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Topic: Suffering

Devoted to God, Part 3

Running the Race

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Speaker: Philip Martin

Text: Hebrews 12:1-14

God, in His providence, uses circumstances, especially painful ones, to grow us in holiness.

Joy in the Midst of Trials

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Speaker: James Choi

Text: Isaiah 12

Isaiah 12 is a song of future glory, but it is a song that weary Christians can sing today in light of the joy of our salvation, the joy of corporate worship, and the joy of the good news of the Gospel.

Luke: The Power and Preaching of Jesus, Part 16

Jesus is Lord Over Disease and Death

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Luke 8:40-56

Jesus has authority over the effects of the curse within us: disease and death. He is worthy of our praise, love, faith, hope and ultimate allegiance.

Summer in the Psalms, Part 5

A Psalm of National Lament

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Psalm 44

God’s goal is not for us to have happy lives apart from him. His goal is his own glory, which he graciously invites us to participate in. But that invitation also contains an element of suffering.

Summer in the Psalms, Part 4

Hope for Unfinished Stories

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Speaker: Philip Martin

Text: Psalm 77

In trials, while waiting for our trustworthy Savior, we can pray, pour out our hearts, pivot, and praise.

Considering the Nature of Life Itself

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: Psalm 90

Psalm 90 invites us to evaluate our lives before God, with him as the beginning and the end and the center.

Why Am I Suffering?

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Speaker: Jose Troche

Text: Job

God used suffering to prepare Job’s heart so Job could not just hear of him but truly see him in all his majesty, splendor, glory, and sovereignty.

Light in the Darkness, Part 2

Hope in the Lord

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Speaker: Jose Troche

Text: Psalm 39

The Psalmist wrestles with the sovereignty of God, cries out to the Lord in his distress, and finds a hope that is real, a hope that is available to us today.

1 Peter: Living Hope, Part 11

Following the Man of Sorrows

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: 1 Peter 2:18-25

Those who follow Christ’s example of submission, even in the face of suffering, will be commended by God.

1 Peter: Living Hope, Part 1

Living Hope

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5

Our hope is in a future inheritance that is founded on God’s mercy, secured through Christ’s resurrection, and kept by God’s power.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 5

The Glory of Assurance

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Romans 8:31-39

The big question at the bottom of the heart of all Christians is this: Are we going to be all right?

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 3

Future Glory

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Romans 8:18-25

Patient hope in the gospel of Jesus Christ will enable us to handle present suffering in the light of future glory.

Romans 8: Life in the Spirit, Part 2

Life in the Spirit in Troubling Times

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: Romans 8:9-17

If you enter into this troubling time confident and clear on who you are in Christ, it will radically shape how you live through it.

Knowing God, Part 6

Toward a Theology of Suffering (Part 2)

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Robin helps examine the apparently underserved suffering of Job and faithful believers.

Knowing God, Part 5

Toward a Theology of Suffering (Part 1)

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Robin addresses preventative medicine, the problem of evil, the justification of God, and the question of why a good God allows evil to exist.

The Hope of Christmas for Troubled Souls

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Speaker: Jose Troche

Text: Psalms 77

Christians can walk through months of despair and doubt, but God can meet them in the darkness.

Bonafide: A Series in the Book of James, Part 1

Steadfast Under Trials

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: James 1

Trusting God in times of trial is the way forward and the way through.

Isaiah: Behold the Conquering Servant King, Part 7

The Suffering Servant

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: Isaiah 52:13-53:12

Righteousness comes to sinful people through the suffering of the Lord's Servant.

Isaiah: Behold the Conquering Servant King, Part 5

Comfort in an Uncomfortable World

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Isaiah 40

God comforts us when we agree with His glorious goal, recognize that only His Word is permanent and when we behold Him.

Isaiah: Behold the Conquering Servant King, Part 4

Comfort and Joy in God’s Salvation

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Speaker: Jose Troche

Text: Isaiah 25

As we navigate through the storms and suffering of this present time, we find comfort and hope by looking forward to a glorious day of Christ's return.

Living in the Hope of God’s Love

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Speaker: Mike Bullmore

Text: Romans 8:18-39

How do you get to the point of living in the good of God's love for us? He's provided everything we need in Romans 8.

Exodus: Saved for God's Glory, Part 4

Trust and Obey in the Day of Trouble

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Exodus 5:22-6:13

Even when things look bad, God calls his people to trust and obey him because he is faithful to fulfill his promises.

Exodus: Saved for God's Glory, Part 1

Even When Life Is Hard

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Exodus 1

We can trust God to fulfill his promises and to deliver his people even when life is hard.

Matthew: The Life and Words of Jesus, Part 72

The Agony of Jesus in the Shadow of the Cross

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: Matthew 26:30-46

Jesus' agony in Gethsemane awakens us to the cost of our redemption, calls us to alert prayerfulness, and comforts us in our own distress.

Matthew: The Life and Words of Jesus, Part 47

Jesus’ Cross and Ours

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Speaker: Kevin Rogers

Text: Matthew 16:21-28

Suffering precedes glory for Jesus and his disciples.

Romans, Part 10

Future Glory and God’s Steadfast Love

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Romans 8:18-39

Paul ransacks his imagination for all images that might pose a threat to the believer’s security and dismisses each of them.

Romans, Part 5

The Blessings of Justification

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Speaker: Robin Boisvert

Text: Romans 5:1-11

To exult in God is to rejoice not in our privileges but in his mercies, not in our possession of him, but in his of us.

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