The Other Side of Ministry
Psalm 34:19 · Preached October 11, 2026
A pastor of 40 years reflects on how God sustained him through the difficult and hidden seasons of ministry.
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Breaking Free From Sin
Psalm 32:1-5 · Preached September 6, 2026
Unconfessed sin weighs on a person the way expired food weighs down a house, it has to go.
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“The promises of God aren't suggestions. They're the script. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Written in. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Written in. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. Written in.”
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“David didn't just feel guilty in a vague, background kind of way. He felt it in his body. There was groaning. There was exhaustion. There was this constant, low-grade heaviness that followed him everywhere, because he had chosen silence over honesty.”
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“Pastor Luter said one of the hardest parts of this passage is that the words "afflictions" and "righteous" appear in the same verse. He put it this way: "Afflictions come our way not because of who you are, but because of whose you are.”
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“The stunning claim of Psalm 34:19 is that tsaddiq people, people genuinely trying to walk with God, face ra'ot troubles. These two words sitting in the same sentence is the theological tension the entire sermon explored.”
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“Freedom from sin isn't found by managing it better or hiding it more carefully, it's found by bringing it fully into the open before God and trusted community, where his grace covers what we cannot carry.”
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“Pastor Luda said that afflictions come our way not because of who you are, but because of what?”
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“According to Psalm 32, what physical experience did David describe when he kept his sin hidden?”
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