When we face a sinful and broken world without the resources of God’s grace through Christ, we will inevitably end up relying upon our own abilities, schemes, thoughts, and designs for self-preservation.  The debt that this process incurs in our souls is a plague of anxiety and worry: two toxic thought patterns that will lead us into further brokenness and sin.

Without biblical instruction, the church has looked to the world in our processing of grief.  But when grieving from a biblical perspective is ignored it is also then replaced with regret, resentment, substance abuse, or worse.  In our pursuit for navigating the soul we will see that God has given us a model to follow by learning to lament.

The subject of transformation is the critical doorway that all believers must walk through. However, we can only accept God's new creation of our lives once we've first dealt honestly with sin. We will see that God has provided us more than just an answer for forgiveness, but through His Son we are offered an entirely new life!

The subject of depression is a primary category in mental health that affects everyone to one degree or another.  We will see that God's Word addresses this "sniffle of the soul" head-on, and teaches us to reframe what we dwell upon, who we listen to, and pursuing God as our greatest desire.

The church has been silent too long on the subject and integration of mental health. Where the world has mistakenly addressed the issue as too one-dimensional, the church has also failed to respond with any comprehensive treatments that are rigorously Biblical and spiritual.  The reality is everyone's soul is in need of healing, and Jesus is the central answer for navigating the soul.

The world around us is utterly broken.  God's good and beautiful creation has been subjected to the curse, and because of this we see brokenness in all spheres and in all contexts.  It is only an assured hope in God as the impartial judge that provides us with a confidence in His deliverance for His own.

The warnings given for sin are clear from the scriptures. However, we too often consider these consequences as applying to someone else as we compare ourselves with people who we know are worse than us. The reality is, all of us are guilty of sin and deserve the consequences of those sins.

The requirement of a right standing with God can only come from God Himself, and can only be accessed by us through faith.  Nowhere is this more clearly seen than when we evaluate the transformed life to what used to be.  This new "living faith" is born out of a trust and confidence in God's promises that moves us towards obedience and love.

There is an unnoticed danger in our lives.  It is an evil that has crept in has convinced us that it isn't a threat.  The danger is the deception that comes from our own hearts.  In a world fixated on pursuing and achieving your hearts desire, we need to take a step back and ask, "Does my heart even know what is best for me?"