A recently published scientific research in The Lancet Psychiatry claims that, The dark look associated with Goths may not be all show: Teens in this subculture appear more prone to depression and self-harm than their peers, researchers report. Fifteen-year-olds who strongly identified as Goth -- ... [Continue Reading]
Goth Teens, Depression, and Self-harm
Why Does a Loving God Send His People to Exile?
You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. So I will hurl you out of this land into the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will ... [Continue Reading]
The Love of God: A Consuming Fire
Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the Lord. (Song of Songs 8:6) Love is a mysterious thing. It gives life and it kills. It is the strongest of feelings and ... [Continue Reading]
The Sanctifying Discipline of the Lord
Stripes that wound scour away evil, and strokes reach the innermost parts. (Proverbs 20:30) We all wonder what the purpose of evil might be, especially when it afflicts us. Why would a loving and powerful God allow evil to continue on earth? Why is there so much suffering for those who love God and ... [Continue Reading]
What Spirit Dwells in You?
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the innermost parts of his being. Proverbs 20:27 It is the spirit of man that is the source of life and the point of connection with the Divine. It is the spirit of man that is the innermost part of his being; as his spirit is, so is he. How ... [Continue Reading]
Why Do We Remember God only When We Are Down?
…. For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise and save us.’ “But where are your gods which you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble… Jeremiah 2:27-28 Most of us Christians take our ... [Continue Reading]
It Could Have Been My Daughter
On Monday March 9th, 2015, Robert Olsen, a white police officer in metro Atlanta, shot and killed Anthony Hill, a twenty-seven-year-old unarmed and completely naked black man. It could have been my daughter. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[1] reports that Officer Olsen responded to reports of ... [Continue Reading]
God Long Ago Had Plans for You
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations. (Jeremiah 1:5) Oh what a comfort this verse from Jeremiah gives me! And I am hoping that it does the same for you! Anytime we wonder why things happen the way they ... [Continue Reading]
No Regrets
Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. Eccl.7:10 We all have the habit of looking back to our pasts. At times, we glorify the past beyond what it deserves. Our childhood reminds us of the age of innocence and ... [Continue Reading]
Can Hope be Found in an Imprecatory Psalm?
Fill their faces with dishonor, that they may seek Your name, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, and let them be humiliated and perish, that they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth. Psalm 83:16-18 Psalm 83 is what’s called an ... [Continue Reading]