way. But, as we have seen, sorting such matters out may be beside the point. Much is said about depression in Scripture, and the Scriptures offer real hope and real solutions for those problems that have spiritual causes.1 Disaster can occur if the church begins to think of behavior problems only—or even primarily—in physical terms.2 If we mistakenly label individuals who are struggling with spiritual problems as having behavioral “diseases” for which there are no cures (only managing treatments),