No matter how hard we try, we can never truly get our minds around the topics of evil and suffering.  Whether it’s someone else’s, or our own, a fully satisfactory answer always eludes us.  Today, Pastor Jimmy asks a penetrating question: What if God is using your suffering to make you more like Jesus?  After all, He was the Man of Sorrows and Acquainted with Grief.  Isn’t it possible that by embracing the same human experiences as the Son of God, you might be more closely aligned with Him?

It’s no exaggeration to say that the world that surrounds us, and the individual people we know, go through many, many tough and difficult situations.  And you yourself have experienced various degrees of suffering in your own life.  Today, Pastor Jimmy tackles the great question as to why this is the case.  There are many answers in the world, but there is one biblical answer.  And when you’re leaning on God’s truth, you’ll find meaning and purpose in the evils and trials that confront you.

There are a lot of opinions out there today about gender and sexuality and often they degenerate into conflicts and arguments.  But, as Pastor Jimmy shows today, God’s intent is not to attack and debate people but to love and help them.  What you believe, and what you practice, about sexuality, is more than just an opinion.  God has a specific and beautiful design: for the human race, and for you individually.  No matter where you’ve been, you can always come home to a God-honoring life and belief.

Our culture will tell us that “as long as it doesn’t mean anything, then anything you do sexually is fine.”  It’s as though your “real” self and your “physical” body are – or can be – separated.  But today, Pastor Jimmy shows from the scriptures and common sense that this simply is not the case.  God designed each one of us uniquely and specifically.  You were hand-crafted by God in the womb to have a particular mind and body that He chose for you.  When you celebrate that, you’ll find true wholeness and peace.

If you’re a Christian, and you’re married, and you’re having trouble in your marriage, then the best thing to do is to work it out yourselves; right?  And if you’re single, the best way to live successfully in your singleness, or to seek after a godly marriage, is to do it on your own; is that true?  Today, Pastor Jimmy urges us to seek wise spiritual counsel as soon as possible.  So, whatever your situation regarding marriage, please seek help from the resources God has so generously provided.

There’s a lot of confusion throughout our culture today about marriage.  What is it?  Why does it exist?  Is it relevant anymore?  Today, Pastor Jimmy clearly explains from the Bible exactly what marriage is, and why God created it.  You don’t have to follow the models you see in the movies.  If you’re married, God wants and promises so much more than that!  And if you’re single, the best way to increase your chances of finding and sustaining a great marriage is to understand in advance how God defines it.

It’s a sad commentary on the history of the human race that almost every culture, in every age, has valued some people more than others.  It may be intelligence, or beauty, or ethnicity, or even “usefulness” to the goals of the society.  But the value of certain people has always been questioned.  Today, Pastor Jimmy shows that this is exactly the opposite of how God views people.  God uniquely created you in His image, whether you are male or female, rich or poor, or whatever your circumstances.  

When a biologist looks at the world, he or she sees a diverse set of plant and animal life, all co-existing on one planet.  How arrogant would it be if we – as humans – claimed, or acted as if we were more important than other life on earth?  Today, Pastor Jimmy explains that everything God made is good, and displays His glory in some way.  But God made human beings – IN HIS IMAGE.  So, you don’t have to THINK you’re more important than the squirrels in your backyard – God already SAID you are.

It’s a message we hear constantly: “We can learn everything we need to know about right and wrong by ourselves.”  We have the natural universe we can observe.  We have governments and laws and courts, so that’s all we need.  But today, Pastor Jimmy challenges that notion.  Human culture has consistently failed to make a correct determination of right and wrong.  Because we can’t.  You can’t depend on yourself, or on any person or organization: you must look to the Creator of Right and Wrong.

The subject of “truth” is highly controversial today.  The question asked of Jesus millennia ago, “What is truth?” is still the most hotly-contested topic in our culture.  Today, Pastor Jimmy takes a deep-dive exploration into the nature of truth.  What truth is subjective?  And what – if any – truth is objective?  You’ve probably been faced with this determination yourself.  It may have come up in your own life situations.  It certainly has come up in conversations with others.  How do you respond?