The Apostle Paul committed terrible crimes before his encounter with Jesus on the Damascus Road Why did God save Paul in such an unusual way In this message Pastor Lutzer reflects on remarkable stories of restoration God's boundless grace changes how we make restitution This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

When we sin morally God promises to forgive us when we repent But the consequences of sin remain as they did for King David with his ruptured relationships and divided kingdom In this message we honestly examine lessons for us from David's family conflict Don't ever underestimate what God can do with a mess This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Questions in this Episode In step of AA it requires those in the program to make restitution with people we've hurt but I'm concerned that it's requirements for restitution aren't entirely honest or biblical What do you think Am I going to know that I'm fully saved with complete certainty I've been listening to your program and I have to be honest some people calling sound like whacked out fundamentalists and that gives the impression to others that Christianity is just made up of a bunch of [... more]

Episode - You Gotta Make Things Right June by A Production of Main Street Church of Brigham City [... more]

Every cause produces an effect Drop a pebble in a pond cause and small ripples form and travel outward effect Likewise ideas are causes that produce effects Good ideas produce good effects and bad ideas bad effects Big unbiblical ideas are not like dropping a pebble into a pond but rather a nuclear bomb on a society widespread destruction and even death are the effects Critical Race Theory the idea that White Supremacy is the dominating operating principle in America oppressing all manner of oppressed groups people of color women etc is the new Big Idea in America that is [... more]

The Line of Fire Radio Broadcast for [... more]

In when South Africa made the transition from government by apartheid imposed racial segregation to a democracy it faced the difficult question of how to address the crimes committed under apartheid The country rsquo s leaders couldn t ignore the past but merely imposing harsh punishments on the guilty risked deepening the country s wounds As Desmond Tutu the first black Anglican Archbishop of South Africa explained in his book nbsp No Future Without Forgiveness We could very well have had justice retributive justice and had a South Africa lying in ashes Through establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Committee the [... more]

Tom worked for a law firm that advised Bob rsquo s company They became friends mdash until Tom embezzled thousands of dollars from the company Bob was hurt and angry when he found out but he received wise counsel from his vice president a believer in Christ The VP noticed Tom was deeply ashamed and repentant and he advised Bob to drop the charges and hire Tom ldquo Pay him a modest salary so he can make restitution You rsquo ll never have a more grateful loyal employee rdquo Bob did and Tom was Mephibosheth grandson of King Saul hadn [... more]

Last week on the program Darrell Harrison former fellow of the Black Theology and Leadership Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary joined us to discuss race which he says is a misnomer for ethnicity racism or ethnicism as he calls it within society and the church the white privilege pejorative and how Christians should view Martin Luther King Jr There was a lot to think about And there's much more to come this weekend with Darrell Harrison in Part of the interview as we discuss the controversial issue of slavery reparations payment of money or granting of benefits to blacks today [... more]