Menninger was arguing that mental health and moral health are inseparably linked, so he insisted that agents of moral teaching—such as educators and parents—are just as necessary to a person’s well-being as the psychiatrist. Of course, as we shall learn, ultimately, only God can clear our conscience. There is a man who is a wonderful Christian with a lovely wife and children. But every time he was asked to be an elder in his church, he said no. He was asked, “Why? You are gifted. You know the Bible.”