Suffering

"Suffering" Posts

Lord of the Storm


In the teaching series “See Jesus,” Rankin Wilbourne explores scenes from the life of Jesus and considers how Jesus makes sense of our lives.

Resolve


By Jaclynn Balas, Haiti Missions Leader

A few years back I started a personal tradition of making my number of resolutions correspond with the year. I had 10 resolutions for 2010, 11 for 2011 and so on. One of my… Continue Reading

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9/11, Haiti, the Death of a Child - Pt. II


By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

In the title of this post, I mention three tragedies in the same breath not because I think they are comparable. One of the myths we perpetuate is that sufferings can be compared. We can… Continue Reading

9/11, Haiti, the Death of a Child - Pt. I


By Rankin Wilbourne, Lead Pastor

In the wake of remembering 9/11 last Sunday and the emotions that remembrance stirred, several people asked about resources.

“Where was God?” is the most common question. And for those who don’t believe in the… Continue Reading

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An Exile's Mission

Posted in  Uncategorized  on  August 15, 2011

8/14/11

Marshall Brown, Albert Shim and Joe White explore the book of 1 Peter, a letter written to Christians whom Peter calls “elect exiles.” Peter writes to provide encouragement, hope and instruction to those struggling to live faithfully in a… Continue Reading

Strangers in the World, Loved by God

Posted in  Uncategorized  on  July 18, 2011

7/17/11

Marshall Brown, Albert Shim and Joe White explore the book of 1 Peter, a letter written to Christians whom Peter calls “elect exiles.” Peter writes to provide encouragement, hope and instruction to those struggling to live faithfully in a… Continue Reading

Perseverance


By Scott Cougill, Executive Pastor

As Rankin brings our study of James to conclusion, I remember back to February when it all started. James writes: Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because… Continue Reading

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The Protest

Posted in  Uncategorized  on  July 5, 2011

7/3/11

Jeremy Weese explores one of King David’s psalms of ‘lament,’ and discusses how we can experience greater intimacy and freedom in God by bringing our laments before Him.