Meet the Authors of Deceptive Diagnosis

David M. Tyler is the Director of Gateway Biblical Counseling and Training Center in Fairview Heights, Illinois. He holds a B.A. in Theology, an M.A. in Pastoral Ministry, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling. He is certified by the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors and the International Association of Biblical Counselors.

Dr. Tyler is Dean of the Biblical Counseling Department and Vice President of the Board of Directors at Master’s International School of Divinity in Evansville, Indiana. He serves on the board of directors of Personal Freedom Outreach in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Tyler has served as a pastor in Southern Baptist churches in Illinois and South Carolina.

Dr. Tyler also lectures on biblical counseling at national and regional conferences. He is the co-author of Deceptive Diagnosis: When Sin Is Called Sickness(Focus Publishing); ADHD: A Deceptive Diagnosis (Focus Publishing); and the author of Jesus Christ: Self-Denial or Self-Esteem (Timeless Texts) and Self –Esteem: Are We Really Better Than We Think? (Personal Freedom Outreach).

Sample of Lecture Topics

1.    Deceptive Diagnosis: When Sin is Called Sickness
2.    ADHD: The Biblical Diagnosis
3.    Jesus Christ: Self-Denial or Self-Esteem?
4.    Why Your Church Should Have a Biblical Counseling Ministry
5.    How To Help People Change
6.   Why You Cannot Integrate Christian Theology with Psychology

Kurt P. Grady is a practicing pharmacist in the St. Louis area. 

He earned Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and completed post-graduate training in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Florida Health Science Center in Jacksonville.  He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a Doctor of Biblical Studies in Biblical Counseling from Master’s International School of Divinity. 

He serves as Associate Pastor of First Southern Baptist Church and as Director of Cornerstone Biblical Counseling and Learning Center in Cahokia, Illinois.  Dr. Grady is a counselor and instructor at Gateway Biblical Counseling and Training Center in Fairview Heights, Illinois and he serves on the biblical counseling faculty at Master’s International School of Divinity. 

He is certified by the International Association of Biblical Counselors and has published a number of articles on biblical counseling topics. 

Dr. Grady lectures on biblical counseling at national and regional conferences.  He is the co-author of Deceptive Diagnosis: When Sin is Called Sickness (Focus Publishing); and ADHD: A Deceptive Diagnosis(Focus Publishing).

Sample of Lecture Topics

1.    Chemical Imbalances: The Cause of Sin?
2.    The DSM-IV or the Bible:  Sin or Sickness?
3.    Physiology 101:  The Brain and the Heart
4.    A Pill for Every Problem in the Pew
5.    A Biblical View of Addiction