Denial: Not Me, Not My Life

BP 201 When we deny something, we are refusing to admit the truth or existence of something. We might deny something is true when there will be a negative consequence…

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Evidence That You Are Growing in Faith

BP 199 Have you ever wondered if you’re growing in your faith? And what are the metrics that will tell you that you are experiencing such growth? Are these metrics…

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I’m Going on an Adventure: A Call to Men

BP 198 “The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion” ~ Blaise Pascal “He has told you, O man, what is…

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Separation Anxiety and Immanuel–God with Us

BP 197 Many of us are familiar with mental illness and its manifestation in different diagnoses ranging from depression to anxiety to bipolar disorder to personality disorders. But do we…

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Freud, Jesus, and Resurrection Day

BP 196 Today as we anticipate Holy week, we’re going to take a brief look at two figures in the history of the world--the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and…

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At the End of Your Rope and God’s Not Here

BP 195 Most of us most of the time can handle life. We believe we are resilient, mature, strong enough to handle anything because so far, we have handled most…

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Body, Mind, and Heart: All Speak of Your Soul

BP 194 Sin leads people to hide—usually—unless their hearts have fled so far from the righteous God that they take pride in their sin and choose to flaunt it. Flaunting…

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