Anxious Much?

As we consider the relationship between news and anxiety we must acknowledge the reality that there are news agencies that make a lot of money on feeding people's anxieties. Anxiety sells. But there are great Christian alternatives like the #TheBriefing hosted by Dr. Al Mohler, offering a daily analysis of news and current events from a Christian worldview. But even that can trigger our anxiet...

The expression, "You are what you eat," is certainly true for the media we take in and some of the anxiety we experience. We could all benefit from working backwards and looking for a relationship between the media we consumed and our anxiety. A very helpful Bible verse about this is Galatians 6:7–8 it says, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he...

We continue from last episode looking at the common situation that we all face of an overwhelming to-do list. Understanding Christ's ability and desire for you to come to him (Matthew 11:28-30) and cast all your anxieties on him (1 Peter 5:6-7) are very encouraging biblical truths in our battle with anxiety. Once we have addressed the vertical component of our anxious situation, it frees up ba...

A goal of this podcast is to address everyday practical situations and how to address them from Scripture. A common situation that triggers anxiety is an overwhelming to-do list. In this episode, we look at how the biblical account of Mary & Martha (Luke 10:38-42) can help us develop strategies for facing an overwhelming to-do list without it triggering our anxiety as much.  

Setting realistic expectations is critical in your battle with anxiety. Too many people think in simplistic terms about anxiety--"just do this" or "just don't do that", but they never really understand what's going on in their heart or around them that is contributing to their anxiety. Often there are a number of contributing factors to our anxiety. Each factor needs to...

This first episode is really two episodes in one. It is both an introduction to the podcast and a look at Romans 8 which can provide such great encouragement to provide hope that change is really possible. We must have hope that progress is possible in our battle with anxiety to motivate us to invest the effort to chip away at our anxiety little-by-little. As mentioned in this episode, here is a l...