Our Life of Emotions

We are emotional creatures. All of us have various emotions every day. Some are good, some are neutral, and some are sinful. As people made in God's image who are also fallen, our emotional states are quite complex. On this topic, Brian Borgman's book, Feelings and Faith is a good one. I've blogged on it …

Common (Detrimental) Thinking Errors

Here's a fascinating book I recently finished reading: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression by Monique Thompson. What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)? It's pretty simple. CBT is a type of therapy that deals with a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior. There are specific goals in CBT and it has to do with a person's present …

Pained by Our Pleasures (Or: What Our Joys Reveal)

Joy isn't quite as simple an emotion as we might first think. In fact, there's what we could call "perverse joy," a delight when someone else gets hurt. But then there's also joy that is delight when something good happens to a loved one. And, of course, there's joy as Scripture speaks about it. On …

Emotions, Depression, and Body/Soul (Borgman)

One major part of being human is having emotions and feelings. We all have emotions. From joy to anger to terror to elation, we experience a range of emotions each day. Although the words "emotion" or "emotions" aren't found in biblical Hebrew or Greek, there are plenty of biblical words that convey emotion (e.g. despair, …

Hope As A Character Trait (Roberts)

This is one of those books that I've underlined or highlighted parts of almost every page: Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues. It's a discussion of how Christian ethics and emotions overlap and relate. I'll come back to the book again, no doubt. For now, here's a nice note on Christian hope - it's …