Not so long ago I was talking with someone who said she’d taken on almost a hundred-thousand dollars of college debt for a degree in the humanities. As an English major myself, I’m all for people studying good and beautiful things, even when they’re not obviously or immediately useful. But the person who’d gotten into this much debt regretted it profoundly. She felt hopeless that she’d ever get...
God’s words seem quite far away when you or someone you love labors under a psychiatric problem. Depression, panic, bipolar disorder, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, and dozens of other well-known diagnoses—none of them appear in Scripture, so we tend to look other places for help. That trip into Scripture, however, is a critical one. Medication and expert help can relieve symptoms for some...
The email came from my friend Doug (not his real name) asking if I could meet with him and his wife to help them iron out some issues in their marriage. “I mentioned to you briefly at church that I am leaving my job. Although the reasons are numerous, part of it is to work on our marriage. I thought we had some minor cracks but Lauren feels differently. She sees some deep flaws and problems...
You’ve likely heard, “Most people who abandon their faith do so because of personal pain, not theological confusion.” When someone questions, “Do I really want to be a Christian? Is the Bible true? Would life be better if I let go of my faith?” it’s usually not because they are stumped by the complexity of the Trinity. We ask faith-shaking questions when life is overwhelmingly hard: our child...
The editors at New Growth Press carefully and thoughtfully listened to the sermons, lectures, conference talks, and interviews of David Powlison and combed through his books and articles as they compiled 366 days of devotions that speak to the heart of every Christian. Take Heart: Daily Devotions to Deepen Your Faith is a yearlong devotional journey into the process of biblical change, where...
