Hope in Affliction

Christian confidence that suffering is not the last word.

36 sermons

Message 1

6/28/2026

Wait for It

Habakkuk 2:1-3

Message 3

2/8/2026

The Turning Prophet

Or, A Fulfilling Birth Announcement

Luke 1:5-25

Message 9

10/19/2025

Light and Gladness

Or, The Art of the Decree

Esther 8:1-17

Message 2

8/17/2025

Keep Heart (Pt 2)

Or, There Is No Time to Faint

2 Thessalonians 3:13

Message 1

9/29/2024

For Such a Time as This

Or, The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength

Ezra 1:1

Message 2

9/15/2024

Comeford College Convocation 2024

Or, Build, Battle, and Bless

Selected Scriptures

Message 7

5/19/2024

Dissident Joy

Or, When Faith Won't Crash

Habakkuk 3:16-19

Message 51

2/26/2023

Vessels of Mercy (Pt 3)

Or, When Pots Talk Back

Romans 9:19-23

Message 42

11/13/2022

Helps for Hope

Or, The Good of God’s Purpose

Romans 8:26-30

Message 41

10/30/2022

Creation Cries Out

Or, Wait! There's More!

Romans 8:18-25

Message 22

8/21/2022

Be Not Far from Me

Or, Faith’s Response When Feeling Forsaken

Psalm 22:1-31

Message 5

8/7/2022

Living on Unseen Things

Or, The Heart of TEC (Pt 5)

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Message 11

6/12/2022

All the More Gladly

Or, Suffering Produces a Weight of Glory

1 Peter 4:12-19

Message 8

4/3/2022

A Good Apology

Or, Christ Vivified, Vindicated, and Victorious

1 Peter 3:18-22

Message 5

12/26/2021

The Nunc Dimittis

Or, A Christmas Call to Consolation

Luke 2:21-38

Message 1

12/27/2020

Hindsight is 2020

Or, A Year of Groaning Considered as the Basis for Convinced Optimism in 2021 and Beyond

Romans 8:18-39

Message 9

5/10/2020

If the Foundations Are Destroyed

Or, The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is the Lord Himself

Psalm 11:1-7

Message 5

4/12/2020

I Will See You Again

Or, Sorrow Must Give Way to Easter

John 16:20-22

Message 2

3/22/2020

If Need Require

Or, A Test for Exiles

1 Peter 1:6-7

Message 1

3/15/2020

We Faint Not

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Message 18

7/14/2019

Blessed Be My Rock (Pt 2)

Or, Exalting in the God of Deliverance

Psalm 18:20-50

Message 18

7/7/2019

Blessed Be My Rock (Pt 1)

Or, Exalting in the God of Deliverance

Psalm 18:1-19

Message 17

6/30/2019

A Song for Redress

Or, Deliverance from Those Satisfied Too Soon

Psalm 17:1-15

Message 8

1/31/2016

Worship in Exile

Psalm 61

Message 14

7/12/2015

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Corruption

Or, The Wisdom of Singing about Fools

Psalm 14:1-7

Message 13

11/23/2014

How Long Will This Last?

Or, Tuning a Heart That Feels Forgotten and Forsaken by God

Psalm 13:1-6

Message 12

11/16/2014

A Future Without Flattery

Or, Who to Listen to When Everyone Else Is Lying

Psalm 12:1-8

Message 9

10/26/2014

From Where God Sits

Or, Our Hope in His Righteous Judgment

Psalm 9:1-20

Message 1

8/17/2014

Rejoice and Remember

Or, Why Every Christian Needs Affliction

1 Peter 1:6-9

Message 6

12/29/2013

Lyrical Lows

Or, A Song for the Sick and Despondent

Psalm 6:1-10

Message 99

12/15/2013

Lament and Delivery

Or, In a Little While Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

John 16:16-24

Message 3

10/6/2013

The Lifter of Heads

Or, Safety, Salvation, and Sleep for Those Who Sing to the Lord

Psalm 3:1-8

Message 4

6/2/2013

Living on Unseen Things

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Message 67

3/17/2013

A Love for Glory (Pt 1)

Or, Sovereign Gladness and Sovereign Sorrow Do Not Contradict

John 11:1-16

Message 1

7/15/2012

Don't Freak Out

Or, Why God Loves for Us to Endure

Selected ScripturesRomans 15:5-6

Message 1

12/4/2011

Living on Unseen Things

2 Corinthians 4:16-18