Itās one of the hardest things I do as a pastor. No matter how many times I do it, it doesnāt get any easier. When a family loses a loved one itās painful, but when we leave the cemetery after a graveside service the pain is ratcheted up. On more than one occasion, walking back to my car, Iāve uttered … Read More
We live in dangerous times, but then Iām not telling you anything you donāt know already. School shootings, once rare, now happen with regularity. Bombings, that once happened elsewhere, now occur from Boston to Austin. Your news feed fills up with these alarming events within moments of their occurrence. The apostle Paul wrote to people in Macedonia during troubling times. … Read More
Those who teach a prosperity gospel leave little room for the place suffering has in the will of God for the believer. Granted, most of us would like a life without pain or difficulty. We would like to keep suffering at armās length if we could. But two Biblical characters reveal that suffering may be a part of Godās will … Read More
