Sermons on Suffering
Responding to Mission’s Minefields
Newton Chilingulo is a supported GO Partner of Bethany Baptist Church. He serves as Pastor of Reformation Bible Church in Lilongwe, Malawi, and is a graduate of Christ Seminary in South Africa, where he sat under the instruction of fellow Bethany GO Partner, Dave Beakley. Newton and his family joined us in Peoria (along with five additional GO Partners) for our annual Global Outreach Conference, a five-day focus on missions work across the country and throughout the world.
In Deep Suffering: Worship Through Lament
God cares deeply about the pain of our suffering, and it shouldn’t happen in silence. The Bible gives us a channel to express the trials we experience.
Real Courage
Real faith requires courage. You cannot follow Christ without courage.
The Worldly Skeptic – Pilate
If we seek man’s approval, we will never find God. The desire to please people will keep us from God’s grace offered in Jesus.
The Frailty of Godly People
The very same hardships that God designs to grow our faith can also destroy our faith when we grow frustrated. Frustration places us in great spiritual danger because it destroys our faith in God and tempts us into unbelief. But our unbelief dishonors God and disconnects us from His divine blessing.
The Grumbling of God’s People
How quickly our heart can turn from praise and thanksgiving to grumbling and complaining! God always takes notice because our murmuring robs Him of the worship that He deserves.
God’s Deliverance
God delivers His people from bondage by grace through a blood sacrifice. But His primary focus in His redemption is freedom from the spiritual bondage of our own sin, not liberation from external oppression.
God’s Providential Protection
God is faithful to fulfill all His promises. He calls us to wait on Him in faith to prove Himself faithful to us.