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Christians often wonder where to take their stand in a culture whose values conflict with Scripture. Dr. John Neufeld examines 1 Corinthians 5:9-13, where Paul clarifies a crucial distinction: believers are called to engage with sinners in the world, but must not tolerate unrepentant sin among those who claim to follow Christ. We often get this backwards—condemning the world while excusing ourselves. God's mission is for the church to be salt and light, offering the world an attractive alternative rather than a mirror image of its brokenness.

The Gospel Alternative to the Cultures of Men: Being a Christian inevitably puts you in conflict with culture. In this three-week series, Dr. John Neufeld examines 1 Corinthians 5-7 to explore how the gospel creates a distinct counter-culture in the church. Addressing sexual purity, church discipline, and Christian identity, Dr. Neufeld challenges believers to live faithfully in a broken world—not by condemning culture, but by demonstrating Christ's transforming power through humble accountability, moral courage, and authentic community that offers hope to a watching world.

Listen to today's Laugh Again with Phil Callaway, "Ultimate Autocorrect." Enjoy!

Through this story of the rescue of two trapped whales, Chuck points out how eager we are to help in these situations, but how slow we are to set one another free from our own lists, inhibitions, restrictions, and expectations.

Tune in to hear Pastor Chuck Swindoll discuss the need for faith and our responsibility to share the Gospel with others.

From the Series: Romans: The Christian’s Constitution

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Natasha Crain remembers the exact day she realized she had no idea what she was doing as a mom. Her twins were four months old and had become quiet – they didn’t cry or need a diaper change. She realized that beyond providing for her kids’ physical needs; she had no idea how to give her kid a spiritual foundation that would last a lifetime. Sharing from her own journey, Natasha comes alongside parents who feel unqualified and offers them information, strategies and encouragement for raising kids who follow Jesus. She helps moms and dads confidently foster deep, faith-building conversations with their children, so that their children understand who they are in Christ and how to defend their faith.

Did you ever notice this little law of life? Just about the time you get comfortable in a place, the scenery changes. You're all comfy at home as a little child, and you think this is a world you can handle. You just figured out your house and the yard, and suddenly somebody plunges you into this unfamiliar jungle of kindergarten with all these crazy kids in this classroom. And then you get pretty comfortable in elementary school. You say, "Hey, I've got this figured out. I know how to handle this place." And no sooner do you get on top of that, and they plunge you into the middle school or junior high.

Then there's high school. Just about the time you're really confident in junior high, boom, you're in the huge world of high school. And then after that you're plunged into college or the working world, and you think, "Well, I think I've got college figured out." Hello? Now you are plunged into life! Of course, parents get to go through all those new beginnings with their kids. Being grown up doesn't mean you're beyond those "shake ups" that are caused by new beginnings. No, you might be staring at a new beginning right now. Well, I've got news for you!

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "When You're Moving From Rest to Risk."

Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Exodus 33. Let me set the stage for you a little bit. Moses and his people are at Sinai. At one point, this very imposing mountain out in the wilderness had been a new beginning place for them. They left Egypt, and this is where God asks them to park for a while. They've met the Lord there. But by now Sinai, which maybe once looked new and dangerous, has become the easy, familiar, comfortable place. It's the place where they've had a lot of encounters with the Lord actually.

In chapter 33 verse 1, it comes as a shock perhaps when the Lord says to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the people you brought out of Egypt, and go to the land I promised you." Leave this place, this safe place, this familiar place? To something better, but it's something different, something unknown, something risky. Can you relate at all? Maybe God seems to be saying to you, "It's time to move on. You're on the edge of change right now in your life."

A new beginning can be triggered by a lot of things - maybe a change at work, a change in your family, maybe in your health, a graduation, retirement, an accident. Well, here's Moses on the edge of something new. He's nervous...and maybe so are you. And God has a word for him. In fact when Moses says, "Teach me Your ways" in Exodus 33:13, we then get God's answer to him. And our word for today from the Word of God, Exodus 33:14 - "The Lord replied, 'My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.'"

The scenery changes, the cast changes, the location changes, the script changes, but the Director is the same. The presence is what makes the risk not really risky. His presence is what made this place bearable and beautiful. It's the same in the next place. He's the same in the next stage of your life - in the next season. That's the important thing. He will not change. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

I want you to imagine Jesus now, standing in front of you, looking you in the eye, and you're standing together in front of that new thing. He puts a hand on your shoulders, grips you tightly and He says these words, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

No matter what the risk, no matter what the change you're facing, isn't that enough to go on?

Dr. Stanley talks about finding God's will as he unveils the richness of the biblical phenomenon of fasting and prayer.

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With extra time on my hands, my plan for the coming months centered on serving people as much as I could. But while helping a new friend, I tripped and fell and broke my arm in three places. Suddenly I was the one in need. God’s people cared for me with visits, gift cards, flowers, phone calls, texts, prayer, meals (and even a box of chocolates), and by running errands. I couldn’t believe how kind my family, friends, and fellow church members were! It was as if God were saying, “Sit down. You need help. You’ll see what caring looks like.” Because of them, I know more about serving from the heart and feeling grateful to God for others.

Fellow believers eagerly helped me in the ways Paul instructed the church members at Rome to follow (Romans 12). He encouraged them to love sincerely, to honor others, to be devoted to one another in love, and to share with those in need (vv. 9-13). Paul taught them doctrine throughout his letter. But he also shared that life in Christ isn’t abstract theology (Ch. 1-11)—it’s shown in our practical daily living (Ch. 12-16). God’s way is love. May we pour out His love on others as an expression of His love for us.

May we look for ways to serve people in our churches or communities. They’ll be encouraged. We’ll be blessed. And God will be praised.

Segment 1

• Trump’s uncertainty about heaven reveals confusion over grace vs. works.

• Roman Catholic Matt Walsh misrepresents Protestant assurance.

• Assurance isn’t arrogance: true believers persevere because Christ keeps them.

Segment 2

• Matt Walsh calls eternal security a modern invention—but church history disagrees.

• Early church fathers affirmed God preserves His elect.

• Works prove salvation; they don’t earn it—conditional security destroys peace and produces fear.

Segment 3

• Scripture is overwhelmingly clear: God keeps those He saves.

• Salvation rooted in Christ, not in your consistency or performance.

• Assurance fuels holiness—fear-based religion produces exhaustion, not transformation.

Segment 4

• God’s children never lose their adoption—salvation is irrevocable.

• Adoption turns fear into confidence; believers can rest in the Father’s love.

• Once declared His child, you can’t be “unadopted”—your security is sealed in Christ.

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