Pastor Lutzer wants to encourage you to walk into the new year, placing your hand in the hand of the omnipotent God.
Transcript:Hi, this is Pastor Lutzer. Welcome to 2020! You and I have no idea what the future holds. We know that we're going to be hearing a lot of news this year—politically, morally, spiritually. We have no idea what God has in mind for this nation, but nor do we understand what God may have in mind for us as individuals. So I want to give you a word of encouragement as we step into the unknown. Come with me …
This Christmas, let's rejoice with others as if their joy was our own! Merry Christmas!
Transcript:Hi, this is Pastor Lutzer wishing you a very blessed Christmas. Well, did you see that Amazon actually has published the Christmas story? And apparently it is word for word out of the Bible. The problem is, it occurs in their fiction section. Well, you and I know that Christmas is not fiction. God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself. And you know many people disbelieve the Christmas story because of the stories of the angels. I wanna give a shout out to the angels. For …
The best is yet to come. Do you believe that through God's unsearchable riches, you can overcome?
"To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things." - Ephesians 3:8b–9
Have you ever realized that God doesn't think like you? His ways are different than our ways and His thoughts are different than our thoughts, and this truth should lead us to worship.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." - Isaiah 55:8–9
We should stand in the presence of the unsearchable God with much reverence. But at the same time, we can leave things in His hands with much confidence in His trustworthiness.
"Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable." - Isaiah 40:28
Despite the mystery and the unanswered questions, God is worthy of our trust. Do you believe He will finish what He begun—to take you all the way to the finish line and beyond?
"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all." - 1 Chronicles 29:11
Where is God amidst storms, disasters, and catastrophes? If God is all-powerful then why do these tragic events occur?
"The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet." - Nahum 1:3
Other religions claim some kind of blood sacrifice or offering for redemption, but it is only in Christianity that God himself becomes the sacrifice. The God who created is the God who redeems.
"He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purifications for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high." - Hebrews 1:3
Overnight your Gospel-preaching church could change from being “a cool place to worship” to being branded as a church of bigotry and hate. That’s what happened at The Crossing in Columbia, Missouri—and it could happen anywhere.
On Sunday, October 13, Pastor Keith Simon preached a message on Genesis 1:27 as part of a new series on Genesis. His topic was gender. The sermon was thoughtful, welcoming, and non-judgmental. In an attempt to speak to the issue of gender confusion, the tone was one of respect and compassion. However, he did affirm the biblical teaching that God created only two genders: …
