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November 17, 2022June 25, 2024

Why Hell?

We are in a short sermon series in which we are considering some of the objections that people raise when we tell them of a supremely loving God.  This week we ask the question: ‘If God is loving, how can he send people to Hell?’  This may be the hardest question of all.  For when…

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November 16, 2022June 27, 2024

Why is God silent?

A man told my father-in-law his story:  An accountant with a PhD, he and his wife were immigrants from China some years ago.  Invited to church, they became involved with the congregation.  Shortly after, though, his wife was diagnosed with cancer.  She affirmed faith in Christ and was baptized.  A few weeks later, she died. …

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