Reflections Along the Jesus Way

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May 16, 2024 – Quote for the Day:

 “Years ago, I gave a sermon on suffering. I think I was about 30 years old. At the time I was studying the principles of the art and practice of homiletics (preaching).  I had just learned an axiom which preachers are often taught – ‘there’s a broken heart in every pew.’ Suffering is always a relevant, necessary and critical part of our lives. Every one suffers during their lives, and everyone desires to find meaning in their suffering.  Understood properly from a Christ-centered perspective, suffering always leads us back to Christ and his cross.  Paul said:

1 Corinthians 2:2: ‘For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.’ As I prepared for that sermon, I read a story about a young pastor who had given a sermon about suffering and was talking. after church, with an older gentleman. The older gentleman was – well he was about my age now. The older man was thanking the pastor for the sermon, and then he said, ‘Pastor, I have one suggestion.  Would you give that sermon again in about 30 years?’” 

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