Over the past two summers the Lord has burdened my heart to preach a series of messages on controversial issues.  Last summer the series was entitled Hot Topics.  The sermons I presented were meant to cause thought provoking discussion with our church members.  Racism, Politics, Sexuality, Going Green, Social Networking, and Abortion were some of the topics I felt motivated to share with our people. This summer the series was entitled: Questions for God.  In this series we asked: Why do bad things happen to good people? Is there a Hell?  Is God a Republican or Democrat?  Is it Fate or Free-Will?  The format in both cases was simple.  I gave the contemporary argument, we looked at the issue from both sides and then we looked into the Scripture to see what God had to say on the issue.

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