Theology of Struggle
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A Follow-Up on “Is Anxiety Always Sin?”
After my post last week attempting to answer the question, “Is anxiety always a sin?” I received several follow-up questions from readers regarding Philippians 4:6–7: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses… Continue reading
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Is Anxiety Always Sin?
For those who battle clinical anxiety, it can be deeply discouraging to live in a place of continually trying to surrender fears to God, yet still experiencing the same anxious feelings over and over. I spent years feeling discouraged and defeated in my faith, believing the lie that if my faith were rightly ordered, if… Continue reading
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Prayer Is Never Wasted
I have been in a long season of feeling rather stuck with some aspects of prayer. Deep, heart-wrenching disappointments, answers from God that were radically different than I hoped, have left me in a place where praying with faith in certain areas has felt difficult. A pessimism has settled into my heart that, at times,… Continue reading
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When God’s Plans Seem Inconsistent With His Promises
I recently interacted with someone who has walked away from their faith. They have endured a long season of pain and suffering and the God they thought they knew did not respond how they had hoped. This time of testing and their disappointment over what God allowed has caused their heart toward him to harden.… Continue reading
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Drought Training
I love when God gives us real life pictures of how he often interacts with his children, training us in dependence and resilience. While there is not always a one-to-one correlation in every aspect, there are things we can glean from nature that remind us that we have a good Father, at work in our… Continue reading
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Wrestling with “Your Will Be Done” When the Outcome Is Not What We Hoped
There is a very real tension that comes within the Christian faith when we face times of loss and devastation. The strain comes for many believers on the road that travels from a head that knows what obedience is to a heart that feels deeply hurt by the outcome. We see the example of Christ;… Continue reading