When accidents happen, it’s okay to call them accidents—even the Bible does. When babies die and whole populations starve and cocaine junkies blow away frightened convenience-store clerks, God weeps for his world. All these things are true. But the Bible insists on another truth simultaneously. All during these sins, typhoons, illnesses, mishaps, snake bites, crib […]
Asking for a Better Solution
The rest of the passage was equally helpful. “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” At a time in my life when I was struggling with worry, I decided that Paul must have meant that I could ask God for a better solution to the problem […]
God is Riveted
The two are so close that the Son is “in the bosom of the Father”—that is, resting his head on his chest, as close friends did while reclining on carpets around a low dinner table in the Middle East (John 1:18 Kjv). Furthermore, God has taken the universe and turned the shop over to the […]
I Know Lord, But…
This article came from: Dr. Rick Thomas Founder & Director Mt. Carmel Ministries & Biblical Counseling Education 816-437-8410 www.mtcarmelmin.org Lamentations Author: Probably Jeremiah although others have been suggested. Date: Sometime around the final fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC Purpose: Lamentations means “lamenting,” “sorrow.” The author is greatly saddened, grieved, and in painful anguish over […]
Serotonin and Depression Advertising
Here is a great article on the difference between advertising and science regarding serotonin and depression medications. The authors state that “contemporary neuroscience research has failed to confirm any serotonergic lesion in any mental disorder and has in fact provided significant counterevidence to the explanation of simple neurotransmitter deficiency….To our knowledge, there is not a […]
Death wasn’t supposed to exist
Hi James, I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. I can’t imagine how things are going for you. My mother passed away a few years ago from a disease that she had had for a long time, so I know something about losing someone who is close to you. But your son’s death was […]
Take Your Grief To God
In Mattew 5:4 Jesus says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Grief and mourning are a pivotal part of restoration. It can involve an extensive and painful process of identifying and experiencing many losses. There is much to grieve because much has been taken from you: the loss of control over […]
He Will Not Reject Our Call For Help
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! Psalm 66:18-20
Depression
Introduction: Depression has become ubiquitous in our culture. Both men and women suffer from it, including kids and even animals (http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/features/depression-in-dogs). Everyone, it seems, is suffering from depression. Text: Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? (Ps. 42:5) You have taken my companions and loved ones […]