Dr. David Murray from Puritan Reformed Seminary was the speaker at our annual theology conference last weekend. We've had great speakers in the past, but this conference, in my humble opinion, has been the best. So many of us have been touched by anxiety/depression/mental illness either experiencing it ourselves or with someone we love. We want to help but often make it worse because we don't understand the complexity of the issue. Dr. Murray addressed our emotions, the good, the bad, our failures, and our identity but within the framework of who God is, who we are, and redemption. I am very hopeful that this will be the beginning of greater understanding and empathy in my family as we wrestle with some of these issues but also within our church.. Here are a few snippets that stood out to me: Emotions are pre-fall. However, we did not have negative emotions prior to the fall. Only positive ones. Our emotions are disordered because of the fall. However, God is redeeming ou...