by Terry_Powell | Jun 20, 2018 | Depression and Faith
June 16, 2018 A Day When Faith Made a Difference What invaded my spirit today wasn’t the searing emotional pain that opens the floodgates to my tear ducts, until a pool forms on my shirt or the floor. Not a throbbing heartache that made me doubt whether...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 18, 2018 | Depression and Faith
Chronic Joy Ministry posted: “Fifteen years into fatherhood, mental illness burst into my son’s life and took up long-term residence. So did chaos, friction, tears, lying, arguments, anger, and disrespect. Then drugs. Then jail. Then death. As is often the...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 15, 2018 | Depression and Faith |
Introductory Note: In two recent posts I focused on an aspect of salvation doctrine to assuage depression and inject a more grateful spirit into our thinking: “Quick Decision Rendered In Superior Court Case” and “Phantom Pain.” Different...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 13, 2018 | Depression and Faith
Depression that leads to suicide is no respecter of persons. It isn’t just the plight of the financially-strapped, unemployed provider of a household, or the teen who’s tormented by bullies at school, or the aging retiree who’s weary of declining...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 11, 2018 | Depression and Faith |
Biblical Truth That Assuages Depression My last post described a courtroom scene and clarified the implications of the doctrine of justification. In this post, I tell a story and explain another implication of the cross that assuages despondency. I’m not saying...