About The Word on OCD
Christians struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder often wonder whether the Bible has anything meaningful to say about what’s happening in their minds. Therapy and medication can help, but many believers sense there should be something more. The Word on OCD explores that longing and uncovers how Scripture has been addressing OCD all along.
Drawing from his personal journey through diagnosis, hospitalization, and recovery, D. Robert Johnson invites readers to view familiar Bible passages through a new lens—one shaped by obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, and the exhausting pursuit of control. With a conversational tone and deep respect for clinical treatment, Johnson reveals how biblical truths about the mind, surrender, self-control, and spiritual priorities align with, and strengthen, modern therapeutic approaches.
Rather than offering quick fixes or spiritual shortcuts, The Word on OCD grounds readers in timeless truth, helping them integrate faith and treatment without shame. For Christians with OCD—and for those who love, counsel, or walk alongside them—this book offers clarity, compassion, and a renewed confidence that God’s Word speaks powerfully into the struggle.
e-Book coming June 30, paperback July 14! Details soon!
From The Book
“OCD isn’t about being neat, tidy, or fussy… OCD is about the misery, and everyone who’s seen it up close understands that.”
“OCD will try to trick you with its own perverse reason… It knows that the naked mind, separated from the renewing power of the Spirit, is a gullible thing that’s highly impressionable.”
“It’s painfully counterintuitive to our fleshly preference to imagine we could be happy prioritizing ourselves less and God more, but that’s exactly what’s required to prevail against OCD. Thy will over my will. When we consistently choose Spirit over flesh, it resets the way our minds are wired and makes OCD impotent.”
“Probably the hardest part of changing our OCD tendencies is recognizing the precise moment when we first traipse from chemical disadvantage into sinful action. In short, it’s when the misery comes.”
More About The Author
D Robert Johnson
D. Robert Johnson is a longtime Christian and former public relations guy who spent decades translating complex ideas into clear, accessible language. After being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and later hospitalized in 2020, he began exploring how Scripture speaks directly to OCD. Through The Word on OCD, Johnson shares the biblical insights that helped integrate his faith with effective treatment and renewed hope.
