For the person of faith, suffering is a great mystery. How can God be good when good people suffer? The book of Job gives us a perspective on suffering that we find nowhere else. It answers the big question: Will man serve God for nothing? In other words, if God fails to bless, will we fail to serve and believe? Can we really trust God in the midst of what appears to be undeserved suffering?
Pastor Dan leads us through Psalm 80 to discover how we, as a congregation should respond when confronted by difficulties.
1 Peter – 1 Peter 2:13-25 – Glorifying God when Suffering Unjustly – 6 of 18 SERMON SUMMARY All of us have been swindled at some point. I once bought a computer at a price that seemed too good to be true. (It was!) Rip-offs like this happen all the time, and they’re frustrating, but…
1 Peter – 1 Peter 1:1-12 – 2 of 18 SERMON SUMMARY Suffering is a universal language. Tears are the same for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Sorrow comes to the young and to the elderly-to the rich and to the poor. Since pain is such a pervasive problem, we need a potent prescription. Peter’s first…
SERMON SUMMARY Three weeks ago Pastor Lanier kicked off a new, four-part series called “Questions & Answers”. We’re shining a light on this important subject of “worldview”. In our first installment, Lanier helped us answer that foundational question, “How can we know what’s true?” Next we considered whether science has made God obsolete. If you…
