My 2/16/25 sermon at Crestview, “Cutting Through the Fog of Suffering” (Haggai 1), is now live. This sermon continues a series I’ve given to start the year and to encourage those in our congregation who are facing suffering. The context of Haggai proved important in showing what these people were going through. You can imagine what it would be like to lose everything you held dear and be conquered by enemies, to see all the essential things to your practice of religion not only destroyed but defiled, only to watch God restore you to this land years later. No wonder they were shell-shocked. But God. Our God is ever gracious and faithful and comes near to draw sufferers back to Himself. I hope the sermon encourages you while suffering.