E155 Truth and Emotions

About this episode

The episode explores the relationship between emotions and truth in the context of faith and mental health.

In a world that often pits logic against emotion, we are frequently taught that our feelings cannot be trusted. Many faith circles suggest that the ultimate fix for emotional struggle is to suppress our anxiety or sadness and simply declare biblical truth over ourselves. But is that how our minds—or our faith—were actually designed to function? Today we'll explore how emotions and truth work together in our brains and how to be both Biblically literate as well as relationally equipped. ...

Topics covered

• emotions
• truth
• faith
• mental health
• biblical literacy
• relational skills

Keywords

• emotions
• truth
• faith
• anxiety
• sadness
• biblical truth
• mental health

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