Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
January 28, 2024 We all at one time wrestle with the question, “why do bad things happen to good people?” The writer of Ecclesiastes is no different: “There is something...
His Suffering Brings Peace
November 28, 2021 Jesus’ predicts His death the first time in an unsettling passage that makes clear redemption will come at a cost. The redemptive suffering of Jesus brings into...
Real Sacrifice
Good Friday, April 2, 2021 Join us on Good Friday as we remember the suffering and death of Christ.
Habakkuk
March 15, 2020 Habakkuk’s prophecy is framed as a series of dialogues between the prophet and God about the justice of God and the suffering to come. The final chapter...
The Suffering Messiah
December 7/8, 2019 Psalm 22 is one of the most powerful descriptions of suffering in the entire psalter. It is often connected with Christ’s suffering upon the Cross. Taken on...
Prayer of Dependence: Habakkuk
July 14/15, 2018 The prophet Habakkuk concludes his bleak book with a powerful and rich declaration of faith in the face of pending suffering in Habakkuk 3:1-21. Regardless of our...
Descending
February 17/18, 2018 Joseph’s story begins in Genesis 37:1-36 with dreams, parental favoritism, and family tensions. His father’s favorite son, Joseph, quickly finds his disagreements with his brothers boiling over...
What’s so Random about Kindness?
June 2017 YoPro MKE Talk Back in the mid-1990s, a book was published called “Random Acts of Senseless Violence” that followed a New York City family living in an urban...
Jesus: Healer and Releaser
December 31, 2016/January 1, 2017 This week, Pastor Ruth Carver kicks off a new series, “Jesus on the Move,” with a look at a series of healing stories: Luke 5:12-16...
Redemption in the Darkness: Job’s Return to Joy through Suffering
March 19/20, 2016 “The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s lifer more than the former” (Job 42:12). When Job walks with God, even obeys God, in the midst of...