Podcasts - SouthBrook Christian Church

God did not create evil and suffering. He did create the potential for evil to enter the world, because that was the only way to create the potential for genuine goodness and love and it was human beings, and our free will, which brought that...

However we explain hard things, even if we have an understanding of why something bad is happening, there comes a time when that light runs out and there will be a darkness we can’t explain. Answers won’t work.  And when that...

Many assume the existence of suffering, pain and evil isn’t just a problem in the world, but rather, it is proof that God does not exist.In this series, we'll see observations that challenge the assumption that the existence of pain and...

What does the resurrection mean for you and me? The resurrection means there is nothing in your past that is unforgivable. It does not matter what you've done. Nothing you have ever done is beyond God’s ability to cleanse and forgive because...

We’re talking Hope. Not the kind of hope that says someday everything will be okay. But the kind of hope that says right now things can be different. Hope says there is a different way. We learn this kind of hope from looking at the life and...

God's invitation is to Live in His Joy. And His promise, is that no one can take away that Joy. Joy will always be joy, in spite of something. In this life, joy will always be a battle and a few things may stand in opposition to the pursuit of...

The invitation of the Bible is to quit making God the genie that is supposed to fulfill my dreams, to resign from the center of my life, to let go of my little dreams, and to hook my life to a much bigger and better dream. That dream is the dream of...

Prayer is not a magic formula. Prayer is not an incantation. It is a talk with a Person, a very wise, very powerful Person. And sometimes, God responds to prayer in different ways. Sometimes timing is off. God says, “Slow."The request may not...

Sometimes when we use the word “healing” it can sound like we’re only talking about the wounds and the scars and the hurts we carry around. We all have those. It’s good to be open about them. But at the core, the disease that...

There is a good God who cares about sickness: spiritual, physical and emotional. He wants to heal. That’s why, when Jesus came, healing was central to his life and mission.Healing was not something Jesus did to attract big crowds; it was a...

God promises to give himself to us in covenant. And this is the basis of sex: A life-uniting act out of an within a covenant affirmation.Think about a marriage covenant. It begins with a promise. You are giving your word. Freely offered and joyfully...

In ancient Hebrew, the act of sexual love was referred to as “knowing” someone. It is the ultimate act of vulnerability and self-giving, and it expressed for the first man and woman complete transparency in every part of their...