Medical Issues

Easy distractibility or forgetfulness? Mouths, arms, hands, and legs that run ahead of thinking? Impulsive decisions, chronic difficulties meeting deadlines, mistaken notions of one's own abilities? ...behaviors often associated with Attention Deficit Disorder. What is ADD? What are the strengths and weaknesses of ADD children? What can be done about the puzzling disorder? Noting both the challenges and...

Your child's diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may have left you feeling sad, confused, or perhaps even relieved to finally understand why he or she behaves differently form other children. Whatever your initial response tot he diagnosis, you want to know how best to encourage your child's strengths and support all weaknesses. Most importantly, you want to know how to point toward Christ but often...

Depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, Alcoholism, Homosexuality. Research suggests that more and more behaviors are caused by brain function or dysfunction. But is it ever legitimate to blame misbehavior on the brain? How can I know whether my brain made me do it? Viewing brain problems through the lens of scripture, Edward T. Welch distinguishes genuine brain disorders from problems rooted in the heart....

Eating Disorders: The Quest for Thinness What started as an innocent diet has turned into a monster. You eat too little. You eat too much. You restrict. You binge. Some days you wish you could just forget about food. Can someone like you ever learn to eat normally? Edward T. Welch describes how easy it is, in a weight-conscious world that also uses food for comfort, to take the small steps that lead to a full-blown...

Is a life-threatening illness, a major life change, or just plain old age forcing you to face your own mortality? Probably, like most of us, you'd rather not think or talk about your own death. But ignoring your death won't stop it from happening-the mortality rate is still 100%! David Powlison explains why you don't have to take this journey alone. Jesus faced death for you, and he promises to be with you as you...