More Than Two-Thirds of Patients on Anti-Depressants Not Depressed
David Murray That’s the verdict of a recent article in The Journal of Clinical Psychology which found that 69% of antidepressant users never met the criteria for major depressive disorder...
Letter to a Perplexed Eleven-Year-Old
John Piper After I preached in South Carolina recently, your father came up to me and handed me a note with his email address and your name on it. He asked me to write to you. He was very serious and said you had a serious question. The question was something like this: If God promises to meet all our needs, why are we hungry?
Use Anxiety to Your Advantage
Vince Miller Anxiety is the most predominant form of mental illness in our country, plaguing both young and old, showing up as post-traumatic stress syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder, even phobias and generalized anxiety disorder. We all struggle from time to time...
How Can I Help Women Struggling with Sexual Issues?
Trillia Newbell Question received: How can I help women dealing with lust, pornography, the pain of past sexual abuse, and other sexual issues? I'm not trained in these areas...
6 Marks of Healthy Sexuality
Gary Thomas What are the marks of a healthy sexual relationship? It’s not inappropriate to ask what is most pleasurable or most exciting for married couples, but meaningful lovemaking is so much more than creating greater sexual arousal and climaxes...
Joyless Christianity Is Dangerous
Jim Johnston Are you in spiritual danger? If you were, how would you know? One key sign of spiritual danger is losing your joy...
White Sugar Makes Me Angry
Paul Tautges Now certainly there is some validity to the idea that our diet may impact our moods…to a degree. However, no dietary change will ever lead to lasting behavioral change, and no “Christian Dietary Laws” will control your anger or your child’s temper tantrums...
How Confidence Makes Us Kind
Russell Moore How do we engage the culture with convictional kindness? How do we remain compassionate and loving, even in the face of intense opposition and hostility? If we’re going to be obedient in this, we must have confidence...
6 Ways to Take Charge of Your Bad Day
Carey Nieuwhof I had a bad day recently. Chances are you have too. Mine blindsided me, and it threw me off so much I got almost nothing accomplished that I wanted to accomplish. I don’t like days like that. (Does anybody?) But they’re inevitable in life….and in parenting....
Recommended Resources from ACBC on Homosexuality
Heath Lambert It is an urgent matter, therefore, that Christians be ready to know how to speak about the complex issues of homosexuality in a way that honors Christ and helps his people. The following resources are ones that we at ACBC believe will be the most helpful...
9 Things You Should Know About Global Hunger
Joe Carter Here are nine things you need to know about one of the world’s most persistent, but solvable, global problems...
2 Surefire Ways to Avoid Persecution
Tim Challies Christians know to expect suffering and persecution. The formula is simple: If the perfect and sinless Son of God suffered persecution, so too will his imperfect and sinful followers. Still, there are a couple of ways we can insure ourselves against suffering...
Gay Christians: Why I Can’t Affirm Or Condemn Them
Matt Moore Earlier this week I was interviewed on what some would call a “liberal” Christian podcast. I was initially hesitant when they asked me to come on, but after some prayer I agreed to accept because 1) the hosts are spectacular and friendly guys, even if some of their biblical perspectives may not align with mine, and...
Will a Better Sex Life Keep Porn at Bay?
Brad Hambrick The title of this article is a truth-question (what to believe) but we ask it to get a procedural answer (what to do). When the former doesn’t lead to the latter, we feel stuck, betrayed, or abandoned...
How to Fight Addiction in a Pornographic Culture (video)
Voddie Baucham In five minutes, Voddie Baucham exposes the pornographic nature of our culture and provides men and women with a key tool necessary to fight addiction.
Rosaria Butterfield on Sexuality and Identity (video)
Rosaria Butterfield What is the biggest misconception among Christians about the relationship between sexuality and identity? Rosaria Butterfield, shares some helpful and unhelpful ways Christians often talk about their sin, struggles, and identity as children of God...