A Christian Perspective on Death I lost my grandmother precisely a month ago to pancreatic cancer. She had been very sick throughout December but, we attributed the pain to her long-time battle with rheumatoid arthritis, epilepsy, and a recent fall. Despite a previous doctor’s diagnosis and assurance that it wasn’t cancer, I had a sinking…
Let’s Talk About Depression in the Church
· The Truth Can Set You Free ·
Anxiety and depression are on the rise. An estimated 40 million Americans suffer from one or both, that is about 18.1% of the US population alone! When I worked in healthcare, about 1 in 5 patients who came into the clinic had a history of anxiety. Little did these patients know that so did I….
When God Gives by Taking Away
· Our Faith Cannot Grow Without Being Tried ·
Job was faced with the greatest hardship of his life. He had been a successful and wealthy man but then, from night to day all of his possessions were gone including his children and even his own health. His response? “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this…