Psalm 1 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does he prospers.”

This psalm points out the attributes of a man who is “blessed” or in our modern language; happy.  I think there are two things this text points out about the happy man.  First, it shows the man’s actions; and second, it shows what the man’s thoughts. Continue reading this post…

There is a stream of fundamentalist thinking that says depression is always the result of individual sin.  My purpose today is to discuss that thesis.  Continue reading this post…

We have seen the travail Jeremiah encountered in Lamentations 3, it is clear that he is experiencing a type of depression.  Let’s ask the controversial question, “Is depression sin?”  Let’s look at the text once again. Continue reading this post…

There is great misunderstanding in the church considering depression.  Is it a sin?  What should we do about it?  Does medicine help?  These are all questions we have dealt with from time to time.  More importantly, I think all of us have dealt with depression on some level.  Let’s look to a biblical example of depression from Lamentations chapter 3. Continue reading this post…