According to medical practitioners, the U.S. is experiencing a mental health crisis that is especially commonplace among the Z generation (Zoomers: ages 11-26) and the Millennial generation (Millennials: ages 27-43). According to a study by George Barna, the U.S. medical community says nearly half of Millennials and over half of Zoomers “regularly experience anxiety, fear, and depression.” They say at least one in three Millennials have at least one diagnosable mental disorder.
Barna Says Worldview Affects Mental Health
A new and surprising study undertaken by longtime Christian pollster George Barna, of the Barna Group, claims that worldview affects mental health more than does chemical imbalance in the body, which latter is the accepted medical assessment.
The Christian Post reports today that this Barna study was released today by The Cultural Center at the Arizona Christian University in Phoenix, Arizona. I live here in The (Phoenix) Valley. I used to teach a Bible study there at that school. In this Barna study, researcher George Barna claims that this mental health crisis is due more to “worldview deficiencies” rather than “psychological or chemical imbalances.”
The Basis of Barna’s Worldview Assesssment
Barna’s conclusions are based on questions submitted in interviews of 2,000 Zoomers and Millennials taken this year in January. Barna claims only 1% of Zoomers and 2% of Millennials have a “biblical worldview,” which the Cultural Research Center defines as “a means of experiencing, interpreting, and responding to reality in light of biblical perspectives.” Barna says it is “not uncommon to find a young adult who trusts feelings more than facts, sees no inherent value to life, believes in Karma, and rejects the existence of the biblical God.”
Barna further asserts from this study, “the idea that truth is subjective … results in a lifestyle that is inconsistent, chaotic, frustrating, and lacking hope. Anxiety, depression, and fear are virtually inescapable in such a life.” While Barna supports psychological counseling, he explains, “biblical worldview offers a sense of purpose, security, and peace that can alleviate many of these mental health challenges.”
Christian Worldview Based on Bible Eschatology
I believe that a person who does not have a worldview is lost and therefore does not know where he or she is going. I’ve specialized in the study of biblical eschatology for 65 years, and it provides about the most thorough worldview available in the world’s market of ideas about the origin and the future of human life. Three of my ten published books are studies on biblical eschatology. Moreover, I’m writing a series on this genre called STILL HERE. My plan for this series is twelve books; four are published; and all but one of the remaining eight manuscripts are half finished.
Biblical eschatology provides believers with a strong sense of where we are in life and where we are going. See my following books at amazon.com that are about biblical eschatology: Palestine Is Coming: The Revival of Ancient Philistia (1990); The Third Day Bible Code (2006); Warrior from Heaven (2009). The latter book is about the second coming of Christ.
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