Real Hope for the Depressed Soul – Part 3
This is part 3 of a 3 part series. You can find part 1 and part 2 here: Part 1 Part 2 (Originally published on…
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By Matt Kottman
This is part 3 of a 3 part series. You can find part 1 and part 2 here: Part 1 Part 2 (Originally published on…
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By Matt Kottman
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. You can find Part 1 here: The Church & Victims Of Depression Providing Training In our…
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The phone rang at 2am again. I knew who it was before answering. In recent weeks, Anita (not her real name) often called in the…
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“And Zechariah said to the angel, ‘How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.’ And…
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A couple months ago, someone approached me regarding a situation where they felt I hadn’t responded in a pastoral way. Of course, such statements hold…
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The slogan “Keep Calm and Carry On” was developed during World War II during the Nazi terror (Blitz) attacks on London, when Germany was radicalized…
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“Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings…
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Often, everyday life reminds us of great truths. Last summer, when I was in Washington, I was driving my dad’s pickup truck with a 35-foot…
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“And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear…
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“Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. I give thanks to you,…
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Recently, I wrote articles about being servants and being sons. The vastness of our relationship with God is beyond human ability to describe. Thus we…
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Oh, that we could begin to explore what it means to be in relationship with God. We have several metaphors that together help us gain…
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I was sick to my stomach again. It happens every time I read through the book of Judges and get to the last few chapters….
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“And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served…
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Have you ever noticed that we all have a tendency to fixate on what skills someone has? Think about it. If you are skilled at…
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Can you name the twelve Apostles? Go ahead, give it a try! No, Mark and Luke don’t count. Certainly, you named Peter, James and John,…
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Psalm 23 is the most well-known Psalm in Scripture which begins, “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” I meditate through the Psalms…
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I am a huge football fan (of course, here in England, I have to refer to it as American football). You never know what is…
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