Total Depravity and Mental Health
Doctrine and Devotion
Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Today Joe sits down with Krista McDunn, a licensed professional counselor, though many of you know her as our conference organizer. We had Krista come in to talk through a sentiment we have seen on social media more than once—that the doctrine of total depravity is harmful to one’s mental health. What does total depravity mean, and how is it sometimes misunderstood? Can this doctrine make a meaningful and positive contribution to mental health? And how does psychology interact with the truths of scripture? We get into all of that, and more.
Resources
Total Depravity Verse List by Travis Carden
Essential Truths Of The Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Doctrine and Devotion, a podcast that explores Christian faith and practice |
| 0:17.7 | from a reformed Baptist perspective. |
| 0:19.6 | My name is Joe Thorne, I'm the lead pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, Illinois. |
| 0:24.4 | And Jimmy blew us off. |
| 0:27.2 | Jimmy was supposed to be here. |
| 0:28.8 | He was very apologetic about it, which means I double down and make him feel as bad |
| 0:31.9 | as possible. |
| 0:33.5 | And he's trying to kind of blame other people. |
| 0:35.2 | I won't say who, but it's right for not putting someone on the count. |
| 0:37.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:38.0 | All I'm saying is, Jimmy is not here, but we had it planned to sit down and talk to |
| 0:42.3 | Christa McDonne, who is a licensed professional counselor. |
| 0:45.6 | And if you are a person that has been to our conferences, then you definitely know Christa |
| 0:49.9 | because she is our conference organizer. |
| 0:53.1 | If you've enjoyed the conferences, which have been amazing, then Christa gets all of the credit |
| 0:58.0 | for that because she makes it all happen with, of course, a team of volunteers, myriads |
| 1:02.1 | of myriads. |
| 1:03.1 | Christa, thank you so much for, for hopping on the podcast. |
| 1:06.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:07.1 | I'm glad to be here. |
| 1:08.1 | It's fun. |
| 1:09.1 | It is. |
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