Anxiety About the Election: 3 Things to Remember After the Votes are Counted
As my son and I talked through his anxiety about the election, I realized his fears ran much deeper than mere policy preferences.
As my son and I talked through his anxiety about the election, I realized his fears ran much deeper than mere policy preferences.
David Murray points to King David’s conflicting emotions in the Psalms and shows us the link between our mind and our emotions.
David Murray explains most teens go through spells of quietness and withdrawal, but it won’t last long. If your teen is totally uncommunicative or alludes to suicide, seek professional help.
David Murray experienced a couple of burnouts firsthand and talks about his faithful wife’s bout with depression that left her incapacitated. Find out how teen anxiety differs from an adults.
Dale Kreienkamp talks about the realities of being unemployed. His wife, Deb, shares what she felt as she watched her husband struggle and tells what she did to support him in this uncertain season.
Dale Kreienkamp talks about the variety of emotions a person feels after being laid off. He reminds those who are unemployed that it’s going to be okay, but it will be hard, with emotional highs and lows. Ultimately, you’ll see God’s hand of provision in your life.
Bob Lepine asserts that gospel unity should always be more important and more powerful than whatever our disagreements are about. Bob reminds believers of the importance of humility, civility, and unity.
Bob Lepine poses this question: How would Jesus want us to represent Him when we talk about politics? According to the Bible, what we agree about Jesus should bind us tighter than our politics should divide us.
Bob Lepine shares in a sermon that there is no guarantee that the gates of hell will not prevail against a nation. But there is a promise from Jesus that the gates of hell will not prevail against His church.
Dr. John Perkins saw and endured horrific racism. But God convicted him of his own hateful reaction and inclined his heart toward racial reconciliation through the gospel. Listen to his conversation with Kim Anthony.
Jasmine Holmes wants her son to understand he is made in the image of God, to understand the beauty of diversity, and to be a hopeful optimist centered on the gospel of Christ.
Jasmine Holmes knows what strong parenting looks like. But that didn’t shield her from the pain of casual prejudice growing up. Now a young mom, she shows her son he is “fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Does political polarization—that ever-increasing gap between political convictions—fill your family conversations with relational razor blades?
Adam Davis, former police officer and author of the book Behind the Badge, shares how he feels the weight of responsibility to God, as a law enforcement officer.
Retired police officer Adam Davis says police work takes a toll on a marriage. The stress of the job hardened Adam’s heart and made him want to protect his family so badly that he quit communicating altogether.
You won’t hear trite Christian answers listening to Scottish pastor Mez McConnell. His personal story of coming to Christ is too painful for that. Mez shares the rest of his story.
As a child, Mez McConnell suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his stepmom. Mez describes his path from abuse to schoolyard bullying and, ultimately, to a prison term before finding Jesus.
Phil Waldrep talks about the aftermath of a friend’s betrayal. Waldrep also tells how examining some restored Japanese pottery at an antique store one day taught him a lesson about reconciliation.