Depression

Taking Your Negative Feelings to God What do you do when you get upset? Cry? Blow-up? Get depressed? Or perhaps, no one notices when you're upset because you find a quiet place and cut yourself. You're looking for relief, but is this the respite you really want? There is a better way to manage your negative emotions. Instead of cutting - the never ending cycle of hiding and going deeper and deeper - you can go to...

It's time to get your life back. Perhaps you still remember the moment - the time of day, the look in the other person's eye - when you were hurt. When your hopes and dreams were damaged by someone you trusted. And since then your life has been put on hold, sabotaged by harbored resentment, dreams of revenge, or perhaps indifference and numbness. Or it may be just the "stuff" of every day life and relationships that...

Depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, Alcoholism, Homosexuality. Research suggests that more and more behaviors are caused by brain function or dysfunction. But is it ever legitimate to blame misbehavior on the brain? How can I know whether my brain made me do it? Viewing brain problems through the lens of scripture, Edward T. Welch distinguishes genuine brain disorders from problems rooted in the heart....

Depression and bipolar disorder are two of the most common diagnoses made in medicine today. Are we in an epidemic of bad moods or is there another explanation? Good Mood, Bad Mood examines whether it is an epidemic or if we have simply changed how we label depression. While medical treatment is now the commonly accepted way to deal with pain and sadness, its promise has not been fulfilled. Dr. Charles Hodges offers...

What do the following statements about forgiveness have in common? -Forgiveness is obtained through apologizing -The best thing you can do is forgive and forget -You aren't forgiven until you feel forgiven -Even if someone hasn't asked for forgiveness, you can still forgive them These statements all represent popular misconceptions about true biblical forgiveness. Because forgiveness plays such a major role in our...