Our love is bound by time--there's a moment when it begins But God's love is different Today R C Sproul explains that we experience God's redeeming love by being included in the eternal love that the Father has for His Son Get R C Sproul's Teaching Series 'Loved by God' for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org loved-by-god Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries Explore all of our podcasts https www ligonier org podcasts [... more]

Do you know what your child is looking at At home At school Technology is a monster and it must be tamed It's designed to drag away the hearts of our children and turn them into addicts Media of all types is addicting and they are trying to find new ways to enslave your children Are we prepared to protect our home We must develop a strategy We can't just simply trust our kids They are under attack and many are already hurting This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at moodyoffer com [... more]

In his book nbsp Adopted for Life Dr Russell Moore describes his family rsquo s trip to an orphanage to adopt a child As they entered the nursery the silence was startling The babies in the cribs never cried and it wasn rsquo t because they never needed anything but because they had learned that no one cared enough to answer My heart ached as I read those words I remember countless nights when our children were small My wife and I would be sound asleep only to be startled awake by their cries Daddy I rsquo m sick or [... more]

The first thing I noticed about the city was its gambling outlets Next its cannabis shops ldquo adult rdquo stores and giant billboards for opportunistic lawyers making money out of others rsquo mishaps While I had visited many shady cities before this one seemed to reach a new low My mood brightened however when I spoke to a taxi driver the next morning ldquo I ask God every day to send me the people He wants me to help rdquo he said ldquo Gambling addicts prostitutes people from broken homes tell me their problems in tears I stop the car [... more]

When Sherman Smith recruited Deland McCullough to play American football for Miami University he loved Deland and became the father Deland never had Deland had great admiration for Sherman and aimed to become the man he was Decades later when Deland tracked down his birth mom she shocked him with the news ldquo Your father rsquo s name is Sherman Smith rdquo Yes that Sherman Smith Coach Smith was stunned to learn he had a son and Deland was stunned that his father figure was literally his father The next time they met Sherman hugged Deland and said ldquo My [... more]

What does the Bible say about seeing Jesus -face to face--- Pastor Hunter Strength speaks from John's first epistle about the -beatific vision [... more]

To belong to the family of God is not something that we earn Today R C Sproul explains the privilege and gift that Christians have in being adopted into God's family through our union with Jesus Christ Get the 'Foundations An Overview of Systematic Theology' DVD Series for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org foundations Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

In Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself Emperor of the United States Norton had made mdash and lost mdash his fortune in San Francisco shipping but he wanted a new identity America rsquo s first emperor When the San Francisco Evening Bulletin printed ldquo Emperor rdquo Norton rsquo s announcement most readers laughed Norton made pronouncements aimed at correcting society rsquo s ills printed his own currency and even wrote letters to Queen Victoria asking her to marry him and unite their kingdoms He wore royal military uniforms designed by local tailors One observer said Norton looked ldquo every inch a [... more]

Hope can be a consuming thing can't it Just ask the mother who is waiting for her son to come home from war or the father who is kneeling at the bedside of his sick wife Hope drowns out trivial thoughts and focuses only on that which matters most In this message Stephen reminds us that the Christian life should be a life consumed by hope [... more]

People in deep bondage are often under the illusion that they are free When Jesus told the religious leaders that they needed deliverance they couldn't accept it In this message we find the spiritual power to live like children of God not religious slaves The truth is Jesus was born to set us free This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

The Christmas holiday focuses a great deal on a birth a special birth to be sure But the reason for Jesus' birth was ultimately for our re-birth To miss that element is to miss the message of Christmas itself Today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie helps us consider the gift of God's Son and how his payment years later at Calvary made it possible for us to be reborn as children of God We'll open Scripture to grasp the miracle of God became man Listen on harvest org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest [... more]

Cross the Bridge - [... more]

ldquo Look Papa Those trees are waving at God rdquo As we watched young birches bending in the wind before an oncoming storm my grandson rsquo s excited observation made me smile It also made me ask myself Do I have that kind of imaginative faith Reflecting on the story of Moses and the burning bush the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote that ldquo Earth rsquo s crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God But only he who sees takes off his shoes rdquo God rsquo s handiwork is evident all around us in the wonders of [... more]

Welcome fellow Joy Riders to the Masculine Journey Joyride Podcast On this podcast you will hear funny stories exchanges and thought provoking moments that will amuse you make you smile and draw you closer to Jesus Christ in your journey of life This week the guys are talking about the power of love and how we as children of God reflect our father [... more]

Continuing the 'Encore ' series Alistair Begg urges the children of God to wake up step up and speak up Find out what he means and what that entails when it comes to getting our spiritual bearings Join us on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg 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]

When you repent from your past and invite Jesus into your heart you begin a lifelong relationship with Him In the message I'm a Christian Now What Skip shares about the experiences that happen in the life of everyone who believes [... more]

We all must examine our hearts and find out what really motivates us Judas shows us how far away we can fall from Christ even though to all observers we seem to be children of God In this message we'll give our attention to three life-changing lessons that we dare not forget as we look at the life of Judas Only grace draws us to Christ changes our motivations and keeps us in the love of God Click here to listen Duration [... more]

In Romans verses - the apostle Paul writes this The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God and if children heirs also heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ Isn't that an amazing thought You are the recipient of an inheritance that God has prepared So the question then becomes what have you inherited Would you like to know [... more]

Cross the Bridge -B [... more]

Learn the promise of Shalom that is the pervasive principle that governs the children of God including perfect peace and the peace of God that passes all understanding To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

Learn the promise of Shalom that is the pervasive principle that governs the children of God including perfect peace and the peace of God that passes all understanding To support this ministry financially visit https www oneplace com donate [... more]

The real story of Christmas [... more]

When I walked into the ice cream shop with my five-year-old biracial son the man behind the counter glanced at me and stared at my child ldquo What are you rdquo His question and harsh tone triggered the all-too-familiar anger and heartache I rsquo d experienced growing up as a Mexican-American who didn rsquo t fit stereotypes Pulling Xavier closer I turned toward my black husband as he entered the store With eyes narrowed the store clerk completed our order in silence I prayed silently for the man as my son listed the flavors of ice cream he wanted to [... more]

Support the show https www lonsolomonministries com give [... more]

ldquo Don rsquo t talk don rsquo t trust don rsquo t feel was the law we lived by rdquo says Frederick Buechner in his powerful memoir Telling Secrets ldquo and woe to the one who broke it rdquo Buechner is describing his experience of what he calls the ldquo unwritten law of families who for one reason or another have gone out of whack rdquo In his own family that ldquo law rdquo meant Buechner was not allowed to talk about or grieve his father rsquo s suicide leaving him with no one he could trust with his pain [... more]

The early church in Acts is a model for us today particularly in evangelizing the world In this Sunday message Pastor Greg Laurie looks at the inaugural message of the early church and reveals their secret to success Listen in and get insight from Acts It's the latest message in our series The Upside Down Life Notes The Holy Spirit has come to bring us to Jesus The Holy Spirit seals us The Holy Spirit assures us that we are children of God The Holy Spirit teaches us The Holy Spirit helps us to pray The Holy Spirit leads us [... more]

How God views who we are [... more]

The film The Blind Side depicts the true story of Michael Oher a homeless teenager who rsquo s adopted by a family who helps him overcome learning difficulties and achieve excellence in American football In a moving scene the family talks with Michael about the possibility of adopting him after he rsquo d been living with them for several months In a sweet and tender reply Michael exclaims that he thought he already was a part of the family nbsp It rsquo s a beautiful moment just as adoption is a beautiful thing Love is extended and full inclusion is [... more]

The Lord's Prayer has become so familiar to many of us that we don't give a second thought to the radical way in which it begins Our Father Today R C Sproul displays the marvel of our adoption in Christ as the children of God Get a Copy of R C Sproul's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew for a Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org matthew-expositional-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

I once spoke at a secular conference for childless couples Heartbroken over their infertility many attendees despaired at their future Having walked the childless path too I tried to encourage them ldquo You can have a meaningful identity without becoming parents rdquo I said ldquo I believe you are fearfully and wonderfully made and there rsquo s new purpose for you to find rdquo A woman later approached me in tears ldquo Thank you rdquo she said ldquo I rsquo ve felt worthless being childless and needed to hear that I rsquo m fearfully and wonderfully made rdquo I asked [... more]

Inside my parents rsquo old photo album is a picture of a young boy He has a round face freckles and straight light-blond hair He loves cartoons hates avocado and owns just one record by Abba Also inside that album are pictures of a teenager His face is long not round his hair is wavy not straight He has no freckles likes avocado watches movies rather than cartoons and would never admit to owning an Abba record The boy and the teenager are little alike According to science they have different skin teeth blood and bones And yet they are [... more]

As children of God faith is the stamp on our lives that pleases our Father it is faith alone that enables us to live this Christian life Romans reminds us that in spite of Abraham's sins God remembers him for his faith not his failures In this message Adrian Rogers uses Abraham's example to reveal how to be strong in the faith [... more]

Pastor Greg Barkman speaks from John - of the sovereignty of God in the salvation of men [... more]

Maintaining a clear conscience is not what the devil has in mind for the children of God He tells lies in order to return us to the bondage of a defiled conscience How can we combat those lies and walk in victory nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

In our moments of greatest failure it can be easy to believe it rsquo s too late for us that we rsquo ve lost our chance at a life of purpose and worth That rsquo s how Elias a former inmate at a maximum-security prison in New York described feeling as a prisoner ldquo I had broken promises the promise of my own future the promise of what I could be rdquo It was Bard College rsquo s ldquo Prison Initiative rdquo college degree program that began to transform Elias rsquo life While in the program Elias participated in a [... more]

When we are born again and become children of God we receive one or more spiritual gifts Discovering developing and putting to work our spiritual gifts is how we find joy and fulfillment in this Christian life In this message Adrian Rogers explains how children of God can unwrap their spiritual gifts [... more]

When we are born again and become children of God we receive one or more spiritual gifts Discovering developing and putting to work our spiritual gifts is how we find joy and fulfillment in this Christian life In this message Adrian Rogers explains how children of God can unwrap their spiritual gifts [... more]

Three-year-old Dylan McCoy had just learned to swim when he fell through a rotted plywood covering into a forty-foot deep stone-walled well in his grandfather rsquo s backyard Dylan managed to stay afloat in ten feet of water until his father climbed down the slippery rocks to rescue him Firefighters brought ropes to raise the boy but the father was so worried about his son that he hastily climbed down to make sure he was safe Oh the love of a parent Oh the lengths and depths we will go for our children When the apostle John writes to believers [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com I have a cousin and aunt and they said that the Catholic church was started by Jesus through the apostles and I said that that was the catholic universal but they disagreed and said that church was the Roman Catholic church So why do Catholics believe that they are the only true church and how can I answer this claim from the scriptures What does it mean to be a child of God Are all people children of God including non-believers Or Is it our relationship with [... more]

When World War I erupted in British statesman Sir Edward Grey declared ldquo The lamps are going out all over Europe we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime rdquo Grey was right When the ldquo war to end all wars rdquo finally ended some million had been killed million of them civilians and another million injured While not on the same scale or magnitude devastation can also occur in our personal lives The home workplace church or neighborhood can also be shrouded by the dark specter of conflict This is one of the reasons our God calls [... more]

Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God -Matthew [... more]

A news article in May contained one of the first uses of the idiom ldquo on the bubble rdquo Referring to a state of uncertainty the expression was used in relation to rookie race car driver Steve Krisiloff He rsquo d been ldquo on the bubble rdquo having posted a slow qualifying lap for the Indianapolis Later it was confirmed that his time mdash though the slowest of those who qualified mdash allowed him to compete in the race We can feel at times that we rsquo re ldquo on the bubble rdquo uncertain we have what it takes to [... more]

Malcolm appeared confident as a teenager But this confidence was a mask In truth a turbulent home left him fearful desperate for approval and feeling falsely responsible for his family rsquo s problems ldquo For as far back as I remember rdquo he says ldquo every morning I would go into the bathroom look in the mirror and say out loud to myself lsquo You are stupid you are ugly and it rsquo s your fault rsquo rdquo Malcolm rsquo s self-loathing continued until he was twenty-one when he had a divine revelation of his Christian identity ldquo I realized [... more]

The closer someone in a royal family is to the throne the more the public hears about him or her Others are almost forgotten The British royal family has a line of succession that includes nearly sixty people One of them is Lord Frederick Windsor who rsquo s forty-ninth in line for the throne Instead of being in the limelight he quietly goes about his life Though he works as a financial analyst he rsquo s not considered a ldquo working royal rdquo mdash one of the important family members who are paid for representing the family David rsquo s [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Key questions answered in today's show I am a Christian who goes to church every Sunday but I want to start gymnastics and most of the competitions are on Sunday morning I'm wondering if it is okay if I miss a day of church even though I don't want to I have a question about Genesis I believe you would call them the Nephilim or the sons of God uniting with the daughters of men That passage perplexes me Romans says The Spirit himself bears witness with [... more]

The suffering that we face in this world is real But so is the future glory that awaits the children of God Today Derek Thomas assures Christians of our indestructible hope in a world of corruption and decay Get the 'Romans ' DVD Series for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org romans- Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

The eighth chapter of Romans outlines a rich theology of the person and work of the Holy Spirit Today Derek Thomas articulates four ways in which the Holy Spirit ministers to the children of God Get the 'Romans ' DVD Series for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org romans- Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Pastor Khalil Ayoub April We believe that all who receive by faith alone Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and who confess Him as such before their fellow men are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God We Believe focuses on our foundational beliefs as outlined in our Articles of Faith at calvarychurch com beliefs [... more]