Teaching by Tag: World System
When a Nation Loses Its Conscience
When a nation loses its collective conscience, truth is suppressed and depravity becomes accepted and approved. Jesus didn’t come to “fix” things, but He came to redeem our lives.
Watch / Listen
When Politics Replaces the Gospel
When we trade politics for the gospel, we forget which kingdom we are in, and we start putting our hope in the kingdom of darkness instead of the kingdom of God’s dear Son. We don’t need a problem-solver; we need a Redeemer.
Watch / Listen
Conformed or Transformed: Discerning the Times as We Follow Jesus, Part 2
You are living in a context that is sending you messages about life, God, yourself, and much more. It takes no effort to be influenced by culture, but as believers, only Jesus should be allowed to shape our identity.
Watch / ListenConformed or Transformed: Discerning the Times as We Follow Jesus, Part 1
If you are a follower of Jesus, then you are not your own. He cannot be a nice addition on the structure of the lives that we have built. He needs to be the foundation of all.
Watch / Listen
The Word for the World, Part 1
What we do understand about the Bible should convince us that what we don’t understand about the Bible must have a reasonable explanation.
Watch / Listen
In the Beginning, Part 55: Down Into Egypt
If you want to gain an eternal perspective, you must see yourself as a pilgrim, understand that life is a vapor, hold no confidence in human promises, realize that your life is in transition, and take inventory of your life.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 43: Echoes of Human Nature
Genesis 34 is a tragic chapter that depicts the dangers of poor parenting, favoritism, the escalation of sin, worldliness, and self-centeredness. But we all will act deceptively when we don’t trust in God’s sovereignty.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 22: The Sins of Sodom
The very people whom Jesus attracted the church seems to reject. As followers of Jesus, we are not at war against the world, but we are called to love the world and show it a better way.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 17: Six Verses That Define the World
Divine promises are never executed by manipulation.
Watch / ListenIn the Beginning, Part 7: The Start of Societies
The more a nation advances in prosperity, the more it decreases in morality. The more a nation advances in knowledge, the more it decreases in wisdom.
Watch / Listen
Spiritual Growth
There is no shelf life for eternal life.
Watch / Listen
Unwise: How to Lose at the Comparison Game
Comparison makes idols out of what we don’t have.
Watch / Listen
What I Say and What You Hear
A Christian believes in the finished work of Christ. A merely religious person believes in finishing the work of Christ. Don’t take the bait.
Watch / Listen
Proverbs: A Life of Wisdom, Part 1
The Proverbs guide us to a proper application of knowledge. If you have a lot of knowledge, but you don’t apply it the way God says it needs to be applied, then you end up playing the part of a fool. Knowledge without wisdom is a bounced check.
Watch / Listen
WreckElection
The power of influence is greater than the power of position.
Watch / Listen