Depression

Expect the Expected

I have a bad habit of developing huge Clark Griswold-like expectations about family functions. You know, the kind of expectations that can never be fulfilled, and then on the back end of those unmet expectations I struggle with disappointment. Usually, it is all my fault. For instance, I may plan a movie night for my …

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Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church

Mental illness and the church, not many people are talking about this issue, but it is real and it is affecting individuals and churches all across the landscape of Christianity.  In my own church, mental illness is a normal reality with which we wrestle on a regular basis. We have many young people and adults …

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The Daily Docket (8/14/14)

Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding— The teaching suggestions in this article for better understanding should have some preaching applications. The Importance of Persuasive Preaching— One of the preacher’s jobs is to persuade people away from worldly ways of thinking toward a biblical worldview. We are called to convince people that what the Bible says …

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The Daily Docket (7/9/14)

Faith and Mental Illness— I field questions about depression and mental illness form a Christian perspective almost weekly.  This is a helpful perspective from Michael Horton. The Morning I Heard the Voice of God— I was directed to this yesterday by Matt Rogers.  I’m not sure how I’ve never seen this from Piper, but it …

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What A Broken Leg Taught Me About Church Attendance

As a pastor, I’m committed to church attendance.  That goes without saying, but many people assume that my commitment to regular church attendance is based primarily upon the fact that I’m a pastor–more of a “well, of course you think it’s important,” rather than an understanding of why regular church attendance matters. The reality is …

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Monday Musings

A few quotes that I hope you will find useful on this Monday. He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find him the rest of the day. You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed He that is down …

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