Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
The world says more diagnoses, therapy, and medication are the only answers to mental illness — but is that true? In Life Without The Numb, Dr. Greg Gifford examines the failures of the secular mental health industry and reveals why true transformation begins with renewing the mind, not medicating the brain. Through biblical teaching and historical analysis, this series
offers real hope for those seeking lasting change.
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The Epidemic - E.1 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
The mental health industry is everywhere—schools, workplaces, even the church. But what if the labels and diagnoses so many receive aren’t based on medical proof at all?
Dr. Greg Gifford uncovers the epidemic of arbitrary testing, unverifiable labels, and a billion-dollar psychotropic drug indus...
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How Did We Get Here? - E.2 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
How did psychiatry replace pastors as the “healers of the soul”?
Dr. Greg Gifford traces the rise of the modern mental health movement and shows how normal struggles became medicalized as brain diseases, revealing how the church lost that ground and why believers must reclaim true biblical soul ...
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Mind vs. Brain - E.3 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
Is your mind the same as your brain?
The world blurs the two, but Scripture draws a life-changing line: your mind is immaterial—the seat of thoughts, choices, and desires—while your brain is only an organ.
That means no pill can heal the mind. Real transformation comes only as God renews and gi...
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Who’s in Charge—Body or Mind? - E.4 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
Does your brain control your mind or does your mind control your brain?
Dr. Greg Gifford unpacks the biblical relationship between the inner man (mind, heart, soul) and the outer man (body, brain). Scripture shows that sin, guilt, and grief can weigh on the body, while physical sickness or brain...
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Therapy Cannot Save You - E.5 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
Can an unregenerate mind heal another unregenerate mind? In this lecture, Dr. Greg Gifford makes the case that therapy—no matter how skilled—cannot save, because the lost mind is blind, darkened, and defiled.
Real change begins only when the Spirit of God gives a new heart and renews the mind th...
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What’s Wrong with “Mental Health”? - E.6 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
The world constantly asks, “How’s your mental health?”—but the Bible never does.
Dr. Greg Gifford explains why the phrase itself is misleading: secular psychiatry uses medical language to describe immaterial realities like emotions, relationships, and coping skills. Vacations, yoga, and mindfuln...
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Do Pills Hurt or Help? - E.7 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
One in six adults in North America takes psychotropic medication—antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, or ADHD meds. But do these pills actually help, or do they hurt?
Dr. Greg Gifford explains a critical truth: medication can treat the body, but it cannot heal the mind. He shows when medicine ha...
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The Myth of Mental Illness - E.8 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
What do we make of people who seem “out of their minds”? The world calls it mental illness—but the Bible calls it something else.
Dr. Greg Gifford shows that while conditions like PTSD, depression, or anxiety are real struggles, they are not diseases of the mind. Scripture gives a clearer catego...
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Is Addiction Really a Disease? - E.9 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
Is addiction a disease, a disorder, or something else entirely?
Dr. Greg Gifford brings biblical clarity to one of the most debated issues of our day. He argues that while substance abuse and pornography can damage the brain, addiction doesn’t begin with a broken brain—it begins with the choices...
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Healthy Brains, Renewed Minds - E.10 - Life Without The Numb - Greg Gifford
How do you care for both your body and your soul?
Dr. Greg Gifford draws a sharp line between what medicine can do for the brain and what only God can do for the mind. While doctors may help with physical health, only Scripture provides the path to renewal of the inner person.
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