Stop Lying to Yourself
You'll hear why the church's habit of avoiding hard realities, about suffering, about its own failures, actually cuts it off from God, and what it means to start telling the truth as an act of faith.
Scripture
Sermons on Lamentations
6 sermons in the archive.
Talking Back to God
You'll hear how the final chapter of Lamentations transforms one-way grief into a genuine two-way conversation with God, and why being allowed to push back, argue, and even accuse God is a feature of faith rather than a failure of it.
Name the Lie, Find Freedom
You'll hear how the recovery practice of tracing an addiction back to its original wound and original lie applies to America's relationship with wealth, and what honest lament can do that self-improvement never can.
When Pain Becomes Prayer
You'll hear why the Bible's most anguished language, comparing God to a bear lying in wait and an archer using you for target practice, is not a failure of faith but an honest form of prayer, and why bringing that kind of raw complaint to God, alone or with others, is where healing and justice begin.
When Exceptionalism Meets Judgment
You'll hear why the stories we tell ourselves about being special, chosen, or above average can actually prevent us from telling the truth about our condition, and why that truth-telling is the only honest starting point for faith.
Learning to Grieve Together
You'll hear why the impulse to fix, celebrate, and move on may actually be cutting you off from something real, and what it looks like to bring honest grief before God without expecting a tidy resolution.