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Max Lucado: The Church Has Misunderstood Anxiety for Too Long

Max Lucado: The Church Has Misunderstood Anxiety for Too Long

Friday, June 26, 2026
For a lot of Christians, anxiety comes with an extra layer of shame. We’ve been taught that Philippians 4:6 — “be anxious for nothing” — is a command to stop feeling anxious altogether. If anxiety shows up, the thinking goes, your faith must be lacking. Pastor and author Max Lucado says that’s a misreading of…