1. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections Getting to the heart of the problem Steve Timmis

2. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem Jesus, God’s promised rescuer and ruler, lived our life and died our death. He rose again in triumphant vindication as the first fruits of the new creation to bring forgiven sinners together by the Holy Spirit to live under his gracious rule. As his rescued people we point towards, and wait for, the new heaven and new earth.

3. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem 2 Peter 1:3-4: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

4. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem 2 Peter 1:3-4: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

5. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem 2 Peter 1:3-4: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

6. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem Even good things become bad things when they become god things.

7. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem “What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean’. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean’”. (Mark 7:21)

8. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognised by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45)

9. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem Pastoral care is bringing the good news to bear on our heart, on our affections. It’s subjecting our affections to gospel scrutiny so that through its truth by the Spirit we are becoming true image bearers.

10. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem American Journal of Psychiatry “The functional neuroanatomy of the placebo effect”, Susan Mayberg

11. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem “The placebo effect, when it is from a pill, is increasing at a rate of about seven percent each decade. In other words, if 30 percent of a group of depressed people responded to placebos in 1970, 50 percent of that group would respond to them today.Such use of placebos suggests that as a culture we are putting more and more hope in our pills. The placebo effect is a measure of our confidence - the trust we place in a particular object.

12. The Beautiful Mind? HTB London :: 26th March 2010 sptc.htb.org.ukmindandsoul.info Capturing the Affections: Getting to the heart of the problem Those who put their trust in witchdoctors might die from his voodoo threats because they believe in witchdoctors. Those who trust in pills might report some healing from placebos because they believe in medication. As long as psychiatric medications are perceived as the deepest treatment for depression, the placebo effect will flourish”. Journal of the American Medical Association