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January 2018

January 11, 2018

Lessons from the Book of Job

Through Job's story, God offers paradigm-shifting insights to face suffering. In the first chapter, the...

January 08, 2018

Constant Explanations from God Wouldn’t Allow for Our Faith or Trust

Sometimes we make the foolish assumption that our heavenly Father has no right to insist...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

When Your Pain Makes It Hard to Say “It Is Well with My Soul”

Shauna Hernandez is a vital and beloved member of our team at EPM, where her...

October 2017

October 05, 2017

The Problem of Evil and Suffering in Las Vegas and Elsewhere

This isn’t the first time, and won’t be the last, that we who are Jesus-followers...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

If I Have Enough Faith, Will God Heal Me?

Ultimately, all healing in this world is temporary, since people’s bodies inevitably deteriorate and die.

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Being Sensitive in Sharing Scripture with the Suffering

When I was in high school, I had a friend that I really looked up...

October 2016

October 17, 2016

The Laments in God’s Inspired Word Teach Us How to Mourn, and Express Our Honest Questions

Laments make up more than one-third of the psalms. The contrast between Israel’s hymnbook and...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Seven Truths That Guided Denny Gradin Through Cancer and into Eternity

Denny Gradin was a missionary with a big heart for Spanish-speaking peoples. In August 2012,...

September 12, 2016

A.W. Tozer on God’s Wisdom and Our Broken, Waiting-for-Redemption World

Tozer, one of my all-time favorite authors, makes a great analogy in this sermon, shared...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Grateful for the Wait

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is...

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