When reading the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, how can God be seen as a loving God, when he strikes down so many people? He seems more like an angry hateful God to me. This is one of those deep thinking, philosophical questions. I’ll try to give a few simple responses, but at the […]
Exodus seven begins the story of the 10 plagues in Egypt. God is about to bring an incredible judgement on the Egyptian people and on Pharoah. Each plague is a little more devastating, and more intense, brought by God as a just response to the horrible slavery and oppression of the Hebrews. And Pharoah’s response […]
On Sunday we began the sermon with some questions from the congregations about the struggled of life and doubts that we have. We asked people attending church to submit questions on an index card, thinking we would get two or three questions. We actually got a bunch. You can hear answers to a couple of […]
Have you ever had someone make a promise to you, then fail to keep it? Maybe when you were a kid, a parent promised to spend time with you and forgot. It could be a friend who said they would spend time with you and failed to make it happen. For some reading this, a […]
When God is about to do his greatest work, He often allows His people to go through the greatest hardship. A great preacher once said, God will not mightily use a person until He has crushed him greatly. At first glance, this may seem like God is cruel and unloving. But the opposite is actually […]