When we face trials, many of us often feel abandoned by God, left to suffer alone. Yet our suffering not only has purpose; it also helps us see the beautiful character of our Lord! In part 3 of our 4-part series of Divine Portraits of God, Chris walks us through the delicate subject of suffering from the book of Lamentations. …
JULY 9, 2016 | #1628—REBROADCAST: LAMENTING LEADS TO LIGHT, PART 3
This program is a rebroadcast from August 22, 2015 On today’s show Chris invites Renee Napier to join him for a discussion on how lamenting and hope can co-exist. Renee shares with us the role that lamenting played in her life as she struggled with the death of her daughter, Meagan, who was killed by a drunk driver. “On May …
JUNE 25, 2016 | #1626—REBROADCAST: LAMENTING LEADS TO LIGHT, PART 1
This program is a rebroadcast from August 1, 2015 “No one likes to mourn, no one likes to grieve, it’s sadness… because it usually means they’ve lost something or someone important. Lamenting is an inevitable part of one’s life, at some point we all mourn. I’m reminded of what Chuck Swindoll said in his book Starting Over, “The hardest thing …
August 22, 2015 | #1534—Lamenting Leads to Light, Part 3
Message—Lamenting Leads to Light, Part 3 On today’s show Chris invites Renee Napier to join him for a discussion on how lamenting and hope can co-exist. Renee shares with us the role that lamenting played in her life as she struggled with the death of her daughter, Meagan, who was killed by a drunk driver. “On May 11th, 2002, a drunk …
August 8, 2015 | #1532—Lamenting Leads to Light, Part 2
Message—Lamenting Leads to Light, Part 2 “I believe there are times in our lives when God dismantles us, sometimes you can almost feel Him as He’s deconstructing you brick-by-brick, when even the sacred or important things to us that we thought could never be moved have been upended, much like our story here in the book of Lamentations. “When God …
August 1, 2015 | #1531—Lamenting Leads to Light, Part 1
Message—Lamenting Leads to Light, Part 1 “No one likes to mourn, no one likes to grieve, it’s sadness… because it usually means they’ve lost something or someone important. Lamenting is an inevitable part of one’s life, at some point we all mourn. I’m reminded of what Chuck Swindoll said in his book Starting Over, “The hardest thing about life is …