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Christ is Sufficient for All Your Crises (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
"It was about a week or so ago that I was in a panel discussion, and it was being videoed, and the question came up about mental illness, and I made the comment, “There’s no such thing as mental illness.” And I was told within a matter of a few hours that blew up the Internet, and one of the headlines was “Doctor and Woman Preacher Take Issue with John MacArthur.” I don’t know about the doctor, but I’m happy to take issue with a woman preacher; that’s fine. But there were lots of other people who weighed in on what a horrendous thing I had just said. And I know it’s been circulating out there because people have been asking me about it.
An interesting phone call came in—I just heard it this morning—from a person who said, “I represent the leading psychologist in this country. And also, we manage the largest facility for juveniles who commit adult crimes. And I’m calling the church to let Pastor MacArthur know that everything he said is exactly true.” Now, you don’t know if I made that up or not; you have to trust me. But I was pretty surprised. And they went on to say, “If he wants to write a book, we’ll supply all the data.”..." From the Transcript
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