Meds and the brain

From WORLD magazine (January 17, 2009:

In Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex (Springer, 2008), Peter Breggin argues that psychiatric drugs are overprescribed and often do more harm than good. In opposition to psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey (“Our insane mental health system,” Aug. 23), psychiatrist Breggin writes that “instead of correcting biochemical imbalances, psychiatric drugs cause them, sometimes permanently.” This book is technical but it’s significant for those involved in this debate, or for parents deciding whether to put their children on Ritalin or similar substances. — Marvin Olasky

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Full of thanksgiving!

I thank God. . . . . .

• At the remembrance of God’s holiness. Ps 30:4; 97:12.
• For the goodness and mercy of God. Ps 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-3.
• For the gift of Christ. 2Co 9:15.
• For Christ’s power and reign. Re 11:17.
• For the reception and effectual working of the word of God in others. 1Th 2:13.
• For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin. Ro 7:23-25.
• For victory over death and the grave. 1Co 15:57.
• For wisdom and might. Da 2:23.
• For the triumph of the gospel. 2Co 2:14.
• For the conversion of others. Ro 6:17.
• For faith exhibited by others. Ro 1:8; 2Th 1:3.
• For love exhibited by others. 2Th 1:3.
• For the grace bestowed on others. 1Co 1:4; Php 1:3-5; Col 1:3-6.
• For the zeal exhibited by others. 2Co 8:16.
• For the nearness of God’s presence. Ps 75:1.
• For appointment to the ministry. 1Ti 1:12.
• For willingness to offer our property for God’s service. 1Ch 29:6-14.
• For the supply of our bodily wants. Ro 14:6,7; 1Ti 4:3,4.
• For all men. 1Ti 2:1.
• For all things. 2Co 9:11; Eph 5:20.

Torrey, R. (1995, c1897). The new topical text book : A scriptural text book for the use of ministers, teachers, and all Christian workers. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos research Systems, Inc.

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Abortion rationalized

Al Mohler:

Most Americans would probably be surprised to know that Sen. Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and former Vice President Al Gore all were once solidly anti-abortion.  That seems almost incomprehensible now, but the record is clear — and the pattern is chilling.

Read the rest of the article that contains a chilling account of a meeting that, without any doubt, contributed to the deaths of countless unborn babies.  At this meeting a powerful political family was coached by leading theologians and Catholic college professors on how to accept and promote abortion with a “clear conscience” and handed a theological rationale by priests that served as political cover.

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