The trials of life can shake our faith and cause us to give up on serving others.
James, the half brother of Jesus, recognized this reality and wrote a book explaining how
we should endure amidst trials and what are the marks of true faith.
Our final series for 2015 is going through the Sermon on the mount found in the book of Matthew. Come join us as we learn from this challenging section of scripture.
The trials of life can shake our faith and cause us to give up on serving others.
James, the half brother of Jesus, recognized this reality and wrote a book explaining how
we should endure amidst trials and what are the marks of true faith.
The Scream is the popular name given to a painting produced by Expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1893. It was chosen as a visual metaphor for our series on the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Many people, taking their cue from the opening verses of Ecclesiastes, would see the painting as an apt illustration of how the writer of Ecclesiastes views life.
“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.” (Ecc.1:2 NIV)