Without communication there cannot be love In a broken world that's tearing apart we want to hide from each other and ultimately from God In this message Pastor Lutzer offers hope to couples families and relationships fractured by barriers and hostility God has made a way to cover the shame of our sin and brokenness This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

In a divided and confused world there are few reasons to hope But in a broken world Christians are a people of hope offering a lasting gift we simply cannot live without In this message Pastor Lutzer identifies three components of biblical lasting hope Where do we look for hope This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

ldquo A thorn has entered your foot mdash that is why you weep at times at night rdquo wrote Catherine of Sienna in the fourteenth century She continued ldquo There are some in this world who can pull it out The skill that takes they have learned from God rdquo Catherine devoted her life to cultivating that ldquo skill rdquo and is still remembered today for her remarkable capacity for empathy and compassion for others in their pain nbsp That image of pain as a deeply embedded thorn that requires tenderness and skill to remove lingers with me It rsquo [... more]

How did Jesus remain peaceful loving and pure while living in a broken world And how can we think like Him Explore the answers along with Alistair Begg as he teaches us how to think about the right things in the right way That's on Truth For Life ----------------------------------------- Click here and look for FROM THE SERMON to stream or read the full message This program is part of the series 'Lessons for Life Volume ' Learn more about our current resource request your copy with a donation of any amount Helpful Resources - Learn about God's salvation plan - [... more]

In a psychiatrist rsquo s advice column he responded to a reader named Brenda who lamented that her ambitious pursuits had left her discontent His words were blunt Humans aren rsquo t designed to be happy he said ldquo only to survive and reproduce rdquo We rsquo re cursed to chase the ldquo teasing and elusive butterfly rdquo of contentment he added ldquo not always to capture it rdquo I wonder how Brenda felt reading the psychiatrist rsquo s nihilistic words and how different she may have felt reading Psalm instead In its words David gives us a guided reflection [... more]

As much as we'd like it to be otherwise the fact is that the world we live in is violent and uncertain What is certain is that God promised His children supernatural peace - even in the midst of conditions that threaten to absolutely overwhelm us Chip unpacks how God's peace works and how you can have it even in a broken world [... more]

Brendan and Katie beamed at each other Looking at nbsp the pure joy on their faces you would have never guessed the difficult ways so many of their wedding plans had been dramatically altered due to Covid restrictions Even with only twenty-five family members present joy and peace radiated from the two as they said their vows because of their love for each other and expressed their gratefulness for God rsquo s love sustaining them The image of a bride and groom delighting over each other is the picture the prophet Isaiah painted to describe the type of delight and [... more]

Robby talks with Rodney Smoots David Bradswell and author Brad Bartlett he explains his new book Mended in a Broken World Regardless of your worldview wouldn't you welcome more peace and contentment into your life For over years Brad Bartlett has been on a quest for spiritual discovery After cramming as much Christian information and service in as possible he decided being for God is more important than doing for God He transitioned from a flawed childhood and many life failures that left him wandering in life's wilderness to Bible study prayer journaling and mentorship with this motivating question What [... more]

It was and something was killing thousands of people in London It must be the bad air people thought And indeed as unseasonable heat baked the sewage-fouled River Thames the smell grew so bad it became known as ldquo The Great Stink rdquo But the worst problem wasn rsquo t the air Research by Dr John Snow would show that contaminated water was the cause of the cholera epidemic We humans have long been aware of another crisis mdash one that stinks to high heaven We live in a broken world mdash and we rsquo re prone to misidentify the [... more]

In today's broken world most people long for harmony in the home the workplace everywhere Is real and lasting peace actually possible though Find out as we continue our study in the book of Ephesians on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

Most people agree that we live in a broken world and there's plenty of debate about how to fix it But here's the real question Is there even a solution On Truth For Life Alistair Begg confirms that there is and explains what that means for us Listen [... more]

You've probably heard of apps like Google Maps that help you determine your location and how to get to your destination On Truth For Life Alistair Begg teaches us how the Gospel similarly helps us to keep our spiritual bearings in a lost and broken world Listen [... more]

On June the singing competition American Idol debuted Each week hopefuls performed their own versions of popular songs and the viewing audience voted on who advanced to the next round of the competition As one of the panel judges on the show Randy Jackson rsquo s signature feedback was this zinger ldquo You made that song your own dawg rdquo He lavished that praise when a singer took a familiar tune learned it inside out and then performed it in a new way that gave it unique personal spin To ldquo make it their own rdquo was to own it [... more]

How do you think Jesus views you Do you think he has a scowl on his face Or maybe he's standing over you waiting to bring the gavel down in judgment on our life In this message Pastor Andrew Hopper preaches from John to show us that Jesus feels deep compassion over a broken world [... more]

ldquo See that rdquo The clock repairman pointed his flashlight beam on a small fine mark roughly engraved inside the old grandfather clock he was working on in our home ldquo Another repairman could have put that there almost a century ago rdquo he said ldquo It rsquo s called a lsquo witness mark rsquo and it helps me know how to set the mechanism rdquo Before the age of technical bulletins and repair manuals ldquo witness marks rdquo were used to help the person making a future repair to align moving parts with precision They were more than just [... more]

As much as we'd like it to be otherwise the fact is that the world we live in is violent and uncertain What is certain is that God promised His children supernatural peace - even in the midst of conditions that threaten to absolutely overwhelm us Chip unpacks how God's peace works and how you can have it even in a broken world [... more]

Our nbsp broken world is made up of broken families mdash families with broken marriages nbsp and families nbsp with ldquo prodigals rdquo These are nbsp sons and daughters who have left home for a far country where they can do what they like leaving their parents and God nbsp far behind nbsp them nbsp These ldquo prodigals rdquo desperately need to come home but sadly not all do nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

ldquo No ear may hear His coming but in this world of sin where meek souls will receive Him still the dear Christ enters in rdquo Those words from Phillips Brooks rsquo much-loved hymn ldquo O Little Town of Bethlehem rdquo point to the very heart of Christmas Jesus came into our broken world to rescue us from our sin and give all who would put their faith in Him a new and vital relationship with God In a letter to a friend decades after he wrote the hymn Brooks poignantly described the outcome of this relationship in his own [... more]

In this program Chip asks Is being a follower of Jesus more than wearing a t-shirt with a slogan on it or posting what's wrong with everything and everyone on social media Join us as we get on the solution side of what it looks like to follow Jesus in a broken world desperate for light and love [... more]

Have you ever fought a dragon If you answered ldquo No rdquo author Eugene Peterson disagrees with you In A Long Obedience in the Same Direction he wrote ldquo Dragons are projections of our fears horrible constructions of all that might hurt us A peasant confronted by a magnificent dragon is completely outclassed rdquo Peterson rsquo s point Life is filled with dragons The life-threatening health crisis the sudden job loss the failed marriage the estranged prodigal child These ldquo dragons rdquo are the supersized dangers and frailties of life that we are inadequate to fight But in those battles [... more]

Even though He walked in a chaotic broken world Jesus always displayed peace and purity On Truth For Life Alistair Begg encourages us to develop the same mindset as we navigate our equally broken modern world Listen [... more]

Bible teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan shares inspirational lessons that can be learned from the Apostle Paul about living an authentic Christian life changing the culture and serving the broken world around us Part of Original air date June [... more]

Bible teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan shares inspirational lessons that can be learned from the Apostle Paul about living an authentic Christian life changing the culture and serving the broken world around us Part of Podcast users find today's related broadcast resources here https dbx focusonthefamily com media daily-broadcast authentic-christianity-counting-the-cost-pt Your feedback would be really helpful to us Please visit http www focusonthefamily com podcastsurvey to take a brief survey less than minutes Thank you [... more]

Bible teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan shares inspirational lessons that can be learned from the Apostle Paul about living an authentic Christian life changing the culture and serving the broken world around us Part of Original air date June [... more]

As much as we'd like it to be otherwise the fact is that the world we live in is violent and uncertain What is certain is that God promised His children supernatural peace - even in the midst of conditions that threaten to absolutely overwhelm us Chip unpacks how God's peace works and how you can have it even in a broken world [... more]