2019-08-036Comments

12 Diagnostic Questions I Ask of Those Doubting Their Faith

1. What are you doubting? There are three primary things people doubt: 1) Their salvation, 2) God’s love for them, 3) Fundamental issues of the faith. Included with the...

by C Michael Patton

Angels and Demons

Depression

2019-04-187Comments

Are Demons Afraid of Zoloft? Toward and Evangelical Demonology

I remember in seminary Dr. Frank Minirth covering my class on pastoral counseling. He was an internationally know Christian psychiatrist who had a successful ministry in...

2018-10-010Comments

My Honest Conversation with Michael Patton About Wanting to Die

An Honest and Vulnerable Prayer God, please kill me. This is a prayer I prayed with tears in my eyes for two and a half hours early Monday morning. Please. I will never ask...

by Dylan Whittler

Depression

Uncategorized

2018-09-2633Comments

7 Things NOT to Say to a Depressed Christian

Handling a Depressed Christian As many of you know, I’ve been through the ringer of depression (more like a black hole). I had a major breakdown in March of 2010. It came out...

2018-09-050Comments

Hope in Lamenting: When Life Has No Easy Answers

Sometimes, there’s no easy answer—or an answer at all!—for life’s hardest questions, especially for a Christian. I doubt no one really wants to know the reason...

by Dylan Whittler

Depression

Doubt

Personal (Michael Patton)

Suffering and Pain

2016-08-3118Comments

Waiting to Die

Over the last year, I have been hospitalized with a condition called rhabdomyolysis nine times. Each time, my kidney’s shut down. A few of these times the doctors said I...

2015-02-2482Comments

7 Things NOT to Say to a Depressed Christian 

Handling a Depressed Christian As many of you know, I’ve been depressed for almost five years now. I had a major break in March of 2010. It came out of nowhere and has been a...

2014-12-0340Comments

Concerning My Laments (Something I Really Need to Say)

Sometimes, after I write a blog post I find people who get the wrong idea. Ever so, often I have to bring my staff at the Credo House together to explain something to them...

2014-11-2931Comments

When the Sadness Doesn’t Leave

I don’t know how long ago it was. Probably 2010. That was a big year for me. Not a good year. It was the catalyst for a lot of change. Not good change . . . I think I...

by C Michael Patton

Depression

Suicide

2014-09-0966Comments

Suicidal Thoughts on Suicide

“Your packing a suitcase to a place that none of us has been. A place that has to be believed to be seen.” -Bono “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” I have needed to...

by C Michael Patton

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