“Rethinking Sickness? Try Rethinking Hypocrisy.”

Mark Anthony Stephens wants you to know that not all sickness is demonic. Sometimes, it’s God’s way of disciplining you. Sometimes, it’s a “wake-up call.”

Oh? A wake-up call like when your son is in a life-threatening spiral of ARFID and OCD, and instead of listening to doctors, therapists, and specialists, you try to convince him he’s obese?

Or maybe a divine nudge like your repeated rejection of medical facts, your interference with psychiatric care, and your court-documented refusal to support your child’s recovery?

Because if sickness is God’s way of getting your attention, Mark—then honey, your voicemail is full.

You didn’t just miss the call—you threw the phone into a lake, claimed the phone was demon-possessed, and then tried to convince your son to cancel the data plan too.

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🪞 Is This… Mark Actually Reflecting?

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Yes, this post looks like introspection. But before we cue the altar call, let’s take a quick peek at the surrounding social media dumpster fire:

• A fresh alienation post blaming everyone except himself.
• Another “Home Team” guilt-bomb to manipulate his kids into feeling sorry for him.
• And, of course, the usual ranty blame-a-thon about exes, pastors, courts, and demons, where the only person not responsible for his downfall… is the guy staring back in the mirror.

So no—this is not a reflective man coming to terms with his actions. This is Mark putting on a spiritual cardigan, sipping fake humility, and rehearsing his testimony for an audience of enablers.

He’s not rethinking sickness. He’s repackaging it—still allergic to accountability, just dressed up in Bible verses this time.

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📖 Psalm 6:1–2? Let’s go deeper.

Mark quotes Psalm 6 to highlight a heart of repentance. But let’s compare that to the medical records:

• Liam’s psychiatrist stated that Mark repeatedly misrepresented data, pushed pseudoscience, and delayed his son’s treatment.
• He was accused of interfering in ways that harmed his son’s recovery timeline and development.
• And while Liam was willing and open to treatment, Mark actively undermined him with fear, shame, and religious overtones about health, masculinity, and “toxicity.”

So when Mark writes, “Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger…” maybe he should consider this:

What if the rebuke already came?

And it came in waves—

• Through divorce proceedings where your partners fled not just the marriage, but the destruction you brought with it.
• Through protective orders filed because even proximity to you became dangerous.
• Through CPS referrals, not once but multiple times, by medical professionals begging someone to intervene.
• Through court judgements that say “you owe,” and contempt filings that say “you didn’t.”
• Through relationships lost—children who no longer return your messages, family who won’t defend you, a community that grew weary of the chaos.
• Through laws broken—violated restraining orders, unauthorized recordings, tax issues, and ignored support orders.

The rebuke is not a whisper. It’s a megaphone. The bell is ringing, Mark.

🔔 DING-DING-DING 🔔

This isn’t God testing you—it’s God exposing you.

And still, you act like you’re standing in a field of lilies while everyone else is holding a pitchfork of injustice.

How can you possibly believe you aren’t living in the shadow of God’s anger—when the shadows are cast by your own consequences?

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Is God Trying to Get Mark’s Attention?

Maybe. Maybe that’s why:

• He’s legally restrained from seeing his children without supervision.
• His children have publicly distanced themselves from him.
• Therapists, psychiatrists, and even CPS have all flagged him as disruptive to their care.

This isn’t divine discipline. It’s accountability.

And instead of facing it, Mark posts as if he’s the wise one calling others into reflection, while standing in the debris of his own denials.

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Final Thought:

If sickness is a wake-up call, then spiritual sickness should be too.

The kind that blinds you from empathy.

That drives you to control, shame, and undermine your children while claiming to do it “in love.”

That silences repentance and replaces it with projection.

Mark, if God disciplines those He loves… then maybe it’s time you stop preaching and start listening.

Because the next time you write, “Lord, search my heart,” don’t be surprised if what He finds there isn’t holy—it’s harmful.