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Go Take (Esther 2:5-7) Chris Altrock – 4/15/18

The story of Esther is the story of a woman who saved the world. Esther’s ancient world was even more a man’s world than our modern world. Yet the hero of this story is a woman. She is the figure who partners with God to stand against the strongest empire in the ancient world to save the lives of countless Jews.

Yet the book of Esther is the story of a hero who almost wasn’t. Esther herself almost wasn’t. She almost lost the chance to grow into the hero of her story. When she was young, circumstances in her life nearly robbed her of the chance to stand in the gap for her fellow Jews.Read More »Go Take (Esther 2:5-7) Chris Altrock – 4/15/18

God’s Common Cure for Pain (Esther 9) Chris Altrock – Oct. 15, 2017

 

Crying Out

            In October 2017, the day after what was then the worst mass shooting in America, Bishop Joseph Pepe of Las Vegas hosted a prayer service to mourn the 59 dead, to pray for the more than 500 injured. More than 800 people attended.[1]

When we are crushed by affliction, we instinctively cry out to the Almighty. We often do not know what else to do. Unable to make sense of what’s happened on earth, we reach out to heaven.Read More »God’s Common Cure for Pain (Esther 9) Chris Altrock – Oct. 15, 2017

Front Page: The Disease of Me (Est. 6:6) Chris Altrock – Oct. 30, 2016

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Unsolved Problems

Last year at about this time, several things starting going wrong with me:

  • ? First, my ears started ringing. All day long there was a constant rumble in my ears.
  • ? Second, bright lights started to bother me. Whether it was the headlights of an oncoming car or the lights that brighten the stage from which I preach, bright lights started to really bother me.
  • ? Third, three to five times every week, my head would hurt so badly I simply could not function. I couldn’t write sermons. I couldn’t hold meetings. I was pretty useless.

I went to my primary care physician. I went to an ear, nose and throat specialist. And I went to a neurologist. Numerous times. And finally they pieced it all together. All of these symptoms were the result of just one thing: migraine headaches. Migraine headaches were causing the ringing in the ears, the sensitivity to light and the intense headaches. And once we found a treatment that worked, all three symptoms began to subside. Read More »Front Page: The Disease of Me (Est. 6:6) Chris Altrock – Oct. 30, 2016