Reblogged from ctkblog: by Jayson Bradley Christianity was a grass-roots movement started by people largely marginalized from the first-century religious establishment. Almost entirely dismissed by the religious institution of the day, people like blue-collar workers, embezzling tax collectors, the diseased, … Continue reading → »
A 2006 survey of ministers revealed that 89% of them have considered leaving the ministry, and 57% would quit if they had any other prospects. Recently researchers from the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School did a study of 1,700 clergy finding that the instances for depression and anxiety were well above the national […] »
"And I am weak today, though anointed king;" (2 Samuel 3:39) Some folks living in America may not realize that there is a religious sect in the United States whose founder had 27 wives, Joseph Smith the founder of the Mormon religion. In... »
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” 2 Tim. 3:1-2 Christ was ministering in the lower Galilee when he and his disciples sailed across the lake to one of the cities of the Decapolis. Passing a grave yard, a man who had experienced a mental breakdown and had become possessed by about t... »