Yelling at God

Out of the whirlwind

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Out of the whirlwind
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Michael Chu // Guest Speaker
Selected passages from the Book of Job

Just when Job thinks that God does not care about him, God speaks — to show that He does care, He asks for our reverence, and He draws us near to His holy presence.

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Going deeper

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Going deeper
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Stephen Sharkey // Lead Pastor
Job 28:1-28

The book of Job pushes us past questions like “Why do we suffer?” or “Why do bad things happen to good people?” Instead, we can take lessons from Job and lean into pursuing God’s wisdom for our lives.

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Jesus, the perfect Job

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Jesus, the perfect Job
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Stephen Sharkey // Lead Pastor
Luke 24: 36-48

Why do we suffer? Through Jesus, we find that our world is built on the wisdom of a God who is able to take suffering and out of it create life and restoration.

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Making sense of the world

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Making sense of the world
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Stephen Sharkey // Lead Pastor
Job 12 and 13

“What did I do to deserve this?” When it feels like your world is falling apart, can you approach God with your anger and your pain? The answer is yes — Jesus makes a way for each of us to contend for the heart of God.

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After silence falls

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After silence falls
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Michael Chu // Guest Speaker
Job 2:13 and Job 3:1-8

We often assume that showing our pain to God or others is a sign of weak or even collapsing faith, but nothing could be further from the truth. We learn from Job that when we have the courage to bring our genuine, broken selves to God, He draws us near to Him.

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When suffering hits

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When suffering hits
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Cindy Comiso // Associate Pastor
Job 1 and 2

How can we survive suffering and steward it into something greater than ourselves? Pastor Cindy explores God’s purposes amidst pain and its meaning for us as Christ-followers.

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Paradise disrupted

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Paradise disrupted
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Michael Chu // Guest Speaker
Proverbs 9:10 and 8:13; Ecclesiastes 5; and Job 1:1-6

The book of Job epitomizes the experience of going through hardship and suffering even when no wrong has been done. In this sermon we explore how we can process, metabolize, and survive the journey of hardship and suffering, which all of us, without exception, will encounter throughout our lives.

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