Are you an impulsive person? Do you enjoy living dangerously? Do your impulses drive you to do things against your better judgment? Many of us are impulsive shoppers, impulsive eaters, impulsive talkers, and impulsive decision makers in our daily lives. In a new study, featuring 503 individuals, ... [Continue Reading]
Our Obsession with Happiness is Making us Miserable
Photo: Genevieve Biloski and Chloe Cushman We are a nation obsessed with happiness. Every time we turn on the TV, look online, or turn the pages of popular magazines, we are seduced to spend our money, change our lifestyles, eat foods that we know are not good for us, follow dreams that we know are ... [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]
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]