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Grace for the Afflicted

A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness

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Grace for the Afflicted

By: Matthew S. Stanford
Narrated by: Adam Verner
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Why has the church struggled in ministering to those with mental illnesses?

Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn from their sin. Mental illness is equated with demonic possession, weak faith, and generational sin. As both a church leader and a professor of psychology and behavioral sciences, Michael S. Stanford has seen far too many mentally ill brothers and sisters damaged by well-meaning believers who respond to them out of fear or misinformation rather than grace.

Grace for the Afflicted educates Christians about mental illness from both biblical and scientific perspectives. Stanford presents insights into our physical and spiritual nature and discusses the appropriate role of psychology and psychiatry in the life of the believer. Describing common mental disorders, Stanford probes what science says and what the Bible says about each illness.

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This book explains and clarifies numerous facets of mental illnesses from both a biblical and scientific perspective. A very balanced and reliable resource. Highly recommended.

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I like that the author picks characters from the Bible to assess and match their symptoms with current mental medical diagnosis.
The voice is robotic I don’t like that but it is a great book. Every church should have this to end the stigma in the Christian Community.

Samson was Bipolar or had a personality disorder?

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