Our Call Is To Be God's Agents,

I'm Not Denying That Depression Can Be Spiritually Induced. Guilt From Having Wronged And Hurt Others Can Bring It On. A Sense Of Having Failed To Live Out The Will Of God Can Give Rise To Depression. Certainly The Fear Of Death And What Might Follow Can Sap The Joy Out Of Life.

The Bible Makes Clear A Basic Truth That We Self-centered Humans Find Difficult To Accept, Namely, That The Natural Universe Was Not Created Primarily For Us. There Is No Doubt That God Wants Us To Enjoy It And Even Use Its Resources To Optimize A Good Life For Ourselves. But The Ultimate Purpose Of Creation Is Worship. Nature And All Living Things Were Created To Glorify God.

Rise Up, You Suckers, And Go Out And Do The Work Of Jesus!

So After The Lewinsky Scandal, Everything Changed, And We Moved From Using The Bible To Address The Moral Issues Of Our Time, Which Were Social, To Moral Issues Of Our Time That Were Very Personal. I Have Continued That Relationship Up Until The Present.

Whenever There Is A Catastrophe, Some Religious People Inevitably Ask, 'why Didn't God Do Something? Where Was God When All Those People Died?'