Onward in the Faith

Does the Bible really make an exception for divorce, or do we think it does because it fits with our divorce-heavy culture? In this episode, I dig into what marriage was actually designed for, walk through the "exception clause" in Matthew 19:9, and unpack why the Pharisees' question to Jesus helps us understand His answers. We'll see how and why Mark and Luke don't include the "exception clause," and how a godly view of divorce doesn't allow for remarriage. 

The full article: Can Christians Get Divorced and Remarried? Does God Make Exceptions for Divorce?

My article on our wrong view of love and marriage: Why Christians Will Keep Losing the Homosexuality Debate

Jesus, Divorce, and Remarriage: In Their Historical Setting by Gordon J. Wenham

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Whatever sits at the top of your hierarchy of truth determines how you interpret everything else, including your own suffering. In part two, I use a fast food restaurant to show how authority works, then walk through understanding my own depression through this worldview hierarchy. I share my own 20 years with dysthymia and severe depression, and how this hierarchy became a life-saving tool for me.

Christians and Psychology series: https://onwardinthefaith.com/christians-and-psychology/

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Every worldview runs on five sources of truth: Scripture, reason, tradition, experience, and emotion. All five are unavoidable. All five have real value. And all five will affect everything you believe the moment they are move important than God's Word. In part one, I walk through each category, showing how Scripture discusses using each rightly and wrongly, and give you a real assignment for catching which one is actually running your life.

Christians and Psychology series: https://onwardinthefaith.com/christians-and-psychology/

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Knowing why we're depressed doesn't immediately remove the pain of depression. For many, depression can linger far longer than we expect it to, and certainly much longer than we'd prefer. So as we're putting off the sin that has led to things like hopelessness, despair, or fear... what do we do about those very real feelings that may linger?

This episode begins a short "mini series" that will discuss a few ways we can respond to our depression in a way that is biblically faithful, true, and Christ-oriented. For starters... let's discuss how looking at rocks can help.

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It's not surprising that those suffering from chronic pain are more likely to experience depression and thoughts of suicide. As Christians, how are we supposed to think about these things? Should we understand depression differently than the world does? Does the Bible offer any hope, or are we merely victims of biology? 

This episode is an honest, even painful, look at how I've walked through depression and suicidal thoughts in my life, and how God's word can guide us into not only understanding why we experience these things, but what we can do about them.

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Articles:

Christians and Psychology (where I've discussed my depression): https://onwardinthefaith.com/christians-and-psychology/
How I Survive Depression: https://onwardinthefaith.com/how-i-survive-depression/

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Depression stats:
Normal population: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/index.html

Chronic pain:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/216320https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278584617304670?via%3Dihub

Fibromyalgia: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30699852/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3998848/

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Should you share your suffering with someone who has it worse than you? What's the point of God's comfort? How can we think biblically and faithfully about suffering in our lives and the lives of others? This episode explores the importance of how to think about comfort, and what God wants us to do with it.

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About This Episode
Why does a sovereign God tell us to pray? He knows what we need, does what He pleases, and can't be changed by human manipulation. If we're honest, sometimes it can seem like prayer is pointless, and that makes it even more difficult to "pray without ceasing." In this episode, I explore why prayer isn't our way of changing God's will, but His way of changing ours. 

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and the "problem" of prayer
7:25 Understanding whom we pray to
10:22 3 things prayer accomplishes in Christians
11:03 #1 Prayer acknowledges that God is God
12:33 #2 Prayer demonstrates our trust in God being God
20:11 #3 Prayer asks God to act as God
54:19 Reminder why my content isn't short!
54:48 Summarizing this discussion

Book mentioned:
"Sovereignty of God" by AW Pink

Scripture Used:
Matthew 6:8b
Psalm 115:3
1 John 5:14-15
James 4:1-3
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
Psalm 50:12-15
Jeremiah 29:11-14
Romans 8:28-29
1 Thessalonians 4:3

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If Satan's very nature makes him incapable of things like whispering lies into our minds or personally attacking thousands of people at once, what do we make of the verses that imply we need to watch out for his attacks? This episode digs in to a part of language we use every day that can help us better distinguish between the being known as Satan and the world system he's responsible for.

Scripture Used: Matthew 4:13-16; Isaiah 9:1-7; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 22; Matthew 12:22-26; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; Acts 7:1-9; 1 Corinthians 7:5; James 4:1-10; James 1:13-14; James 3:14-16

Satan Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5oAvNLE5030_XWDG9oWCKfB4aMbXMUbh 

Song of Songs for Singles: https://a.co/d/cF5K9Jf

Theology with Chris Lenoir: https://youtube.com/@theologywithchrislenoir?si=s2uMfl4BpLB2cA-O

Thinklings Podcast: https://thinklingspodcast.com/category/podcast/

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
6:47 Modern synecdoches
9:26 Biblical synecdoches
25:38 Satan as a synecdoche

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When suffering, sometimes we go into "survival mode" and set aside may important things in our lives. Sometimes, we wonder if we should bother reading the Bible when it's too difficult. This episode helps you think through how we should understand the effects of suffering on our Bible reading, how to be on guard against the deceptiveness of our flesh, and how to rejoice in giving God everything we have in our daily devotions (especially when we don't have much to give). 

Scripture Used: Psalm 34

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If we believe in a good and sovereign God, are we wrong to want Him to heal us? Can we over-emphasize our desire to be healed? How can we find a good balance? This episode digs in to a question many people may not think to ask, but it is an important question to answer for those who do ask it.

Scripture Used: Matthew 6:19-34

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