Opinion

• 'Treatment-Resistant Depression' and the Loss of Meaning Behavior modification can treat symptoms, but not the underlying despair. In a Pew Research Center study released last November, only 15 percent of Americans mentioned faith as a “source of meaning”; outside of the U.S., the... Apr 26, 2022

  

  'Treatment-Resistant Depression' and the Loss of Meaning
• Practical Ways to Gain Victory over Our 'Besetting' Sins When you know you are being tempted, take these steps in this order: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). And remember that the cost of what you are being tempted to do... Apr 26, 2022

  

  Practical Ways to Gain Victory over Our 'Besetting' Sins
• Thunderous Applause over Murdering Children – Will it Happen Again? A.B. 2223 will make infanticide (the killing of born babies) legal in California. Will thunderous applause take place if AB2223 passes? Will pastors have the blood of the innocent on their hands (if they don’t already)? Time... Apr 25, 2022

  

  Thunderous Applause over Murdering Children – Will it Happen Again?
• Teen Sadness and the Crisis of Meaning From 2009-2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent. [This] is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded.... Apr 25, 2022

  Teen Sadness and the Crisis of Meaning
• Only Jesus Can Give Us the Victory We Need I plan to focus tomorrow on practical ways to “concentrate” on God so fully that we find victory over “besetting” sins and thus become catalysts for spiritual renewal in our broken culture. For today, let’s close by choosing to... Apr 25, 2022

  Only Jesus Can Give Us the Victory We Need
• Why Some Teens Are Still Wearing Masks According to The New York Times, some teens are choosing to keep their masks on, even after pandemic mandates end. The reason isn’t because they fear Covid. It’s due to anxiety. Apr 22, 2022

  Why Some Teens Are Still Wearing Masks
• 'The Will of God Never Leads Where the Grace of God Cannot Sustain' Yesterday we discussed Yuval Levin’s profound article, “How to Curb the Culture War,” noting that God is calling us to be not culture warriors but cultural missionaries. What does this mean in practical terms? Our first step is... Apr 22, 2022

  'The Will of God Never Leads Where the Grace of God Cannot Sustain'
• The Storms That Are Necessary to Lift Us Higher Ezekiel discovered what our generation must discover: God can be found in the midst of the storm! God’s purpose for Ezekiel’s life flowed out of the storm he was living in and from the storm of God’s presence he witnessed. The... Apr 21, 2022

  The Storms That Are Necessary to Lift Us Higher
• Chuck Colson's Final Message This is a moment in which the Church has to learn how to defend itself against this sort of thing and do it in a way that is constructive with what we’re witnessing in our culture today. The HHS mandate is but the tip of the... Apr 21, 2022

  Chuck Colson's Final Message
• The Importance of Setting and Sticking to Political, Social Boundaries I want to recommend an essential article by cultural commentator Yuval Levin titled, “How to Curb the Culture War.” Levin argues for “meaningfully distinct spheres of human action, and of boundaries on cultural and political... Apr 21, 2022

  The Importance of Setting and Sticking to Political, Social Boundaries