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Deceptive Diagnosis

The book, Deceptive Diagnosis: When Sin is to forget the roots and ignore the
is Called Sickness, explores the major essentials. The doctrine of sin is
shift in how Christian evangelicals view understandably disliked by the world.
and deal with sin. The authors, Dr. Moreover, what is alarming and tragic is
David Tyler and Dr. Kurt Grady, believe the opposition Christians have for the
that the Church stopped calling sinful doctrine of sin. There was a time when
and deviant behavior "sin," and started sin was clear and definite. But who can
calling it "sickness" beginning in the say that is true today? Vagueness
mid 1960's. The sexual sinner Apostle characterizes what we think of sin. Sin
Paul wrote about became the sex addict. is sin, but it is sickness too and
The thief became the kleptomaniac. The Christians must consult the "experts" who
drunkard became the alcoholic. The are trained in detecting these things.
rebellious child became afflicted with There is no clarity of view, no
"Oppositional Defiant Disorder." A definition of position and the language
family in which the husband will not is confused. In fact, any attempt to
work, the wife will not keep the home, recognize a clear distinction between sin
and the children will not obey is no and sickness is branded as being
longer considered sinful; it is anti-Christian and unloving. The
dysfunctional. The liar became a apparent glory of Christianity today is
compulsive liar. The gambler became a in its vagueness.
compulsive gambler. The "deeds of the Tyler and Grady promote the case that
flesh, which are immorality impurity, labeling sin as sickness is seen nowhere
sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, more clearly than in the fields of
strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, clinical psychology and psychiatry. From
disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, the world's perspective, clinical
drunkenness, carousing" (Galatians psychology and psychiatry are the answer
5:19-21) were all redefined using to the mental and emotional problems of
psychopathological words. man. The word "psychology" actually
Tyler and Grady believe the landscape of means "the study of the soul." Sigmund
evangelicalism today is very disturbing. Freud, in what was lauded as breakthrough
Christians have jettisoned their scientific exploration, cast aside the
commitment to the Bible and embraced study of the soul and redefined
psychology. Biblical definitions and psychology in terms of human behavior.
categories have changed and a new Freud placed practical theology in the
vocabulary has emerged within the Church. crosshairs of psychology through his
Behaviors and attitudes once regarded as underlying premise that man's problems
sinful have undergone a dramatic change. are based in man and are solved through
Sin is called sickness and confessing man and man alone. He knowingly or
sin has been replaced with recovering unknowingly created a religion around man
from sickness. The word "sin" has nearly with theories that are in direct
disappeared from our vocabulary. As opposition to God's word. Today's mental
such, the impact of the Gospel to a health industry is largely built upon
non-believer is less pronounced and the Freud; some 250 to 450 counseling
need for progressive sanctification in theories are in practice worldwide. They
the believer is minimized. Although we are either directly Freudian, built from
try to make ourselves feel better by underlying Freudian philosophy or are
calling sin by another name, it is always built in opposition to Freud
there. It never fully goes away. In man's attempt to run from sin, he also
"Deceptive Diagnosis" claims that in 1946 reduced man's lifespan thus sparing him
the federal government took from a miserable existence mired in sin.
responsibility for promoting American's Since the Garden, man has continued to
mental health. Some of the initiatives run and hide from God, shift the blame
included the National Mental Health Act for his behavior onto others, and cover
(1946), the National Institute of Mental his sin so no one will see how miserably
Heath (1949), the National Mental Health depraved he is. The Diagnostic and
Study Act (1955), and the creation of the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Joint Commission on Mental Illness and (DSM) is man's attempt run, hide, and
Health (1955). It was believed that cover-up. A collection of sins or
American society would be dramatically sin-related behaviors have been composed
transformed with the building of new into convenient lists, labeled as
mental health centers, the incorporation diseases, explained to the lay public
of training programs as well as countless using fundamentally flawed research tied
locations disseminating mental health to unproven chemical imbalances...and the
principles. On February 5, 1963 list goes on and on.
President John F. Kennedy delivered a The authors believe we have witnessed a
national speech on mental health. He severe blow to the body of Christ as a
referred to mental health as the nation's result of the DSM and the
number one health problem. In order to disease-oriented culture it has helped to
confront what was considered a mental create. Believers everywhere they are
health care crisis, Kennedy signed into sick, diseased, genetically predisposed
law the Community Mental Health Centers to illness, etc. Those same believers
Act on October 31, 1963. This gave have been led away from the language and
Federal Government backing to the direction of the Bible and into
diseasing of America and calling sin themselves. Progressive sanctification
sickness. In 1977 President Jimmy is a foreign concept to many today.
Carter organized the Commission on Mental Becoming more like Christ each day does
Health. The agency studied the state of not require medication; it requires
the nation's mental heath and concluded a submission, humility, reconciliation,
quarter of all Americans needed mental forgiveness, and most of all repentance.
health services. In the 1980's an It requires a steady diet of God's Word,
eruption of twelve step programs provided an environment bathed in His presence,
a disease label for virtually anyone who and consistent work for His Kingdom.
wanted one. The television talk shows Evangelism begins with believers becoming
capitalized on and added to the success sanctified and developing a burden for
and growth of the disease model. From the lost. Those wayward souls do not
Donahue to Oprah, common everyday people need more therapy nor do they need an
and celebrities alike pour out their excuse for blame shifting.
heart-wrenching stories of codependency Dr. Tyler and Grady's book challenges the
and other addictions, disorders and worldview of today's church. Statistics
compulsions. No segment of society was tell us church membership has been
exempt. Therapeutic holidays such as steadily decreasing year after year.
National Depression Screening Day, Sunday School, which was once popular,
National Anxiety Disorder Day and has also been declining in attendance.
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Prayer meetings, missionary groups, and
were created. Local malls provided a fellowship meetings in general are weak
convenient venue on these special days and feeble. Today, because of poor
where people could be diagnosed and learn attendance, many churches have cancelled
more about their disease. For those who mid-week and Sunday evening services
were too busy to go to the malls, a altogether or have limited preaching in
program of mental health education and favor of other activities where the
screening for early detection and activity is the focus and the gospel is
intervention was available online or by absent or only alluded to by association.
telephone. Mega churches are growing in prominence,
The authors' of Deceptive Diagnosis but they are generally marketing driven
believe that if a person thinks he is entities short on doctrine and long on a
morally fine though physically sick, he feeling orientation. Thus, the church as
will not repent. If one's bad behavior a whole is declining in attendance and in
is a disease, he will not go to Christ its knowledge and commitment to
for cleansing. If, on the other hand one Scripture.
decides to call sinful behavior, sin, he The authors believe that the critical
has made a major shift in his perception necessity for an accurate diagnosis of a
of reality. He has acknowledged, like person's problem is fundamental to
the prodigal son, something is wrong with solving, or curing, the pathology. If
himself. Confession of sin requires the diagnosis is wrong, the treatment is
responsibility on one's part. likely to be not only ineffective, but
Tyler and Grady believe that also potentially dangerous. Dangerous in
evangelicalism has opened its gates to a the sense that the original problem is
Trojan horse by introducing the teachings not addressed and that the wrong
of modern psychology. Some Christian treatment carries with it the potential
psychologists have become so beloved that for side effects or other unwanted
to criticize them would be almost like results. Psychology and Worriers
criticizing the Bible itself. While Anonymous will not solve man's problem.
their intentions may be good, intentions Psychology may help man feel better about
are not the issue. The issue is whether himself, but Jesus is the only hope for
today's Christians are mixing men's ideas his sin problem. Jesus Christ is the
with the Bible. Amazingly, most of Great Physician who possesses the cure to
today's Christian leaders who rightly cry the most serious, life threatening
so fervently against so many false problem man faces: his inability to deal
teachings are saying little if anything with his sin and separation from a
about subtle shifts in biblical Righteous and Holy God. The book
interpretation that undermine the faith "Deceptive Diagnosis" lays the problem on
of millions. In many cases, it reflects the front door step of the Christian
a lack of awareness and understanding of church and it's up to the church repent
the teachings of psychology. and turn back to the Bible as the sole
The book states there is a tendency today source for truth.




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