John Applegate

Descriptions and Prescriptions

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“With a physician's training harnessed by Scripture, Mike Emlet leads us along the tightrope of psychiatric considerations with both a poise and grace not often seen when Christians approach this topic. Both the mental health practitioner and the pastoral counselor should be pleased with this robust analysis that challenges us all to rethink our categories in favor of a gospel-centered accounting of these post-fall realities.”

I Have a Psychiatric Diagnosis

Counseling, Grief & Mental Health

“'Is it my biology or is it a spiritual issue?' As a Christian psychiatrist, this is the most frequent question I get asked. And my answer is invariably, 'Yes.' I usually turn first to Ed Welch when I want to better grasp the spiritual dimension of the embodied soul. Here Ed gives us a robust and helpful accounting of our spiritual nature in situations when most only speak of our brains run amok. He shows us how the gospel speaks wisdom into every inch of God's creation, how psychiatric disorders are fully spiritual problems as well as physical, and how the gospel provides the hope we need.”