“Christians Get Depressed Too” by David Murray Review Since entering into pastoral ministry, I have realized how common depression and mental health issues are in the church and outside the church. Everywhere you go, someone is likely struggling with a mental health concern. Sadly, there is a misconception out there that Christians do not struggle […]
Category: Writings on Christianity
Some thoughts from today’s Scripture reading in 1 Chronicles 1-9… These first chapters are genealogies recording some important names and histories of God’s people. The author starts with Adam and brings the reader to post-exile times. It is interesting to note how some tribes and individuals are given much space in this section (David gets […]
If agnosticism is true, life is also a tragedy. Agnosticism is the view that God might exist, but is impossible for us or anyone to know what God is like or what ultimate reality consists (questions like ‘why is there something rather than nothing?’ ‘what happens after we die?’ ‘what is morally right or wrong […]
If naturalism (atheism) is how reality actually is, then life is a tragedy. We are the accidents of an impersonal universe. Our lives have no meaning or purpose—except for the arbitrary purposes we create—and everything we do will be ultimately forgotten and inconsequential. We’ll be forgotten—along with everything we every do—and we will not continue […]
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Humor and the Gospel
As a Christian I recognize that humor is a gift from God, a God who Himself laughs (Ps 2:4). Humor is meant to be enjoyed and to build others up: it can be used to bring a person into the truth and bring joy and delight and healing. But there is something desperately, wrong with […]
Here are some quotes from “The Clouds Ye So Much Dread: Hard Times and the Kindness of God” by Hannah K. Grieser. I recommend you get the book and read with a friend. “This I’ve found, is how God often works—not in a blinding flash but in a slow and subtle transformation that cannot be […]
If you have listened or read much of Tim Keller, you know that he does a great job of reminding us how the gospel is different from self-righteous religion and from irreligion. I find this to be a helpful contrast to keep in mind as I read through the Scriptures and think about the Christian […]
There is an approach to God and religion that is popular in culture today known as “pluralism.” In the name of “tolerance” and “inclusivism,” it claims this: no one can know what God is really like, and thus it is arrogant to claim one religion is correct others are wrong; our best approach is just […]
INDOMITABLE: Impossible to subdue or defeat (dictionary.com) The wisdom of Jesus Christ is indomitable. No one and no situation can thwart it. We see this in the ministry of Jesus as various situations and opponents arise: the devil seeks to tempt and defeat Jesus (Matt 4); various diseases and demon-possessions seem like they would be […]
“The Clouds Ye So Much Dread: Hard Times and the Kindness of God” by Hannah K. Grieser Review “Evading death is not the point of living.” (30) Every Christian faces fear. Whether it is fear of sickness, fear of driving, fear of death, fear of suffering, fear of missing out, or something else, we all […]
