Reason for Hope

Last night we wrapped up our five-week series on "Reason for Hope.”  Our hope for this series was to wrestle with some deeper questions in life and walk away -- not necessarily with all the answers -- but with a better sense of how to enter into the conversations.  Our other goal was that, in the midst of these conversations, our faith and trust in Christ would be deepened.

Last night was such a good and powerful close to the series.  I gave a short talk from Acts 16 as we examined the question, “Where is God in tough situations?”  I believe the answer to that question is that God is working in you and me.  We are the presence of Christ in the tough situation…whatever it may be.  Our challenge is to be sensitive in our relational world and in the broader world (like Sharon talked about with Zambia) to actually stop and be the presence of Christ to those we meet.  At the end of my message we spent about 20 minutes in a conversation with Paige Backenstose and Tim Geoffrion, as they tried to address more of your specific questions on this topic. I was moved by their honesty and sensitivity in answering these questions from a place of such deep, profound faith in Christ.

If you missed last night, check out the MEDIA section of this website for the audio from both the sermon and Q&A time, as well as a video story from Paige Backenstose on her story of finding hope in loss.

My prayer walking away from this series is that your relationship with God through Jesus Christ has been strengthened and deepened. 

-BRAD JACKSON serves as Pastor of The Table

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