Scriptural Guidance for Mental Health Care

Barbarian

Philanthropy

He does not activate any stereotypes about eunuchs.

<p>He is silent, humble, and inquisitive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sinners, tax-collectors, eunuchs, Samaritans, the poor and the hungry, the physically disabled, and barbarians.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Christian community and friendship provide the possibility for vulnerable persons to experience meaningful relationships, relational wholeness, loyalty, and commitment even in the midst of pain and brokenness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Christian friendships can focus on the person, rather than the pathology, enabling individuals to explore issues of human relationships, personhood, spirituality, value, and community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Persons with mental illness require faithful, loyal, persistent, not-easily-offended friends who are willing to simply be with them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Samuel Wells describes the most faithful form of Christian witness as 'being with', emphasizing presence and fellowship over working for or working with individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Luke rejects or subverts negative cultural stereotypes by showing that God's welcome is extended to male and female, Jew and Gentile, Pharisees and sinners, rich and poor, apostles and outcasts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>strangers, sinners, outsiders, those on the margins of society</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>sharing meals with Jesus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>his hospitality is indiscriminate and offered to all people</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Their immoral lifestyle or lack of serious devotion to the Torah</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>as God's recovery of lost sheep and reconciled lost children</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>community of friends celebrating and continuing to remember Jesus's hospitality</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>restoration with one another, creating a community of friends</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>as a community of friends with all things in common, one heart and soul, and fellowship</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>alienation from God and one another</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>breaking bread with one another</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inclusion and testimony to God's power</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Degrading, exclusionary, dehumanizing</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stigmatization, exclusion, prejudice, injustice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False narratives, naïve beliefs, desire for socially acceptable members, worry about disruptions, inability to engage vulnerabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To maintain sense of personhood and self-worth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Befriend the actual person and reject societal stereotypes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Labels that define people as sick or worse</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reject societal stereotypes and stand as friends and allies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Regular, ordinary friendships to reject prejudices</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Desperation for Christ's welcome and human vulnerability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>by claiming they are not medical experts or professional counselors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>close to three percent</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>with fear and prejudice, making them feel unwelcome, stigmatized, and alienated</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>because it amounts to a willful turning away from those created in the image of God</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>explicit address and discussion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>professional help (e.g., counseling, medication, hospitalization)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rejecting obsession with the so-called normal and safe boundaries that prioritize exclusivity over Christian witness</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resisting social norms contrary to Christian belief, eating with outcasts and sinners, and defining Christian identity by baptism into the body of Christ</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They may be failing to continue the legacy of Jesus and the early church in Luke-Acts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vulnerable and stigmatized individuals in society, and the broader cultural narratives leading to their social exclusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hosting different kinds of support groups for those with mental illnesses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By baptism into the body of Christ, rather than adherence to social norms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jesus was remembered as one attested by God through powerful acts, wonders, and signs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are performed through prayer to Jesus and in the name of Jesus, showing continuity with Jesus's actions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They continue what Jesus did, now through the power of the risen and enthroned king.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jesus reveals a God of love and compassion who engages with human suffering.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protestant responses were grounded in a Christian obligation to show compassion and care for the mentally ill.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dix advocates for helpless and vulnerable individuals, resembling Jesus's compassion for the suffering.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To stand with those threatened and oppose disorders, in line with Jesus's ministry against harm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Care for the sick and nursing them to emulate Jesus's healing ministry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The church's indiscriminate concern for the poor and Christian concepts of charity and philanthropy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Christian concepts of charity and philanthropy, rooted in the church's care for the sick.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The perspective of the beneficiaries, those who were sick.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It overturns and reverses the leper's place in society, moving him from the margins to a place of full communion within the people of God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allows her to reenter society, religious life, and rejoin her family.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It secures the widow's ability to have life and subsistence due to her son.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The man goes from being in bondage and oppression to demonic power to being in his right mind and clothed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It signifies wholeness and freedom from diabolic and social oppression.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One who had demons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Binding and loosing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It ushers in shalom—peace, freedom, and life as intended by God.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compassionate concern for holistic human flourishing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The vulnerable (the poor, blind, incarcerated, and oppressed)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He provided healing and liberation through various miracles and exorcisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To present Jesus's ministry in condensed, representative form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He healed her, showing that healing is one way Jesus provides release.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Various individuals such as lepers, paralytics, and those possessed by demons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He mentioned the miracles he performed, such as giving sight to the blind and raising the dead.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through healing the sick and oppressed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It reveals that Jesus came to bring liberation to those in need.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By demonstrating compassion, restoring wholeness, and combating evil.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Healing served as a means to demonstrate divine favor and release from suffering.</p> Signup and view all the answers