Anxiety asks for more information so it can be prepared for the coming apocalypse. It also asks for more information so it can manage the world apart from God.
When we first listen to depression, we find that the misery is consuming. It doesn’t point anywhere or say anything. It just is. But when we keep listening, it tells stories of loss, rejection, or oth...
The key to learning the fear of the Lord is to stay in Scripture. When you are in the Scripture, pray that God would teach you that he is the Holy One.
The gospel is only available to people who know they are unclean.
Sanctification is like a clumsy, slow walk rather than a light switch that we turn from off to on.
Once we get over the mild jolt to our pride—I would like my spouse to love me because she thinks I am the greatest male alive—we couldn’t ask for anything better. The character of God is the basis for...
No one cares about their reputation or their bank account when they find themselves in the shadow of death.
James intentionally enlarges the scope of suffering when he writes, trials of many kinds. By doing this, he invites those who experience depression to learn that, whatever the cause, depression will t...
Control and certainty are myths.
When you are confident that you are the Father’s treasured possession, you are also confident that his loving care will continue forever. Building warehouses is a waste of time and space. His gifts to...
Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. And you shall ma...
The reason Scripture doesn’t give clear guidelines for assigning responsibility is that it is not essential for us to know precise causes. This is good news: you don’t have to know the exact cause of...
The more you read Scripture, the more you actually talk to God rather than think about fear.
The circumstances of life do not have the power to turn us away from Jesus or to make us love him more—those are the jurisdiction of the heart.
Suffering nags us with questions about God in a way that comfort never could.
Since the desires for power and control are in every heart, you don’t have to look overseas for lawless brutality. It happens every day between parents and children, boyfriends and girlfriends, husban...
If you want to know more about yourself, turn to Jesus. When
I have a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time. —Charlie Brown
You barely realize what just happened. It is called faith. You just turned in Jesus’ direction and you are listening. You want what he offers.
We loathe worthlessness, and for good reason. We have a primal sense that we exist for something better and, indeed, we do. We are created in the King’s image and created to be with him. But there is...