The first in a series from Resurgence on God & Depression, from Psalms 42 & 43. Lost sense of God The writer of Psalm 42 is a musician and leader in the Jerusalem temple who has somehow been cut off from his home, his friends, and his occupation. Being away from the temple, for him, [...]
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In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that for anything I knew to the contrary it had lain there forever; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose [...]
5 This is what God the LORD says— he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: 6 “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take [...]
I was having a conversation last night about marriage in which I made the claim that there is no such thing as a secular marriage. Here’s my explanation – The marriage relationship is the shadow of the ultimate marriage of Christ and his bride, the church. At its very essence marriage is about God and [...]
I happened to be flicking through 1 Peter tonight and was struck by this amazing verse – So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. In my experience committing myself to my faithful creator becomes harder and harder as life becomes harder [...]
In one of the talks at Engage this year one of the speakers said this – Happiness is a cheap toy. Joy is an unbelievably powerful force. God is ferocious for your joy, but happiness is fickle. Happiness is a cheap toy. I can’t tell you how much I am seeing this to be true [...]
What does God have to do with depression??
Posted: August 8, 2009 in Jesus, lifeTags: depression, God
Depression reminds Christians of three important things. 1. Things are not as they should be God made a perfect world, and humans screwed it up. Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden means that now we all live in a world which is fallen from its good state. Romans 8:23 tells us that creation itself [...]
Both of these I have read today in the course of studying for exams. From Anthony Weston’s A Rulebook for Arguments Similarly, religious moralists often have declared that certain practices are wrong because they are contrary to the will of God. We should reply God ought to be spoken for a little more cautiously. God’s [...]
I have recently started reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis. If you have not read it, I definitely recommend it. It is a series of letters written from the devil Screwtape to his newphew Wormwood, in which Screwtape is coaching his nephew in how to successfully lure his ‘patients’ (mankind) away from the Enemy (God). I [...]
