Erwin Lutzer: September 21, 2017 Long ago, God gave the Ten Commandments as a blueprint for living. Our failure to follow commandment number five is a big reason for the dismal state
Erwin Lutzer: September 20, 2017 A central commandment of the Law of God is the prohibition against taking innocent life. Yet hundreds of people are killed every year in each of our m
Erwin Lutzer: September 19, 2017 Murder: it’s now so common that we aren’t fazed by it anymore. But the taking of innocent life breaks one of the cardinal commandments of God. And
Erwin Lutzer: September 18, 2017 God made it clear that all of us need a day of rest. The concept is so important that he made it into one of the Ten Commandments. In our day, Sunday
Erwin Lutzer: September 15, 2017 A century ago, British Olympian Eric Liddell refused to run on Sunday. Made famous in the movie “Chariots of Fire,” he held to a conviction that t
Erwin Lutzer: September 14, 2017 The commandment to not take the name of God in vain goes to the core of His nature, and to the heart of respecting Him as Creator. In this message we
Erwin Lutzer: September 13, 2017 “I am the Lord, that is My name. My glory I will not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” There is no ambiguity here. It is clear
Erwin Lutzer: September 12, 2017 “I am the Lord, that is My name. My glory I will not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” There is no ambiguity here. It is clear
Erwin Lutzer: September 11, 2017 Is a picture ever wrong? We need to understand God’s commands prohibiting images meant to represent Him. People disobey this commandment daily, givi
Erwin Lutzer: September 8, 2017 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} It’s in the
Erwin Lutzer: September 7, 2017 There is one area in which God tolerates no competition. He wants to be supreme in our lives, and He made that clear by writing on a tablet of stone t
Erwin Lutzer: September 6, 2017 On earth, the law of gravity is immutable. God’s moral law has the same force. The commandments He gave to Moses define His character, and His expec
Erwin Lutzer: September 6, 2017 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} On earth, the
Erwin Lutzer: September 5, 2017 The great moral code God gave to Moses contains principles governing our relationships with God and with each other. That code shows us who we are, an
Erwin Lutzer: September 1, 2017 They say it’s always darkest just before the dawn. Knowing that a glorious eternal destiny awaits makes any believer’s present suffering worthwhil
Erwin Lutzer: August 31, 2017 Jesus told the disciples that as the good shepherd, He would protect His sheep. But even more, He would give His life for His sheep. This gives believ
Erwin Lutzer: August 30, 2017 Many Christians debate the issue of eternal security: can someone who has been saved ever be lost? The issue is highly contested even now. In th
Erwin Lutzer: August 29, 2017 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Jesus was the
Erwin Lutzer: August 28, 2017 For the Christian, life is often hard. We may feel alone and tempted to take shortcuts from God’s path. But we can be glad that Jesus stands before
Erwin Lutzer: August 25, 2017 The church is more than brick and mortar. The church universal is a spiritual building the Bible calls a temple, and each believer is a stone making u
Erwin Lutzer: August 24, 2017 Not all the blessings God has in store for believers have to await eternity. In the here and now, He’s provided the church where we can serve other
Erwin Lutzer: August 23, 2017 Many Christians may not know that they’ve been adopted into the family of God. This adoption confers the rights of sonship on all who believe, which
Erwin Lutzer: August 22, 2017 For the Christian, life is often hard. We may feel alone and tempted to take shortcuts from God’s path. But we can be glad that Jesus stands before
Erwin Lutzer: August 21, 2017 The Bible tells believers to “walk in the Spirit” and then enjoy the love, joy, and peace the Spirit brings. So what does it look like when the Sp
Erwin Lutzer: August 18, 2017 Some of the gifts God gives His children may seem intangible. Having the righteousness of God sounds theoretical. But one gift makes all the other gif
Erwin Lutzer: August 17, 2017 When we see ourselves as God sees us, we realize that we fall far short of His standards. Our sins stand between us and His holiness. Without outside
Erwin Lutzer: August 16, 2017 The standard God sets for us to gain eternal life is very high—so high there’s no way we can ever reach it. That’s why He’s given a gift to ev
Erwin Lutzer: August 15, 2017 Believers can be sure that no event in their lives can take place outside of God’s knowledge and plan. The New Testament teaches that God has predes
Erwin Lutzer: August 14, 2017 Salvation is more than just a ticket to heaven when we die. Christ has given believers many wonderful gifts that accompany our salvation. In this mess
Erwin Lutzer: August 11, 2017 When God says a nation is doomed, that doom is certain. Belshazzar’s feast began with revelry and ended with Belshazzar dead. Babylon died with him,
Erwin Lutzer: August 10, 2017 The judgment of God may be long in coming, but it can come with a vengeance. For ancient Babylon, that time came when Daniel foretold the doom of Baby
Erwin Lutzer: August 9, 2017 During persecution, some believers are spared while others go through torture and death. Some wonder why God doesn’t deliver all of His people, sinc
Erwin Lutzer: August 8, 2017 Every day, government pressure mounts on the Christian faith. How should believers react? For guidance, we can look to a similar time of persecution l
Erwin Lutzer: August 7, 2017 When the government says do one thing, and the Bible tells us to do the opposite, what do we do? The answers are not always clear, since we are called
Erwin Lutzer: August 4, 2017 Christians in America are rapidly becoming like Daniel and his friends in Babylon: out of sync with their pagan environment. How do we reconcile what
Erwin Lutzer: May 31, 2017 After Jonah preached, he got angry and depressed. Then God sent a sequence of events to teach the wayward prophet some pointed object lessons. In this
Erwin Lutzer: June 20, 2017 Some see the death of Jesus as merely a sad end to a good life. But the Bible tells us that the central mission of Jesus was to die, and then be raise
Erwin Lutzer: June 1, 2017 With God, we can safely entrust any secret. In fact, there are four secrets He wants us to share with Him. When we do, we’ll experience some life-ch
Erwin Lutzer: June 2, 2017 Money can be our idol, and we can be its worshippers. God wants to break the stranglehold money has on our hearts, and the key is giving in secret. In
Erwin Lutzer: June 5, 2017 In the race of life, success with God depends on time spent with Him in secret – time given to the discipline of prayer. For many, prayer is mysteri
Erwin Lutzer: June 6, 2017 In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus showed us how to pray. In this message, we continue our look at the depth and breadth of meaning found in these sacred w
Erwin Lutzer: June 7, 2017 In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus showed us how to pray. In this message, we continue our look at the depth and breadth of meaning found in these sacred w
Erwin Lutzer: June 8, 2017 To stop eating for a time has known health benefits. But for the Christian, it also has great spiritual benefits. You don’t hear much about fasting
Erwin Lutzer: June 15, 2017 Jesus taught us to call God “Our Father.” In the Bible, God has revealed many names, but only one character: absolute holiness combined with infin
Erwin Lutzer: June 21, 2017 The Bible reveals that God works by the Holy Spirit in the lives of those who believe, providing day-by-day guidance, comfort, wisdom, and insight for
Erwin Lutzer: June 19, 2017 Jesus Christ appeared on earth over two thousand years ago. The Bible reveals that Jesus is the Son of God, and that all the fullness of God dwells in
Erwin Lutzer: June 16, 2017 How can one describe God? How can one describe anything infinite? The best we can do is to list His attributes. These open a door of understanding, a
Erwin Lutzer: June 13, 2017 For Christians, the Bible is at the center of what we believe. Can we rely on this ancient book? This message begins a series on the key doctrines tha
Erwin Lutzer: June 12, 2017 The words of Jesus penetrate us to our very core. In this message, we’ll hear Him speak on our motivations, as recorded in Matthew chapter six. If y
Erwin Lutzer: June 9, 2017 Good deeds can be seen, but motivations can’t. Why we do what we do is a key focus of Christ’s teaching in Matthew six. Here we experience radical
