Greenville Oaks Church Message Podcast Various

Conversations about mental health can easily veer into extremes. One extreme, sometimes heard in Christian circles, is that mental health is exclusively a spiritual issue. Another extreme, often in response to the first, is that mental health is exclusively a biological or medical issue. This week we’ll attempt to navigate between these two extremes by considering what it means to be embodied souls.

If the saying, “Unclarified expectations are premeditated disappointments,” is true, then it is vitally important to clarify our expectations of what it means to be followers of Jesus who experience all sorts of challenges, including mental health challenges, on our journey through life.

Join us for the first message in our new series on mental health. In this series, Wade will push back against the myth that being a Christian protects us from or provides an instant cure for mental health problems. He’ll focus, instead, on ways our Christian faith supports us when we experience mental health challenges.

The Gospel of Mark ends with a surprise. No, not the resurrection of Jesus, but rather the way the women at the empty tomb respond to it.

Ancient kings typically established their kingdoms by defeating their enemies, not by letting their enemies defeat them. What kind of king is Jesus? And what difference does it make in our lives?

As one of my favorite writers likes to say, “When Jesus wanted to explain the meaning of his death, he didn't give his disciples a theory. He gave them a meal.” Likewise, whenever we eat this meal, we retell an old story given new meaning by Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection.