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- 1. A Healthy Addiction
- We all have a story of pain and spending time in the valley of discouragement. Mine is a story of deep depression that lasted nearly a decade. For many years, I was a depressed Christian. I loved the ...
- Created on 15 November 2021
- 2. Don't Allow Discouragement to Paralyze Your Soul!
- ... ount of time, you can bet that its difficult grandfather, "Papa Depression," is sure to show up in your life! Grandpa Depression holds all the revenue, all the legacy and all the forgotten possibilities o ...
- Created on 23 September 2021
- 3. Why Pastors Need to Be Mindful of All Who Have Lost Loved Ones Due to COVID-19
- Since the COVID-19 pandemic started last year, there have been a record 3.4 million deaths worldwide in 2020 alone. This is the highest death rate our country has experienced since the 1900s, even surpassing ...
- Created on 04 June 2021
- 4. How to Lead Your Congregation Through a Plateau
- Shepherding a church comes with plenty of highs and lows. Some days feel like a roller-coaster ride right after eating two pounds of funnel cake. But leading a church isn't just peaks and valleys. Plateaus ...
- Created on 06 February 2020
- 5. 6 Ways to Lead Your Church When You're Hurting at Christmas
- In 2017, my dad passed into eternity. Then three months later, my wife Lori's mom crossed into heaven, too. Just six weeks later, we evacuated from our neighborhood as the Lilac Fire burned toward our ...
- Created on 20 December 2019
- 6. Rick Warren: 3 Lessons You Can Learn From a Difficult Christmas Season
- I know the Christmas season isn't particularly merry for many people. When December rolls around, you're not thinking of Christmas carols, holiday gatherings and Christmas Eve worship services. Instead, ...
- Created on 20 December 2019
- 7. Can a Pastor Who Struggles With Depression Remain a Pastor? ...
- Charles Spurgeon is considered by most modern evangelicals to be one of the greatest preachers and pastors since the Reformation. But did you know that Spurgeon struggled with depression—to the point of ...
- Created on 19 September 2019
- 8. Why Ministry Hurts and What You Can Do About It
- Sometimes ministry hurts. There's grief and pain for church leaders. It's like a violent storm that comes from every angle against us. Discouragement. Depression. Quitting. Being fired. Wanting to turn yo ...
- Created on 06 August 2019
- 9. Pastor Nearly Died by Suicide Until God Intervened
- ... s that they're in good company. "If you're a Christian and going through a depression, you are in a great succession," he recently told "The Pure Flix Podcast" while discussing his new book, Optimisfits: Ig ...
- Created on 05 July 2019
- 10. Why Some Church Leaders May Be Giving Demons Too Much Credit
- ... rk. "Don't get me wrong. I believe in oppression, depression and possession. But I also know that when people are struggling with mental health, it doesn't mean it's a demon. "It goes back to the way o ...
- Created on 21 June 2019
- 11. Remember These 8 Things if You're Childless This Father's Day
- This coming Sunday is Father's Day. I suspect that your congregation will include husbands who long to be a father, but to whom God has not yet granted this blessing. Frankly, I'm one of those men, and ...
- Created on 13 June 2019
- 12. The Church's Best Response to Mental Illness
- ... red to counsel those with mental health diagnoses. Depression is in the Bible, but ... where is mania? Delusions could be spiritualized, paranoia and hallucinations interpreted as demonic oppression (w ...
- Created on 15 May 2019
- 13. Practical Helps to Conquer Your Depression ...
- I was having lunch with three incredible women this week, and the conversation drifted toward my call to help people break the chains of depression on their lives. I never wanted to be known as that "Christia ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 14. 5 Ways to Worship When You're Weary
- Author's Note: Today's guest blogger is Anna Schaeffer, my administrative assistant at Southeastern Seminary. She is an MA graduate of SEBTS, and she's the author of All of This, a young adult Christian ...
- Created on 28 March 2019
- 15. Fight Off the Spirit of Discouragement With These 4 Lessons
- I have been fighting off a spirit of discouragement lately; have you? It seems that circumstances, failures, people and finances have decided to gang up on me and to bully encouragement right out of my ...
- Created on 07 February 2019
- 16. Why Greg Laurie's Favorite Christmas Carol Can Bring You Hope Right Now
- One of my favorite Christmas carols is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," from the poem "Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The American poet was at the peak of his success when he wrote ...
- Created on 05 December 2018
- 17. How to Have Hope When Holidays Make You Miserable
- Maybe you find yourself having to dig deep after a year of living in a world where death and violence abound; where families and churches are rife with emotional, physical, spiritual and sexual abuse; ...
- Created on 19 November 2018
- 18. Why the Church Must Wake Up to Depression Epidemic Among Pastors ...
- ... battle with depression that brought with it thoughts of suicide helped her to experience the power of Jesus Christ. Walsh, 62, a former host of CBN's The 700 Club, told the CP that 26 years ago, she checke ...
- Created on 05 November 2018
- 19. Wife of Pastor Who Committed Suicide: This Isn't the Life I Prayed For
- Twenty-nine years old and a widowed mother of three boys. In the weeks since her husband, Inland Hills Pastor Andrew Stoecklein, committed suicide, Kayla Stoecklein has opened up about her grief on social ...
- Created on 04 September 2018
- 20. 12 Mental-Health Hazards to Watch for in Your Life
- ... fully be content with just how good everything is around us). Some scholars even wonder if the above referred to Paul dealing with depression, among other things. Be that as it may, serving as a pasto ...
- Created on 05 September 2018
