The experience of human suffering has perplexed minds ever since the fall. For Christians, the question of suffering rises to a new level of importance because of our belief in the sovereignty of our loving and merciful God. In Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, John Piper and friends tackle some…

God’s Comfort—2 Cor. 1:1-5 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 4/22/09 Trouble is an inescapable consequence of living in this world. Today, we hear everywhere of people doing horrible things to themselves and others. Job 14:1- Sometimes is this trouble God seems afar off- Job 13:24- this was certainly the…

Holy Tuesday

The End Times Sermon #7 Smyrna-The Suffering, Rich Church Revelation 2:8-11 Intro : The city of Smyrna was located some 35 miles north of Ephesus. It was a prosperous city with a population of over 100,000 in John’s day. That location has been inhabited for over 3,000 years and no one knows for sure…

I pick our title from a book that I have; which touches upon the issue of suffering. Herbert Lockyer became well known in Christian circles when he wrote the “ALL series” volumes. I have a few of them, which cover all the men of the bible, all the promises of the bible, all the messianic prophecies of…

Opening: Review of Last week Eliphaz speaks again: -Calls Job a helpless Windbag who speaks evils against God -Lays out that Jobs fate is proof that Job has been hiding some grievous sins and needs to repent and be restored -Eliphaz turned to His tradition as an understanding of God and accuse Job in…

Advancement of the Gospel Life of Joy in Christ Philippians 1:12 "I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel" (Philippians 1:12, ESV) Prokopen (Pro-ko-pay) Progress, Advance, Cut or Strike Forward 1. Paul wants the believers at Philippi (and us)…

Introduction 2 Corinthians 4th letter. 1 Corinthians appears to be answering questions from a previous letter, then you have 1 Corinthians. That makes the second letter. The 3rd letter is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 2 and this is the 4th letter as Paul writes 2 Corinthians. He is dealing with a few who…

Stepping into your Greatness with Pastor Victor Edet

Assistant Pastor Eric Guy reminds us that we need to understand that God is our Cornerstone, our foundation, and that we shouldn’t be fearful or even think that we’ll lose, because God is on our side.

It's hard to trust God when things keep going wrong. It is hard to trust HIM if we don't know HIM.