The Eclipsing Answer

This is Week Six in our series on suffering. The Bible is God’s story of creation, the fall, redemption, and restoration. We are living in the time of redemption, looking forward to restoration. So while our salvation is sure, it is not complete in the sense of...

Why Do the Righteous Suffer?

This is Week Five in our series on suffering. Join Pastor Mark Vroegop as we continue to learn from the life of Job. Today we’ll see that the ultimate aim of God is to pull Job back to a place of worship so He can demonstrate once again Job’s faithfulness,...

The Confusions of God

This is Week Four in our series on suffering. Neither Job nor his three friends were right in their opinions about why Job was suffering. But Elihu presented another possible category for our suffering, including the fact that it identifies underlying pride. As Pastor...

Beware of Shallow Answers

We’re in a series about how we as believers can and should respond to suffering. The most important thing you can do when a friend is suffering is to show up, be there, and be silent. Don’t try to make sense of it all! People in grief can’t sort it...

Pain-Filled Worship

We’re in a series about how we as believers can and should respond to suffering. Is God so good that He can be loved for who He is, not just for His gifts? Suffering tests whether we can separate our love for the created from our love for the Creator. Satan...