“Without denying the importance of therapy, Loftus’s argument would have improved with a deeper examination of the role of biblical wisdom in evaluating therapeutic advice. Seeking help when distressed is good, but it matters whether that help is oriented toward truth.” - TGC
Problems in our behavior can be both mental health problems and “sin problems.” Part of the confusion on the topic of mental health among conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists is the assumption that a life problem has to be one or the other.
“This text teaches the sufficiency of the scripture to answer our spiritual problems. And let’s make sure that we understand that our emotional problems are also spiritual issues.” - P&D
“Swinton, chair in divinity and religious studies at King’s College, University of Aberdeen, doesn’t merely critique therapeutic culture. He gives pastors something better—the biblical category of shalom. He offers a vision of mental health that exposes the poverty of our culture’s therapeutic assumptions and gives the church genuinely different categories for human flourishing.” - TGC
“The tactic is definitional before it is theological. By establishing progressive sanctification as the exclusive and defining goal of counseling and by embedding “under the authority of the local church” as a structural requirement, Adkins has already determined the outcome of every subsequent argument.” - Worldview Matters
“While I agree with some of Gifford’s concerns, I’m grateful that counseling and medical interventions are more readily available. If humans are both body and soul, and both are broken, then we need holistic help, which sometimes isn’t available within the local church.” - TGC
“…we don’t have to grieve like those who have no hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13)! Hope and healing are possible so look for a highly trained professional who also knows Jesus to help you on your journey. Know your Bible and start now. Test all things against Scripture which is true and good and right and holy.” - The Baptist Paper
“Gen Z’s priorities are clear: Being happy tops the list (65%), followed by financial stability (53%) and having good mental and emotional health (49%)….Nearly one in three (28%) reports always feeling lonely ….Two in five Gen Z (39%) say they frequently feel anxiety” - RNS
“The study found that 87% of evangelical clergy said they would encourage their congregants to seek help from a mental health professional when suffering from depression. (85% of Black Protestants, 97% of mainline Protestants and 99% of Catholics agreed.)” - RNS
“According to a recent article in Psychology Today, those who describe themselves as ‘spiritual but not religious,’ which is over one in five Americans, are at higher risk of mental illness compared to the religious and the non-religious.” - Breakpoint
