by Mark Shaw | Dec 27, 2010 | Biblical Counseling, Posts by Mark
As we close out 2010, I wanted to relay a statistic I heard recently that said that 41% of AMERICANS were mentally ill. In America, we are creeping up on almost HALF of all Americans have some type of so-called “mental illness.” In other words, 41% of...
by Mark Shaw | Apr 29, 2010 | Devotions, Posts by Mark, TRANSFORMED, Truth in Love Staff
Some of you may not get the joke but some of you will – I can imagine someone saying to me: “Mark is finally admitting he is in recovery after neck surgery!” One of the heartbeats of our ministry is that Christ “transforms” us from...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 11, 2009 | Announcements, Biblical Counseling, Partnerships, Posts by Mark
In biblical counseling, we deal with sin issues of the heart that are spiritual in nature. If an issue is organic – meaning it has a physical cause – we do NOT address it. We send the person to a medical doctor for a medical evaluation. Sometimes, a...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 12, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff, Vs. Psychology
I find that some people can pray and trust God for a “physical healing” better than they can for an “emotional healing” for an emotional problem (as it is called by secular psychologists). BOTH types of “healing” require the...