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Escaping the Trap of Debilitating Truth or Sentimental Love
February 05, 2026
Summary
Is your truth caustic or your love sentimental? Ephesians 4 reveals God’s audacious aim to conform us to the image of His Son. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller decodes the formula for true maturity. Discover why blind affirmation is just as toxic as a debilitating critique.
This is part three of the sermon, “Together We Grow.”
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Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers?
When Heaven seems silent, and God, indifferent . . . bring your disappointment, anger, questions, and broken heart.
Life can be disappointing—bitterly disappointing. Especially if you've been asking, or begging, for God's help and your prayers go unanswered. Maybe you were taught that God loves you only to discover that when you really need Him, He's not there.
In Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers?, Pastor Erwin Lutzer helps us see God's love and guidance even when He seems to be silent. This biblical guide ministers to tender and hurting places as it thoughtfully considers:
- When the person you love isn't healed.
- When the worst happens.
- When evil feels like it's winning.
- When promises are unfulfilled.
- When the answer is disaster . . . and more.
As Lutzer delves into Scripture and reveals God's hidden purposes, readers' hearts move from despair or despondence to hope and trust. Whatever your current position is to prayer—clenched fists, tear-stained face, heartache, or back turned—the truth of this book will transform you.
If you've ever in desperation mumbled the question, Does God even care? If you've left the faith, are losing your grip on faith, or know someone who has departed the faith, this book is for you.
We need to hear these encouraging truths, and we probably know someone else who needs them as well.
