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Won: The Cross Displayed God’s Glory (Jn. 12) Chris Altrock – 3/18/18

Who God is in Dark Times

            How would you complete this sentence?

God is ______________.

How would you especially complete that sentence in dark and disappointing times? Would pain and suffering change the way you finish that sentence?

God is _____________.

Lisa Wingate’s novel Before We Were Yours tells the true story of how thousands of children belonging to single mothers and poverty stricken families were snatched away by Memphis’ Georgia Tann and then sold to families willing to pay to adopt them through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society. The story begins in the 1930’s with twelve year old Rill Foss. She lives with her mom and dad and and four younger siblings in a shanty boat moored on the shore of the Mississippi River across from Mud Island.Read More »Won: The Cross Displayed God’s Glory (Jn. 12) Chris Altrock – 3/18/18

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

Over Our Heads: Life in the Golden Triangle (Rom. 5:1-5) Chris Altrock – Aug. 6, 2017

Guts

We were standing in line to board our flight from Atlanta to Memphis when I saw the t-shirt.

It was the end of a long week. We had said our goodbye’s to Kendra’s mother after her long battle with MS and cancer. We were returning from Arizona home to Memphis after the funeral. Standing in line ahead of us as we were boarding our final leg home was a young man with a t-shirt that read “Being human takes guts.” I thought, “Boy, that’s right.” Being human takes guts. It’s hard to be human. Life is hard.Read More »Over Our Heads: Life in the Golden Triangle (Rom. 5:1-5) Chris Altrock – Aug. 6, 2017