Open Dialogue on Life and Death

When Jesus heard that his friend Lazarus was dying, he didn't hurry. When he finally arrived, he wept, even though he knew he was about to raise him from the dead. In this sermon, Matt explores why Christians so often respond to grief with platitudes like "God won't give you more than you can handle," and why that instinct gets the gospel exactly backwards. The good news isn't that God will protect you from more than you can handle, it's that after you've had more than you can handle, that's precisely where Jesus shows up.