Mental Illness and the Grace of God

Authors

Laura K. Sjoquist, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Institution/Affiliation

Cedarville University School of Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate 2018

About the Author(s)

Laura K. Sjoquist is a Cedarville University Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate currently completing her final experiential year at the Cleveland Clinic. She has a passion for neurological illnesses, particularly diseases that impact growth and development. With the support of her husband, Laura intends to pursue pharmacy residency in order to become a Developmental Clinical Pharmacist. As a prior student-athlete, Laura believes that giving back is important and she does so through mentoring programs, volunteering, organization leadership, coaching, and officiating track events.

Keywords

Mental illness, grace, mental disability, God's grace, grace card

Abstract

This paper will attempt to address God's grace towards those with mental illnesses. It also attempts to provide direction in response to historical church views towards this population. Through scripture, this paper seeks to emphasize the importance of seeing a person as more than what they physically appear capable of - seeing people through God's eyes.

Article Number

4

DOI

10.15385/jbfp.2017.3.1.4

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Sjoquist, Laura K. (2017) "Mental Illness and the Grace of God," Bioethics in Faith and Practice: Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 4.
DOI: 10.15385/jbfp.2017.3.1.4
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/bioethics_in_faith_and_practice/vol3/iss1/4

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