“God doesn’t remove darkness; He enters into it with us.”
If you’ve ever struggled with the question, “why does a good God allow so much bad?”, then this week’s message is what you need to listen to. It’s the finale of our Blind Faith series and in it, we see how Jesus approached pain, suffering and death in the life of His dear friends Lazarus, Mary and Martha.
What you find might surprise you as Jesus doesn’t remove the pain from their lives; instead He enters into with them.
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Sadly, this story has become all too common. Another mass shooting - this time in Las Vegas. Another senseless killing, taking the lives of several innocent victims and bringing anger and fear into the hearts of even more.
As I was reflecting upon these recent events, I remembered a post I wrote last year after a similar tragedy in Orlando. Prior to this week, the Orlando shooting was the largest in US history, but the Las Vegas tragedy has now surpassed it - with 58 dead and more than 500 wounded.
The post below was my way of processing what happened and answering the question, "Where do we go from here?" The details may be different, but the message is the same.
Read More"Just because there's nothing we CAN DO, doesn't mean there's nothing we SHOULD DO."
Part 2 of our series The Invisible Hand of God and this week we look at what happens when evil enters the story and we find ourselves face to face with hatred, injustice, and bigotry.
By her example, Esther teaches us that SEEING the invisible hand of God is great, but BEING the invisible hand of God is even better!
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By now, everyone is fully aware of the horrific events that took place in Orlando, FL last weekend where a man opened fire at a nightclub, killing 49 people. The attack was “the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11” according to this CNN article.
When things like this happen, I find myself needing to process the event internally and find an answer “what happened here?”
Read MoreWeek 4 of the Things Jesus Never Said series and this week we talked about one of the most common misquotes of Jesus that Christians say all the time - "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON".
"What's wrong with that?" you ask. "Isn't that the right thing to say? Aren't we supposed to trust that God is in control of everything? It certainly seems like something that's probably in the Bible somewhere right?"
WRONG! Check out the video above and listen to my thoughts on why this statement is not only untrue, but also so dangerous when used in the wrong context.
