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Category Archives: Mental Health
Climate Change, an Existential Threat?
Let’s define the terms. Climate refers to the long-term weather conditions. “Weather refers to short-term conditions of the atmosphere while climate is the average daily weather for an extended period of time at a certain location… weather is what you … Continue reading
Posted in fear, History, Mental Health, Nature, stewardship, Weather, worry
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Rethinking Our Role as a Church
It is my educated opinion that many Christians have much too narrow of a view of the role of the church. They are comfortable with the church proclaiming the Gospel, what one must do for salvation, how the church is … Continue reading
Posted in Chruch, Fellowship, Mental Health, Stats
Tagged 2 Peter 1:3, A.A., alcohol, alcoholic anonymous, anoint with oil, book koinonia, confess faults one to another, confess trespasses one to another, Coping: A Biblical Approach, depression, e. fuller torrey, fellowship, heart of a servant, James 5:14, James 5:16, jimmy jividen, martin and deidre bobgan, mental health issues, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, role of church, spousal abuse, stats, steven lloyd, we are family
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Rejoicing
Emotions have a place in the lives of the godly. Let’s consider some things which should bring us joy. 1. David worshipped with joy. He wrote, “I will praise You, O LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of … Continue reading
Posted in emotions, heaven, Mental Health, Parables, psalms, Suffering, worship
Tagged 1 thessalonians 2:19-20, 2 corinthians 1:14, 2 john 4, 3 john 3-4, David, david's joy, guy woods, heaven, hebrews 12:2, henry van dyke, james 1:2-3, Jesus, Jesus' joy, john, john's joy, joy, joy in trials, matthew 13:44-46, matthew 5:11-12, parables on joy, paul, paul's joy, philippians 4:10 and 17, Psalm 40, psalm 9, psalm 95, rejoicing, rubel shelly, song joyful joyful we adore thee, the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, worship
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Weeping
“Real men don’t cry,” we are told. However, this saying is not in agreement with the Bible. In the Bible, godly men and women wept. Let’s consider some things which caused them to weep. 1. Abraham wept over Sarah’s death. … Continue reading
Posted in Death, emotions, Mental Health
Tagged 1 corinthians 2:3, 1 corinthians 5:1-2, 1 corinthians 7:8-9, 1 thessalonians 4:13, 2 corinthians 2:4, abraham, acts 20:19, emotions, genesis 23, hebrews 5:7, jacob, jeremiah, jeremiah 13:15-17, jeremiah 9:1, Jesus, Jesus wept, john 11:33-35, joseph, lamentations 2:11, Lazarus, luke 19:41, luke 7:38, paul, paul wept, philippians 3:18-19, raising lazarus, real men dont cry, sarah, stephen, tears, the weeping prophet, weeping
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Peace Series: Peace Surpassing Understanding
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts, and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians … Continue reading
Posted in History, Mental Health, Peace, Prayer, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged anxiety, faith, horatio spafford, inner peace, inward peace, max wheeler, merimnao, merizo, peace, peace passing understandind, peace series, peace surpassing understanding, Philippians 4:6-7, pray, song it is well with my soul, the great chicago fire, trust, ville du harve, worry
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The Self-Destructive Sting
A honey bee colony has three types of bees associated with it: the queen; the workers (females); the drones (males). It is the worker bees which sting. “A honey bee will sting when it perceives a threat to its hive, … Continue reading
Posted in envy, Ethics, Mental Health, Peace, Tongue
Tagged anger, bear and skunk illustration, bees, book none of these diseases, drone bees, envy, getting even, hate, hatred, honey bee sting, Mental Health, pay back, queen bee, revenge, s.i. mcmillien, self destruction, tongue, wasps, words, worker bees
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Wisdom for Worry/ Answers for Anxiety
The word “anxiety” word is from a Latin word meaning “to strangle.” The word “worry” is from an old English word meaning “to strangle.” Adam Clark indicates that the Biblical word, merimnao, can be used of “dividing or distracting the … Continue reading
Posted in fear, Mental Health, sermon on mount, Technology, Textual study, Weather, worry
Tagged anxiety, ben carson, birds, copper, cubit to stature, dale carnegie, dead fish, famine, fear, gas mask, gettysburg, global cooling, global warming, gold, ice age, india exports food, ira stanphill, life magazine, lillies, Luke 12, machines take over jobs, mark twain, Mattthew 6, Mental Health, mercury, natural gas, newsweek, nothing to do learn water coloring, paul ehrlich, peter gwynne, petro, pollution, sermon on mount, shark attacks, song I know who holds tomorrow, the club of rome, thomas sowell, tin, tourist murders in florida, vitnam, walter williams, war stats, worry
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