Listen to the full-length version or read the manuscript of this message here https wfth me pap While you probably know the Sunday school song about Zacchaeus the tax collector chances are you may not understand the extent of his sin and the miraculous nature of his restoration Only Jesus Christ can deliver the kind of life-transforming grace that would cause the richest cheat in Israel to become a compassionate benevolent above-and-beyond kind of follower of Christ [... more]

Listen to the full-length version or read the manuscript of this message here https wfth me pap Things--and people--are rarely what they seem to be Social media has trained us to be more image conscious People even arrive to church more concerned with displaying a righteous exterior than experiencing the convicting of the Holy Spirit And this is nothing new In Jesus' day He often rebuked the Pharisees as self-righteous image-conscious hypocrites Let's learn to avoid their tragic example [... more]

No one can receive Christ without being made new Today R C Sproul continues his exposition of Mark's gospel explaining that it is impossible simply to add Jesus to our lives and otherwise remain unchanged Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Mark for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org mark-commentary 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]

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God used a lot of unlikely people to serve Him in big ways a shepherd boy a prostitute a drunkard a tax collector a little boy with a sack lunch And David Rahab Noah and Matthew would all tell you how God can use anyone anywhere anytime under any circumstance And today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie points out how to make ourselves available for God's plan No matter where you're at right now you're in the right spot to be used by the Lord Listen on harvest org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at [... more]

Recently I found myself someplace I rsquo d seen in movies and on TV more times that I could count Hollywood California There in the foothills of Los Angeles those enormous white letters marched proudly across that famous hillside as I viewed them from my hotel window Then I noticed something else down to the left was a prominent cross I rsquo d never seen that in a movie And the moment I left my hotel room some students from a local church began to share Jesus with me We might sometimes think of Hollywood as only the epicenter of [... more]

When Jesus looked up at Zacchaeus in the sycamore tree He saw a lost soul whom the Father had given Him to save Today R C Sproul continues his expositional series in the gospel of Luke to consider the appointed day when salvation came to the house of a notorious tax collector Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Luke for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org luke-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

If you were to die tonight and stand before the holy God on what basis would you seek entrance into heaven Today R C Sproul continues his sermon series in the gospel of Luke and considers a parable about two men one who trusted in his own righteousness and one whose faith was in the Lord Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Luke for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org luke-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

The young woman couldn rsquo t sleep A person with a lifelong physical disability she rsquo d be center stage at a church bazaar the next day to receive donations to pay for her higher education But I rsquo m not worthy Charlotte Elliott worried Tossing and turning she doubted her credentials questioning every aspect of her spiritual life Still restless the next day she finally moved to a desk to pick up pen and paper to write down the words of the now classic hymn ldquo Just As I Am rdquo ldquo Just as I am without one plea [... more]

Our justification in the presence of God is founded on a righteousness that is not our own Today R C Sproul expounds on Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and the publican reminding us that we must rest on God's grace alone for our salvation Get R C Sproul's Teaching Series 'The Parables of Jesus' on DVD with a Digital Study Guide for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org parables-of-jesus Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Is there a right and wrong way to celebrate-observe communion- Today Pastor Don Green will show us what it means to approach the Lord's Table in a biblically accurate way --thetruthpulpit comClick the icon below to listen Related StoriesTeach Them the Hard Way Through the Psalms Psalm When God Overruled SinThe Righteousness God Requires [... more]

Today Pastor Don Green brings us the second half of his message called -When You're Weary with Sin - showing us how to look at our failures and shortcomings through the biblical lens of grace rather than through the lens of self-condemnation --thetruthpulpit comClick the icon below to listen Related StoriesWhen You're Weary with Sin The Mature Christian WomanRise and Shine Through the Psalms Psalm [... more]

If thou know not O thou fairest among women go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents The Shepherd's Tabernacle would be a better translation of that word tent and as the comparison of the previous verses both the tents of Kedar not spelled the same way at all or by the veiled or covered companions in verse - Posers Jesus had the Tax collectors and prostitutes in His tent and there is where He told Peter to feed his sheep How about you do you have that kind of [... more]

What kind of people would you seek for your team or committee Probably not the least the last and the left out but Jesus does Listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg to find out what happened when a despised tax collector encountered Jesus Listen [... more]

As a tax collector for the Romans Levi routinely stole from his people in Israel Yet Jesus singled out this hated man and called him to be a disciple Today R C Sproul continues his exposition of the gospel of Luke and considers how the grace of the gospel is displayed in the calling of Levi Get R C Sproul's Expositional Commentary on the Gospel of Luke for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org luke-commentary Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

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The TV comedy The Good Place depicts the popular notion that good people go to heaven But did you know the Bible teaches something different Find out more as Skip shares the message quot The Worst People in the Best Place quot This teaching is from the series Now Streaming Links Website https connectwithskip comDonate https connnectwithskip com donateThis week's DevoMail https connnectwithskip com devomail [... more]

Zach was a lonely guy When he walked down the city streets he could feel the hostile glares But then his life took a turn Clement of Alexandria one of the church fathers says that Zach became a very prominent Christian leader and a pastor of the church in Caesarea Yes we rsquo re talking about Zacchaeus the chief tax collector who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus Luke ndash What prompted him to climb the tree Tax collectors were perceived as traitors because they heavily taxed their own people to serve the Roman Empire Yet Jesus had a [... more]

Because Jesus only called disciples to be His closest followers the identities of these men become especially important for our study Did Jesus only call me who would be good witnesses as hardworking men of integrity Far from it Today join us in the book of Luke as we discover perhaps the most unusual calls to ministry that Jesus delivers in the Bible [... more]

Critical Race Theory or Critical Theory more broadly beyond race is now the de facto worldview of the political left academia mainstream media corporations and even the military This worldview sees everything through the Marxist prism of oppression with white male Christians being the source of injustice and inequality in society CRT rears its ugly divisive racist head every day in school board meetings corporate board rooms and from the White House And now a slightly less obvious version of CRT is being ushered into Evangelical churches and organizations The conversion of Zaccheus in Luke where the tax collector tells [... more]

The incompatibility of the gospel [... more]

Pastor Rick teaches from the Gospel of Mark Mark - [... more]

For most people money is one of the biggest stressors in our daily lives But Pastor J D reminds us that God never intended for us to be slaves to wealth [... more]

He was an aging military veteran rough-edged and given to even rougher language One day a friend cared enough about him to inquire about his spiritual beliefs The man rsquo s dismissive response came quickly ldquo God doesn rsquo t have space for someone like me rdquo Perhaps that was just part of his ldquo tough-guy rdquo act but his words couldn rsquo t be further from the truth God creates space especially for the rough the guilt-ridden and the excluded to belong and thrive in His community This was obvious from the beginning of Jesus rsquo s ministry when [... more]

Stu Robby dive into Luke - exploring Zacchaeus the tax-collector in Jericho [... more]

The Grace of God [... more]

Diving into the Gospel of Mark Pastor Greg Laurie reveals how men of opposing beliefs and lifestyles ended up banded together under the same cause the kingdom of God Follow Me from Mark is the latest message in our series The Gospel for Busy People Notes Many do not really understand what it means to be a follower of Jesus Read Mark Jesus now begins to put His team together They were quite ordinary hopelessly human and remarkably unremarkable Simon and Andrew had been disciples of John the Baptist James and John the Sons of Thunder are also called Mark's [... more]

Pastor Scott Sauls author of the book A Gentle Answer joins Dave and Ann Wilson to discuss the power of gentle answers in a culture of outrage Gentle answers communicate You matter your opinion matters People don't get scolded into agreement Sauls says No one ever says Thank you for lecturing and shaming me Yes confront sin with truth but take the log out of your own eye first as Jesus commanded Show Notes and Resources Find resources from this podcast at https shop familylife com Products aspx categoryid Check out all that's available on the FamilyLife Podcast Network https [... more]

He washed men's feet He touched lepers He ate with tax collectors He walked from place to place without material possessions He was the Lord over all yet became a servant to all Are you following His example [... more]