*Important note: Pastor Clint unintentionally exaggerated the prevalence of lament in the Psalms in the introduction this week. Lament makes up around one-third of the book of Psalms as we have them in our scriptures, not two-thirds as originally misstated.*
What do we do when things fall apart? The way we answer this question shows us the truth of who we are. We all look great when things are comfortable. It’s in the times of challenge, when the building is burning down around us, when all that we’ve held onto dissolves in our arms, that our true allegiance, our true character, our true identity get revealed.
Listen as Pastor Clint explores the insufficient ways that our culture teaches us to deal with our pain and suffering, and how the scriptures chart a way through suffering to life and peace on the other side.
Sermon Resources:
1. “We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers and sisters, of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly, unbearably crushed that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.” -2 Corinthians 1:8-9
2. Russell Moore story from his book, "Adopted for Life"
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