As Christians, we have received a measure of God’s blessing in our deliverance from sin and death by Christ on the cross. For some Christians, that is as far as they want to go. However, that is not God’s will for our lives. 2 Chronicles 15.1-19 urges us to continue to press forward in a life of obedience.
Emphasizing mental health in the church is crucial because it enables faith communities to offer holistic care, break stigma, and promote healing for individuals who often feel isolated or overlooked.
People experiencing mental illness can not only continue to serve in various roles within Christian churches but often bring unique gifts, empathy, and insights to ministry.
The relationship between mental health and Christian faith is multifaceted, involving spiritual, psychological, and social dimensions.
Preaching should and must have a great impact on the welfare, present and future, of the human race. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 1 in 5 adults in the US struggles with mental illness in a given year.
It has been said that much of the world is in a mental health crisis, especially in this post-pandemic era. “At least one in five, and in some parts of the world perhaps as many as one in two, people experience mental ill health during the course of their lifetime.” This has serious implications.
If you wrote a letter with some statements in it that are a little ambiguous, then what does the letter mean? It means what you intended it to mean, not what the reader thinks it might mean. The true meaning of a text resides in the authorial intent of the text.
We Are His Workmanship 