Author: Tim Jennings, M.D.

  • Happiness from Killing Babies? A Closer Look at Psalm 137

    Happiness from Killing Babies? A Closer Look at Psalm 137

    Psalms 137 is the culmination of a short psalm that laments Israel’s captivity in Babylon and concludes with what appears to be a very human, worldly response to injustice—retaliation against the enemy. But is this what the Holy Spirit actually inspired the psalmist to write, or did something get confused in the translation?

  • Hope and Healing for Those Struggling with Anxiety

    Hope and Healing for Those Struggling with Anxiety

    Pain is designed to signal us when something isn’t functioning as it should so that we can address the problem quickly, remove the offending source, and prevent more serious injury. Anxiety serves the same purpose; it alerts us that something is wrong…

  • Reformers and Today

    Reformers and Today

    Will we be people who love to grow, discover, and move forward in new epiphanies, deeper comprehension, and closer intimacy with God, which occurs as we press forward in the knowledge of God, His kingdom, His design laws, methods, and principles?

  • Death: A Punishment Inflicted by God or a Natural Consequence of Sin?

    Death: A Punishment Inflicted by God or a Natural Consequence of Sin?

    If the power of death is the devil’s power and God does not inflict death as punishment for sin, then what do we do with texts like these?

  • Who Are the 144,000?

    Who Are the 144,000?

    There has been much speculation throughout history as to whom comprises the 144,000 of Revelation chapter seven. Do they represent the totality of the saved or just a subset of the saved? Are they the literal biological descendants of Abraham? Is this a literal or symbolic number?

  • The Difference Between Clinical and Situational Depression

    The Difference Between Clinical and Situational Depression

    Clinical depression is treatable! The best treatment outcomes occur when a holistic approach is taken and the underlying contributing factors are identified and resolved. Read how in this blog.

  • God’s Wrath Versus Satan’s Wrath—What’s the Difference?

    God’s Wrath Versus Satan’s Wrath—What’s the Difference?

    What does it mean to love ourselves, without becoming selfish, and how do we do that in a God-designed way? Answering this question requires that we define what love is and what selfishness is.

  • How to Love Oneself

    How to Love Oneself

    What does it mean to love ourselves, without becoming selfish, and how do we do that in a God-designed way? Answering this question requires that we define what love is and what selfishness is.

  • When God Tests Us

    When God Tests Us

    When the Lord puts someone to the test, what is He testing?

  • Our Resistance and God’s Persistence

    Our Resistance and God’s Persistence

    My goal as we start this New Year is to listen to God’s voice and follow wherever He is leading, for He has proven to me that He is love, He is trustworthy, and He always has a better plan for me than I could devise for myself.

  • Light Becoming Darkness

    Light Becoming Darkness

    So how exactly does heavenly light become darkness to people?

  • Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us

    Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us

    God is waiting for His people to no longer bow down to Baal. He’s waiting for us to call attention to the difference between Him, the Creator God of love, who does not require payment to be made to Him, and this pagan counterfeit. Do we today want to act the part of Naaman?