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Making the Church a Safe Place for Mental Illness

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  • Stephen Altrogge

How can the church be a safe place for people with mental illness or mental disorder? Acknowledge the illness, talk about physical and spiritual sides of mental illness, and show love.

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Six Things You Should Know about Faith and Mental Illness

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  • Michael Horton

What is the relationship between faith and mental illness? Many in the past did not believe mental disorders were real. This article raises six points for consideration concerning faith and mental illness.

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Hope in the Darkness of Mental Illness

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  • Glenn Scrivener

This article gives insight into the suffering of those with mental illness, identifies some of the kinds of “miserable comfort” believers sometimes offer those with mental illness, and lays out the hope of the gospel as it speaks to people experiencing mental disorder.

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Mental Illness and the Church

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  • Jeremy Pierre

This article offers wise and biblical insights into mental illness, and how the church should view and care for those who suffer from mental illnesses.

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A Pastor’s Reflections: Demon Possession and Mental Illness

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  • Valiant for Truth

Is there a relationship between mental illness and demon possession? In addressing this question, the article notes that in Scripture, not all epileptics were demon-possessed and not all demon-possessed people were epileptics. This distinction has important pastoral implications, which the author goes on to establish by way of questions a pastor needs to consider: Are there any indicators revealing that the person dabbles in the occult?

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The Dark Monster: A Parent's Struggle with Mental Illness

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  • Anonymous

Christians are not immune to mental illness. This article looks at psychosis or insanity, and discusses how to deal with someone in the family who has such an illness.

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Loving People with Mental Illness

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  • Craig Marshall

How should the church care for those suffering from mental illness? This article mentions several things.

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Four Ways to Love Those with Mental Illnesses

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  • Matt Manry

How can the church disciple those with mental illness? Discipleship to the mentally ill should at least embrace these four things.

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A Crucial Question: Is Mental Illness Biblical?

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  • Stephen Altrogge

Is mental illness only a spiritual problem? This article argues that the biblical teaching on the depravity of man sheds light on how Christians should approach the issue of mental illness.

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Ten Ways Mental Illness Is Stigmatized in the Church

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  • Amy Simpson

There are ten ways in which the church can stigmatize mental illness, and this article lists them.

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The Christian and Mental Illness

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  • J. E. Marshall

This article is about mental illness, the relation of mental illness and sin, and the place of the doctor psychiatrist.

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