Responding to Grayson Murray’s suicide: Three biblical reasons to hope in God
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Professional golfer Grayson Murray died of suicide last Saturday at the age of 30. Grayson had been open about his battles with mental health issues, admitting that he had considered suicide at times. Today, we discuss some of the greatest heroes of Scripture who faced discouragement and depression and what the bible teaches us about suffering in this life.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. It's Tuesday, May the 28th, 2024, and this is the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.7 | Note, today's daily article contains references to suicide. |
| 0:19.6 | If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, |
| 0:22.3 | please call the National Suicide Crisis Lifeline in the U.S. at 988 or visit their website at |
| 0:29.3 | 988 Lifeline.org. Grace and Murray won two tournaments on the PGA Tour, most recently, |
| 0:36.7 | at the Sony Open in Hawaii last January. |
| 0:40.0 | He said then that he had been sober since early 2023 after years of struggling with alcohol, adding, |
| 0:46.4 | quote, I have a beautiful fiancé, I have beautiful parents, everyone in my life right now, who is close to me, who has been through the struggle |
| 0:54.8 | with me, it's all a team effort." |
| 0:57.5 | In quote. |
| 0:58.5 | Grayson had been open about his battles with mental health issues, admitting that he had |
| 1:02.8 | considered suicide at times. |
| 1:04.6 | He even worked with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monaghan to make the tour more helpful to players |
| 1:09.9 | who are undergoing mental health struggles |
| 1:12.0 | and was appointed to the 16-member player advisory council. He was especially grateful for the |
| 1:17.7 | difference his Christian faith made in his life. In an interview earlier this year, he said, |
| 1:22.9 | Jesus Christ is first and foremost. Without him, none of this would be possible, and he's just given me |
| 1:28.8 | a platform to write a new story, to write my own story, and I hope that everyone at home watching |
| 1:35.2 | can get a little inspiration from me. He added, if I just help one person, that's all it takes, |
| 1:42.3 | in quotes. Then came the shocking news last Saturday that Grayson had passed away at the age of 30. |
| 1:49.0 | The next day, his parents stated he had died by suicide. |
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