112: The Gospel and OCD Part 3 - The Search for Certainty
Update: 2025-12-03
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In this third episode of the UTG Podcast, guest Keith Palmer joins Alasdair MacPherson to explore the deep heart issues at the center of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder—especially the longing for certainty.
While certainty itself is not wrong, in fact, we all desire it, those struggling with OCD often seek it through their own strength, chasing an unattainable and exhausting level of assurance. Keith and Alasdair unpack how this pursuit becomes a burden and why it can never fully satisfy.
Yet the episode doesn’t end with despair. Together they discuss how the gospel speaks powerfully into the struggle, offering a certainty rooted not in personal effort but in God’s unchanging character, His faithful work, and His ongoing involvement in our lives.
Join us for a compassionate, theologically rich conversation on how gospel hope meets real-life mental and spiritual battles.
For more information about life issues such as OCD please check out www.biblicalsoulcare.co.uk
Explore at: www.understandingthegospel.org
Socials:
Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
While certainty itself is not wrong, in fact, we all desire it, those struggling with OCD often seek it through their own strength, chasing an unattainable and exhausting level of assurance. Keith and Alasdair unpack how this pursuit becomes a burden and why it can never fully satisfy.
Yet the episode doesn’t end with despair. Together they discuss how the gospel speaks powerfully into the struggle, offering a certainty rooted not in personal effort but in God’s unchanging character, His faithful work, and His ongoing involvement in our lives.
Join us for a compassionate, theologically rich conversation on how gospel hope meets real-life mental and spiritual battles.
For more information about life issues such as OCD please check out www.biblicalsoulcare.co.uk
Explore at: www.understandingthegospel.org
Socials:
Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
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