is asked by people who are concerned about Scripture’s sufficiency and Jesus’ relevance to deal with the most difficult problems that people face. Before we can answer the question […]