Comments on: The Puritans and Mental Illness https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Anatomy of a Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up: CSBV II https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-25380 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:13:48 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-25380 [...] Internet coming full circle, the article centers around a New York church which has linked to a different response to Warnock by Reformed theologian David [...]

]]> By: A Detailed Account of the Rev. Ginger Strickland Misconduct Case https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-25379 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:53:37 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-25379 [...] bulletin links to an article by David Murray, a professor at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. That article was — like this — written as a response to my Patheos colleague's Adrian Warnock's invitation to blog [...]

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-23087 Thu, 16 May 2013 16:30:41 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-23087 May God continue to minister to you and through you, Tony.

]]> By: Tony Roberts https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22964 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:30:32 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22964 Thank you for addressing this timeless subject. As a Christian (former pastor) who has a mental illness (Bipolar disorder), I have experienced God’s grace through the body of Christ. I have recently been drawn to Puritan piety and, while pleasantly surprised, am not shocked their understanding of mental illness may well have been more advanced than we have thought.

]]> By: Christian Blogs | Scripture Zealot blog https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22835 Sat, 11 May 2013 23:27:01 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22835 [...] The Puritans and Mental Illness | HeadHeartHand Blog [...]

]]> By: How has Faith shaped the way we see mental illness? https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22830 Sat, 11 May 2013 10:42:07 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22830 [...] [...]

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22775 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:23:32 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22775 Randy: I’ll look into this through the summer and get back to you.

]]> By: Randy Snyder https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22764 Thu, 09 May 2013 04:05:51 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22764 Dr. Murray,
Was asked an interesting question tonight on the PB. I thought it originally was about this topic. It was kind of related but a person wanted to know if the Puritans had dealt with anything like Mental retardation, Autism, or other forms of Mentally Special Needs persons in any of their writings. I am not so sure some of it was diagnosed or if it was just relinquished to demon possession. Do you know of anything in their writings that would have addressed these types of mental handicaps?

]]> By: What I Read Online – 05/09/2013 (a.m.) | Emeth Aletheia https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22763 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:35:19 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22763 [...] The Puritans and Mental Illness | HeadHeartHand Blog [...]

]]> By: Les https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/05/08/the-puritans-and-mental-illness/#comment-22759 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:05:22 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=13184#comment-22759 Thank you for posting this article. Grace Abounding to the Chiefest of Sinners by John Bunyan describes his struggle with major depression and God’s grace in good detail. I’m convinced that Bunyan’s early experiences with depression and his gracious salvation were God’s means of strengthening him for the persecution he experienced. Bunyan suffered the compulsive thought to “Sell Christ, Sell Christ” for several months. God delivered him and years later Bunyan literally refused to sell Christ for comfort and security. I’ve experienced similar compulsive thoughts and it’s mentally excruciating. The thoughts come and there is no way to clear them from the mind. Bunyan’s description of Giant Despair’s club in Doubting Castle must have come from this.

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