by Terry_Powell | Nov 10, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
How To Tell When There’s An Infection In Your Heart When a young child acts cranky or listless, his or her mom normally pops a thermometer into the kid’s mouth or scans the child’s forehead with a device that reveals the body’s temperature. If the...
by Terry_Powell | Oct 20, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith |
Nothing is more comforting than the gospel of Jesus Christ. According to several respected authors, the key to enjoying and celebrating that gospel is preaching it to ourselves. Preaching the gospel to ourselves is a spiritual discipline that is both proactive and...
by Terry_Powell | Sep 5, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Devotionals, Relationships
Why is the proliferation of divorce in our culture a threat to marriage commitment between a new bride and groom? I answer that question in today’s post. From Terry Years ago, I posted the poem I wrote for my son’s wedding on my blog, but I didn’t...
by Terry_Powell | Aug 14, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Church Leadership and Ministry
Please pray that you don’t become too familiar with the word around which I am framing this post. There is a kind of darkness far worse than major depression. “Oh Lord, use my reflections on this one alarming word to keep us out of that darkness.”...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 11, 2022 | Christian Living in the Trenches, Depression and Faith
It’s one thing to read a person’s take on suffering who has a solid grasp of the Bible’s teaching on the subject. It’s another thing altogether, and a far better thing, to read an author whose personal experience of deep suffering...