Any lawyer can tell you that whenever the star witness is a resurrected corpse you have a pretty good case But Lazarus being alive from the dead doesn't seem to persuade everyone And so the big issue becomes what shall we do with Jesus The decisions made here set the clock in motion for an impending hate crime the crucifixion of Christ But from heaven's vantage point this is all part of God's plan for redemption Let's see the responses and how we can make a difference [... more]

Today is Epiphany mdash the event described by the carol ldquo We Three Kings of Orient Are rdquo It rsquo s the time when Gentile wisemen visited the child Jesus Yet they weren rsquo t kings they weren rsquo t from the Far East as Orient formerly meant and it rsquo s unlikely there were three of them There were however three gifts and the carol considers each When the magi arrived in Bethlehem ldquo They opened their treasures and presented Jesus with gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh rdquo Matthew The gifts symbolize Jesus rsquo mission Gold represents His [... more]

Here's something surprising the story of Christmas relates to a time before Christ's birth Pastor Greg Laurie explains just how and leaves us with a stronger appreciation for the holiday Listen in Notes This story of redemption the Christmas story started a long time ago in a garden and it began with a tree The tree of the Knowledge of God and Evil The woman was convinced The fruit looked so fresh and delicious and it would make her so wise So she ate some of the fruit Genesis The Lord gives the first Christmas verse not Isaiah or Micah [... more]

In this episode Pastor Greg Laurie talks about what it means to be an almost Christian Although some pray attend church and get baptized it's still possible they're not truly Christian there's more to it Learn more from a powerful exchange in the book of Acts between the apostle Paul and King Agrippa Notes Almost is a word that is often coupled with procrastination Herod the Great tried to kill Jesus Herod Antipas was responsible for beheading John the Baptist The son of Herod Antipas slew James the apostle and imprisoned Simon Peter Herod Agrippa was moved by Paul's powerful [... more]

The plot to kill Jesus is well under way Stu Robby are in Luke - talking about the betrayal of Jesus by one of his own disciples Judas Iscariot and the lead-up to his arrest [... more]

Before the plot to kill Jesus materialized He spoke privately to His disciples about a future judgment day His words serve as a wake-up call for Christians to this day Find out why on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg Listen [... more]

Description Short Take from The Christian Worldview program on American Gospel Progressive Christianity Part of [... more]

We have reached the final weekend of our three-part series on the America Gospel films which expose the false teachings and teachers that corrupt the biblical gospel and sound doctrine In part we examined film on errant teachings such as moralistic preaching the works gospel the attractional church and the health wealth and prosperity gospel that afflict so many churches And then last week in part we began discussing film on progressive Christianity which is found in mainline Protestant denominations and the Emerging Church movement where foundational doctrines like the atoning death of Christ are rejected as cosmic child abuse [... more]