by Terry_Powell | Feb 3, 2018 | All, Depression and Faith |
This is a different kind of post. It’s a story of spiritual warfare and my understanding of what happened. Before reading it, I encourage you to read or review my previous post on the role of God’s Word in battling depression: “Spiritual Bromide or Fuel for Faith?” If...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 23, 2017 | All |
Why do you need encouragement? *Inadequacy for a called task or responsibility? *Weariness of mind, body, and spirit? *Battle fatigue over spiritual warfare? *Discouragement over an unmet goal or unanswered prayer? *Doubts about God’s love and faithfulness? *Conflict...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 20, 2017 | All
God Penetrates Our Darkness with His Light. A lot of my writing strives to reconcile struggles, especially depression, with faith in a loving God. But not even a melancholy person...
by Terry_Powell | Jun 9, 2017 | All |
I am not a Christian because my faith “works” for me. Talk to a devout Mormon, Muslim, or Buddhist and he’ll extol the here-and-now benefits of his faith. He’ll cite a serenity of spirit, or a sense of order that believing brings to his life. Yet his belief system...
by Terry_Powell | May 26, 2017 | All |
I’ll start by qualifying what I’m about to write.Most vocational church and parachurch leaders deserve more applause than they get. They’re diligent, caring, teachable, committed to Christ and His church, and often underpaid in a job fraught with pressure and folks’...
by Terry_Powell | May 23, 2017 | All
God’s Word is first and foremost a message book, revealing the story and means of redemption. But it’s also a method book, in the broad sense of that term.Pastors, missionaries, teachers, and evangelists may glean from certain texts how-to ideas for fulfilling their...
