‘Strength For His People’ addresses needs that arise among Christian Families of those with severe mental illness. I can recommend this book without hesitation to families, friends and pastors of patients with Schizophrenia and to church related counselors to help them understand and deal with mentally ill patients in a caring, loving and Christian way. — Donald H. Gent, M.D., F.A.P.A.; President, Psychiatry Section L, Christian Medical and Dental Society Finally, someone with knowledge of mental illness and who speaks from the Christian perspective has written a book that can be used to educate the future pastors about mental illness. This book is a must for all pastors in seminary. - Greta Byars; Texas NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Steven Waterhouse has answered a call to minister to families who must face the day-to-day struggles of caring for and providing emotional support to a loved one with a mental health disorder. He has written a comprehensive study guide that will inform as well as encourage. - Frank Minirth, M.D.; Minirth Clinic, Richardson, Texas Strength For His People has been an invaluable tool in helping me provide educational services for the friends and relatives of people with mental illness. - Melody Jenkins, M. Ed.; Director, Family and Community Education Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority Thank you for your book which I am including as a “recommended further reading” in the 4th edition of Surviving Schizophrenia. Ministers like yourself can be very helpful to families who have a family member with this illness. —E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.; Author, Research Psychiatrist Dr. Steven Waterhouse has served as the pastor of Westcliﬁ‘ Bible Church in Amarillo, Texas, since 1985. He has degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary (D. Min.); Capital Bible Seminary in Greenbelt, Maryland (Th.M. in Hebrew and Greek); and Spring Arbor University in Michigan (B.A., Social Sciences). Dr. Waterhouse has been a keyn

Strength For His People

Steven Waterhouse

Westcliff Press

Whether for depression, suffering, suspected demon possession, crisis pregnancy, terminal illness, bereavement, or mental illness, the Bible gives meaning, strength, and truth. Dr. Steven Waterhouse addresses these crucial life issues: suffering; sixteen possible reasons why God allows suffering...depression; while some depression is medical in origin far more often it begins with emotions, relationships, even false world views...mental illness vs demon possession; humanists often deny the possibility of demon possession, Christians often treat it as a myth; the author offers means of differentiating a psychiatric breakdown from demonic influence...the Sanctity of Life; abortion is demonstrated to be wrong whether viewed theologically, medically, philosophically, or scientifically...also suicide, terminal illness, advice for crisis counseling, biblical passages for "death-watches", bereavement counseling.

Life's Tough Questions

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Books by Steven Waterhouse

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Strength For His People

Life's Tough Questions

Holy Matrimony: The Image of God in the Family

Not By Bread Alone: An Outlined Guide to Bible Doctrine