David Zuccolotto
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Suffering: Where you begin to see God
You may know Christ, but only through sharing His sufferings will you see Him.
The danger of the idea of inner sense of self: The god within who can change reality
The identity crisis is losing God, not our place in society.
The Authentic Self: The illusion of beach mansions and broken life
It's not that prosperity and the good life are superficial or of no value. God provided wealth and prosperity for many people in the Bible. The issue is when we think it can hold together life’s disappointments and harsh realities.
Manipulating science to control the universe that mismatched us
More importantly, do we have enough power in the human will and manipulation of science to control the universe that mismatched us? Can we appease the mismatching disorder and imperfections of the universe?
How to be stressed but not anxious
Amy’s story is familiar in my work as a psychologist. Is Amy wrong for being stressed when the Bible commands us to “be not anxious”?
When the world falls apart, don't hide in a cave
Some days I do hide in a cave. I pray for the fire of God, like Elijah on Mount Carmel. I want God to consume everything from the wickedness of humanity to the tragedies of addiction, cancer and crime in the streets. I want the thunder and power of God to respond to the thunder of an abusive world. But that isn’t the lesson of Elijah.
Would the Church love me if I had dementia?
Having worked with many patients and families with dementia, I knew what lay ahead. As I watched the little boys imaginary city dismantled, I wondered how I would handle a diagnosis of dementia, knowing little by little, my world would be taken apart.
Mental health stigmas can be distinctly unbiblical. This is why
There is something about mental disorders whose stigma holds a more ominous label than physical disorders. If your church announced the need to visit Bill in the psychiatric hospital suffering from a psychotic break, or Mary in an auto accident, with whom would you feel more comfortable visiting?
What do millennials get for not believing?
Christ’s defeat on the cross is the paradox of victory when outnumbered by unbelievers. Christ did not come to earth to create the moral majority, a kingdom on earth, or earthly utopia. His victory was not in the number of believers, but in their zeal and faithfulness to Him.
The dangerous right to be human: Lost kindness (pt 2)
My work as a psychologist includes the dark tragedy of suicide. Patients who have taken their lives still haunt my thoughts.