Think Wink.

On March 14, 2008, a couple–Jeremiah and Kenan Bradford–that used to go to my church and now pastors a Baptist church north of KC, became the proud parents of Miriam Bradford. This little girl was born at around 4:30 am on 3/14/08 via emergency C-section. Both mother and baby had an infection and the doctors didn’t know what it was initially. The bacteria was identified and treatment began. That following Monday (March 17, 2008), Kenan was released from the hospital and was finally able to see her baby for the first time as the baby was transferred to a children’s hospital. Miriam began to make progress towards a recovery but late Saturday morning on March 22, 2008, baby Miriam died in her parents arms. My pastor and music pastor performed the funeral for baby Miriam. The following sermon is based loosely around the message given at the funeral and deals with suffering and how to minister to those who suffer as well as what should our response be when God does not answer our prayers and in fact the exact opposite happens. It was very good.

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Dr. Jerry Falwell

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