Date: September 18, 2025
Host: Jim Schneider
​Guest: Dr. Les Ollila
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Dr. Les Ollila is founder and director of Building Great Leaders.  As a regular conference speaker, his ministry provides instruction, encouragement and resources for Christian leaders.  He’s a former pastor, staff evangelist, and former president of the former Northland Baptist Bible College.  In addition to his Building Great Leaders ministry, he is campus chaplain at Faith Baptist Bible College and is a member of the VCY America Board of Directors.  He has courses on the VCY Bible Institute at vcy.bible and is the Author of God’s Glory in Clay Pots and the book, A New Normal.

There have been numerous news stories expressing concern about the mental health of America.  According to the National Institutes of Health, major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the country.  

How should we view this from a biblical perspective?  While you may have read Psalm 77 before, you perhaps never realized just how detailed this text is as it relates to depression.  This program looks biblically at its symptoms, Asaph’s rhetorical questions and the need to change our focus from “me” to the works, ways, wonders, worship and shepherding of God.

Whether this is your battle or that of someone you care about, listen to find out how God speaks to the hurting heart on this edition of Crosstalk. 

More Information

Offer: Dr. Ollila has recorded a 30-minute presentation on the topic of depression based on Psalm 77.  It’s available for a donation of $12 by going online at vcy.org or by calling VCY at 1-800-729-9829.