Comments on: a follow-up on Welch https://oxgoad.ca/2009/01/20/a-follow-up-on-welch/ fundamentalism by blunt instrument Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Duncan https://oxgoad.ca/2009/01/20/a-follow-up-on-welch/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:09:13 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2009/01/20/a-follow-up-on-welch/#comment-2471 I haven’t read all of it, but I think that Ron Horton may be on to something in Mood Tides (Amazon) where he suggests that periods of depression may actually be part of our natural make-up and an instrument of God for spiritual good.

If so, then a further realization may be that depression, though commonly the cause/result of spiritual sin, may instead cause spiritual growth if properly managed.

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