by Dr. Daniel Berger II

The Hidden Truth about Psychiatric Genetics

In my book, Saving Abnormal: The Disorder of Psychiatric Genetics, I discuss in detail how psychiatry formulated the hereditary theory of mental illness that would develop into eugenics and eventually into psychiatric genetics. Long before Hitler or Nazi socialism took power, psychiatrists had fully accepted and begun to propagate the eugenic model. Psychiatrist and historian Heinz Haefner makes this remark:

It was against the backdrop of this already quite widespread ideology of “negative eugenics” among psychiatrists and parts of the general population that Hitler stepped in with his human rights infringing plans.

This history of ideas helps us to understand Hitler’s first step, the compulsory sterilization of people with allegedly hereditary illness and of members of “unworthy” racial groups to prevent them from procreating, his second step, the murder of large numbers of mentally ill and disabled people, and, finally, the unfathomable fact that numerous psychiatrists participated in these crimes.[1]

by Mark Worrell, U.S. Army Chaplain, ACBC Biblical Counselor

You’ve heard it before, probably many times on a plane. “Place the oxygen mask on yourself before helping small children or others who may need assistance.” This picture is often put into the realm of self-care, but the term is not well-defined: do what makes you feel good, take care of yourself first, or you have to take care of yourself so you can take care of others? After all, they argue, Mark 12:31 says, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” so I need to work on loving myself (caring for myself) first so I can then love others.

What does self-care look like for the New Testament Christian? Should we rest from our work? Can we just keep going indefinitely? God set an example for us in Genesis 2:1–3, resting from His work of creation. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy as an example for us.

by Jim Fain

Jay Adams would often introduce a subject, share a few words thereof, and then quip, “Someone should write a book about that.” I am sure he would say the same here. Much more needs said. Our modest goal here is to show Christians from Scripture what God requires of them—especially in suffering (e.g., being cancelled). Jesus himself not only tells every Christian how to respond, but He also provides the motive behind the response. Remember, our Lord wants obedience that flows “from the heart” (Romans 6:17). Christians must not only do that which pleases God, but they must also do so for the right reasons. Learning how and why to respond when canceled—that is our goal.