Suicide, God, & Knowing You’re Not Alone with Jon Noyes

Happy Wednesday!  Note: This episode speaks about mental health struggles and suicide Happy Wednesday All! Today, we welcome back Jon Noyes. He speaks about the current lack of talk about mental health and suicide in churches, why he thinks churches shy away from the topic, and why they desperately need to speak about mental health. Jon also shares some statistics about suicide and the prevalence of hopelessness in our culture. Later, Jon reminds us that there is hope in Christ. He shares the Gospel, Biblical accounts where people in the Bible continued through trials, the meaning of life, and what can be helpful to those who are considering suicide. We hope you are edified by this episode.    About Jonathan Jonathan has worked as a speaker with Stand to Reason since 2019. A former atheist, Jonathan used to think belief in God was unwarranted and irresponsible. Then, after examining the evidence for Christianity he was faced with the fact that Jesus is who He says He is and the Christian worldview tells the true story of reality. Since then Jon has been passionate about engaging the culture with honest, well thought-out reasons why people should trust the Christian worldview. Jon has developed a series of passionate talks to do just that. In 2013 Jonathan earned a master’s degree in Christian Apologetics from Biola University, graduating with honors. Jon brings a unique perspective to his audiences and the Stand to Reason team, having more than ten years' experience in the legal field and serving more than five as a pastor in his local church. Jon also serves on the board of directors for Life Without Limbs and at Beacon Hill Classical Academy, where he teaches discipleship. ----- We would love to thank our Patrons for all their amazing support! To learn more about supporting Finding Something REAL via Patreon, click here! If you are interested in supporting the Finding Something REAL fundraising campaign, you can head to the webpage and click on the orange donate button. To learn more about Faithful Counseling and if it is a good fit for you, you can click here! If you would like to receive Janell’s 7 Deep Faith Questions resource click here! Suicide prevention hotline: 988 Crisis Text Line: Text “Home” to 741741 -- FSR November 2023 - Nora’s Intro FSR November 2023 with Jon FSR June 2023 with Abdu -- STR.org Jon Noyes + STR To The Point LIVE with Jon Noyes: Suicide -- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs - John Foxe Reality Student Conference  Summit Ministries -- 13 Reasons Why -- Augustine John Stonestreet Bonhoeffer  -- Exodus 20:3 “You shall not murder.” Psalm 103:12 as far as the east is from the west,     so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2     Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive     to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,     Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness,     so that we can, with reverence, serve you. 5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,     and in his word I put my hope. 6 I wait for the Lord     more than watchmen wait for the morning,     more than watchmen wait for the morning. 7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord,     for with the Lord is unfailing love     and with him is full redemption. 8 He himself will redeem Israel     from all their sins. Romans 3:23 ”for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 8:38-39 ”For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20  “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;  you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 2 Corinthians 4:17 ”For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”