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What Keeps People from Trusting and Valuing the Church?

What Keeps People from Trusting and Valuing the Church? Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we talk about the problems that people have with Church and Christianity in…

What happens to me after this life?

What happens to me after this life? Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we talk about the big question of eternity and how the Bible gives us a…

Where is God?

Where is God? Newbreak’s Sermon Study Guide is an in-house resource that serves sermon-based Life Groups and/or individuals who want to reflect further on how the message contributes to their spiritual formation. In this week’s study, we talk about the big question of suffering and address the question: Where is God in the midst of…

What If You Never Understand Why You Went Through That Unbearably Painful Circumstance?

Without a doubt, and with plenty of data to support it, the problem of suffering is one of the biggest obstacles for those who are skeptical of an all-powerful, all-good God. We could even assume that you have had a big question about this topic yourself, or at least someone close to you has. When…

How Easter Speaks to the Problem of Suffering

We hope you had a wonderful Easter! Resurrection Sunday is always a steadfast reminder on the Christian calendar that death does not have the last word for those who trust in Jesus. This is really important when it comes to responding to some of the criticism Christians face about their faith, especially in times like…

How Can God’s Heart Break?

As we look at the state of the world, it is easy to succumb to the thinking of many who say, “Where is God?” Or, “Does God care about what is going on?” While it may seem ambitious to proclaim God’s compassion during this time, it is all the more important. God sees. He cares.…

Suffering is Tough, But We Are Too!

You can make the right choices and do the right things and still walk into a season of suffering. Why is that? Because suffering comes as surely as the high-tide of the ocean. “Suffering is the common thread in all our garments,” Charles Swindoll says. Every person faces it. So what do we do? We…