Issues in Education

Maturing Through Suffering

1/11/25 Maturing Through Suffering 1919
What do many Christians with weak faith do when disaster strikes? Radio and TV host, Joni Eareckson Tada, author of more than 50 books including, An Unforgettable Story, has suffered for over 50 years with quadriplegia and extreme pain. Then she got breast cancer! What helps is focusing on Jesus and his suffering to pay for our salvation. Tim Hansel, author of You Gotta Keep Dancin’- In The Midst of Life’s Hurts You Can Choose Joy, suffered a tragic fall that broke his back, causing him to be in extreme pain, says, “ This light and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond comparison!”

A Faith That Overcame Fear

1/4/25 A Faith That Overcame Fear 1918
Do you have a vague hope that you’ll go to heaven or the certain fearless faith that overcomes your fear of death? Pastor Randy Alcorn, founder of Eternal Perspective Ministries, is the author of over 60 books including Heaven and We Shall See God, gives inspirational, heartfelt message at his wife Nanci’s memorial service that will increase your faith and decrease your fear of death. Strong faith doesn’t magically or instantly happen but takes study and time to put into practice. Knowing God is Almighty and loves us infinitely allows us to pray, “Thy will be done.” Nanci was transformed by her deep faith in Christ.

When God Doesn’t Make Sense

12/28/24 When God Doesn’t Make Sense 1917
Since God is good and all-powerful, why does He allow terrible things to happen to people? Why is God silent when I am hurting? How do you handle unanswered prayers? Dr James Dobson, author of When God Doesn’t Make Sense – Holding Onto Your Faith in the Toughest Times, tells how broken he was by seeing his 3 year old son Ryan suffer during a medical procedure. So too, God the Father suffered watching Jesus on the cross. Jesus weeping with Mary and Martha over the death of Lazarus shows how God suffers with us. Jesus demonstrated His power over death by raising his dead friend Lazarus back to life.

The Birth of God

12/21/24 The Birth of God 1916
The greatest event in all history was that the Creator of the universe became a baby, the man Jesus. It’s amazing that the God who created everything came to earth as a single cell, says famed actor Bruce Marchiano. Pastor Francis Chan, author of Crazy Love, gives an impassioned Christmas message exclaiming how God emptied himself and left heaven to become a man! If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus! Jesus shows that God isn’t angry but loving, patient and kind. When a primitive tribe first heard the gospel and how God had forgiven them of all sins, they leaped for joy and celebrated for hours.

Celebrating Christ

12/14/16 Celebrating Christ 1915
What is God like? Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, Isaiah prophesied about Christ, “Unto us a Son is given: and His Name shall be called Mighty God, the everlasting Father.” Was Jesus really God? Was He the Creator? He was. God came to the earth He created in the smallest form possible, as a single cell. Film maker Bruce Marchiano, who acted the parts of Jesus in more films than any other, is the author of Jesus Yesterday, Today and Forever. What was Jesus like as a child? What was it like for Mary, expecting Jesus to rule the world, to see Him crucified? Why did Jesus have so much supernatural joy?