Christian Depression as Man destroys Ten Commandments plaque

Christian depression is real, there are many who love God but who are going through the emotional battle of their life. The sad fact of the matter is that those who are suffering emotionally are not always getting the help that they need, a lack of real pastoral support and of godly men in the pulpit are making things worst. In a very bizarre story which happened last week, a man who professes to be a Christian, literally drove his car into a Ten Commandments monument and destroyed it.

 

 

Depression and Christianity

 

There are many people who try to follow after God but are going through severe difficulties, it is at these times when the prevalence of TV ministers are of no help. There has been a proliferation of TV preachers and ministers who beam their messages into the homes of millions of people; yet these men are mainly actors. Often believers are mislead by a television ministry which is real focused on receiving money donations, TV ministers can never provide the spiritual support that believers truly need. Sadly, the majority in the United States are getting their spiritual messages from Christian Television which is really a money making enterprise using the name of Christ to promote their shows.

 

We don’t know all the reasons behind the man’s bizarre behavior, driving a car into the biblical monument is a clear sign of a person dissatisfied (from a religious perspective) with religion.   Official in Oklahoma say the man suffers from mental health issues.

 

The mother of the man was interviewed for local news, she says that her son had a work related accident which led him down a road of “breakdowns”

 

 “The one thing that is foremost in his mind, his religion, is the thing he takes it out on. A statue of the 10 Commandments would be something that would attract him. Anyone who knows Michael, knows he loves his God. Right now, everyone is praying for him.”

 

Despite the fact that this man is mentally ill does not take away the fact that the story highlights a very important fact, many believe the message of God but are still hurting. The American churches have missed the mark, the good time money making gospel which is pimped into the homes of millions of people is not the original message of Jesus. People who are suffering or who are depressed are often shunned by the churches, the ministers don’t like to deal with these problems.

 

 

While there are good ministers the sad fact of the matter is that Christian depression is not being addressed, the people in the pulpit today are not able to give the support that so many people truly need.  Unfortunately, anyone can be the minister today and this is why the flock is not being fed.  

 

The mother of the emotionally disturbed man admitted she had no clues her son was in trouble, sadly, this is a familiar situation today

Some many are lost in a sad American Christianity.  

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What is Christianity and can it be saved?

What is Christianity is a question that Christians should start to ask themselves. What are the true sets of beliefs which embody this religion? It may be a bit of a surprise to believers today but what we call modern day Christianity is far removed from its original Jewish roots. Did the United States and its love of money and materialism transform the religion into cheap con game?  Is American Christianity now a TV show where the slickest preachers make the most money? Is it our obsession with good looking people which causes us to throw our faith at the new tight jeans wearing ministers with prefect hair? 

 

WWJD ?

 

A popular slogan (and button) a few years ago was “What Would Jesus Do (WWJD)? What WWJD really meant was

 

 “What would Jesus do in any particular situation”, this is actually a very thought provoking slogan.

 

I would like to ask our many readers what Jesus would say about modern day Christianity. Would Jesus be please with millionaire ministers who use private jets? Would he be pleased with ministers who only send out “money messages” yet never give a dime back to the poor in their congregations who ask for help? 

 

Despite the fact that modern day ministers like to spread the message that the apostles were not poor the fact of the matter is that they were dirt poor!  

 

Poverty and despair was the common life of a first century believer, after the resurrection the apostles lived with only one hope, that they would see the Messiah again in their lifetime. There were no messages to get rich, just a hope to see the Messiah.

 

The Pimping of the Gospel

 

The modern day church has dropped the ball; the poor, depressed and hurting are not being served. An older man recently commented to me

 

“It is best to find a very small, poor store front church; they are the only true churches left”  

 

 

 

 The poor ministers who open these small store churches serve a small congregation that has almost no money; the ministers are usually dirt poor yet they open the doors to serve the poor every week. The neighborhoods were the poor churches reside are usually dangerous yet the doors are open to the hurting.

 

Television ministers are in the game for big ratings and big money, avoid these men at all cost. Television ministries come with big production money and little bible quotes which equal disaster for the believers.  

 

 

 

Once the make up goes on and the cameras rolls it is no longer about Christianity, it is about Hollywood, run far away from the money gospel in the United States.

 

Christian Depression is real

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Christian Depression in the face of a false happiness gospel

Christian Depression is real but it would be very difficult to find this subject ever addressed by minister’s in the United States due to a television happiness gospel which has polluted the airwaves. There are big name ministers who have pumped out a gospel which Jesus never would have recognized and sadly it is the followers who are suffering.  Christian depression is a subject that few ministers will want to touch in the USA because it exposes the lie of many of the American TV preachers.

When Billy Graham first used the media to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ it had a very unique power, the pure word of God was able to reach the four corners of the global, and it was good. Never before did we have the ability to hear the gospel right in our living rooms, and there was something special about how innocent the message of Billy Graham was delivered.  

                                       Preaching to thousands he never asked people to donate money which would                                        come back and make them rich. 

The power of television to spread the gospel was too good to be true; the enemy had to get involved.

The enemy is always on the look out to distort God’s work and that is what has happened with TV ministries, the enemy’s bait was money and the ministers jumped on it.  Pretty soon anyone could toss up a cheap cable television show and call themselves a minister, the lie was that God wanted you to send the minister your money!  Those who suffered with Christian Depression were left in the dust; it was now all about money and happiness. Give to the minister and you will get a special power to get rich and happy!

The simple message of Billy Graham was now gone and the age of Big money television

 Ministers with blow dried hair began. These ministers know nothing about depression, or sadness, they are fat cats who have more than they could ever want but do not envy them, it is a big set up from God!

God is God and He knows ever dime these Ministers are taking from the poor.  How did a gospel for the poor get transformed into the American money making gospel where people will send a millionaire minister their last dollar?  The enemy is tricky and he mixed the true word of God and always added a twist!  The Old Testament law of tithing (giving 10% of your food for the poor) had transformed into given 10% of your income to the minister!)  Few people have caught on to the scam.

The true followers of God who may be having the worst time of their lives with sadness, loneliness and depression are told to simply give more money to the minister, if this were a Hollywood script it would never sell because no one would ever believe it could be true!

These ministers know nothing about Christian depression, sadness or loneliness, they are running a multi-million dollar enterprise; it is all Hollywood.  There is a God and He rules, when He is ready all must answer to what they did to the gospel. 

Help for Christian Depression? An Answer

There are many who are seeking help for Christian depression, but few are really finding a solution, far too many people are unaware that religious people also suffer deep dark depressive mood. It is common to turn on a religious station and find some minister speaking about sadness without the slightest idea about what a depressive mood truly does to a person. True help for Christian Depression is very hard to find.

 

According to the world health organization there are over 150 million people who are on antidepressants,  a large percent of these people would consider themselves Jewish or a follower of Christianity, the problem is that few of these believers ever get a true spiritual answer as to how to deal with depression. The religious leaders are lacking in the qualifications to deal with real depression.

 

Caught in the middle

 

 

It is clear that the religious person who seeks help from the non-religious world feels as if something is missing; often hey discover that the non-religious person is missing that necessary spiritual advice when trying to help a religious person with a depressed mood. There is another dilemma, when the righteous seeks help for sadness, loneliness or a long time depressive mood from another religious person they are often met with snappy bible phrases which sound good but do not truly address the problem.

 

 The bottom line is that real help for Christian depression is hard to come by. There are increasing numbers of people who are simply not doing well, they are not having the time of their lives; they are barely hanging on.  A depressive mood can be all consuming and become very difficult to overcome, it is at these times when quick bible quotes from friend may not be enough.

 

New York Times writer TM Lerman

 

Wrote an amazing article from the Times about the rise in depression in the world, she quotes a Christian Woman from India who almost died from a suicide attempt

 

“I spoke with a young woman who, after a quarrel with her parents, took enough pills to land her in intensive care, and to an evangelical Christian who said that God had told him to give a sermon about suicide. He said he asked God, “Is this even a topic to be spoken about?” 

 

It is my experience that most Ministers and Rabbis’ know very little about depression, they often offer a quick standard answer but this is at most a bandaid on a leg that is about to fall off.

 

What happens when you have read your bible and attended all the services but you are still not experiencing any joy in your life?

 

 

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