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Christian families have learned to say "sorry" and "that's okay" without ever touching the heart. Kevin is joined by Rob Rienow, homeschool dad of seven and author of Healing Family Relationships, to talk about what forgiveness actually requires…why time alone doesn't heal wounds…and how to keep bitterness from taking root at home. You can start reading Dr. Rienow's book, Healing Family Relationships, for free today at www.VisionaryFam.com/Healing

The sermon emphasizes the critical importance of regular local church assembly as a defining characteristic of genuine faith. Drawing primarily from Hebrews 10, the speaker argues that believers must not forsake gathering together but should instead use these meetings to provoke one another to love and good works. The text highlights the bold access Christians have to God through Christ's sacrifice and urges the congregation to prioritize spiritual connection over worldly distractions or comfort. By examining the natural inclination of Peter and John to return to their brethren after persecution, the message illustrates that true faith naturally seeks out the company of other believers. Ultimately, the central call is for individuals to consciously choose a Bible-believing community as their primary spiritual home and source of strength.

This week on Wheat Among the Tares, Pastor Steve Williamson joins us to introduce a new segment of our monthly programming entitled Better Together, which will focus on helping younger families today in the areas of marriage, rearing of children and day-to-day complications that arise as part of everyday life...

Where is the line between protecting your children, and creating people who are unable to properly have conversations with others? Kevin and Josh look at scriptural examples and warnings, and discover that the biggest stumbling block to our children is often ourselves. Regardless of what dangers we shield them from, stumbling children happens in the home too. We often protect them from being taught bad worldviews – but fail to protect them from more direct sin.

AI and the Gospel: Technology Has Changed. The Human Heart Hasn't Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace—but what does the Bible say about it? In this message from Genesis 11, Deacon Robert Pimentel explores the Tower of Babel and reveals that humanity's greatest problem has never been technology—it's the human heart. Discover how Christians can navigate AI with biblical wisdom, guard against deception, protect their homes, and find lasting hope in Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Teaching to Change Lives is Howard Hendricks' distilled masterwork on the craft and calling of Christian education. Drawing on more than three decades of teaching at Dallas Theological Seminary—and a lifetime of watching God transform lives through ordinary communicators—Hendricks presents seven foundational principles he calls "The Seven Laws of the Teacher." The book is structured around a memorable acrostic, TEACHER, with each letter representing one law. Written with the storytelling warmth, practical directness, and spiritual urgency that defined his celebrated teaching ministry, this book has shaped the philosophy of Christian educators across generations. Hendricks's personal journey frames the entire work. Born into a broken home in north Philadelphia, he was reached by a sixth-grade-educated Sunday school teacher named Walt, who invested in him when no one else did. That experience—a humble, growing man pouring his life into a single child—became the template for everything Hendricks would teach about effective education. The book insists that teaching is never about technique alone; it is about transformation, and transformation begins in the teacher before it can ever reach the student.

As a young woman goes through the Jewish wedding process, she is focused on the day her groom will come back to take her to the newly finished room in his father's house. After his father tells him it's time, the groom will walk through the streets with his groomsmen behind him approaching the bride's home. He will call out to her as he gets closer. She will come running out to meet and greet him and will be swept up in his arms. They will then turn and go to the room that has been set up for their ceremony and dinner. She will forever remain with her husband as his wife in his father's house.

Every Christian man is engaged in a real spiritual battle. Scripture neither encourages an unhealthy obsession with demons nor permits believers to ignore spiritual opposition. Instead, the Lord commands His people to be strong in Him and to stand firm with the armor He provides. In this episode of Warriors of Grace, Dave Jenkins explains Ephesians 6:10–18 and shows how Christian men can face sin, temptation, fear, discouragement, pride, anger, passivity, and spiritual opposition with biblical courage. Victory does not come through human ingenuity, willpower, or self-confidence. Christian men fight from the finished victory of Jesus Christ. Through truth, righteousness, the gospel, faith, salvation, Scripture, prayer, and fellowship in the local church, God supplies everything His people need to remain faithful. Stand firm in Christ, remain vigilant, and fight with the armor God provides. For more from Warriors of Grace, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/warriors-of-grace-podcast/

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. (2 Corinthians 5:1) ~~~~~ A morning devotional taken online audio to the Brighton Bethesda Home. A reading / hymn sheet is available in PDF below. ~~~~~~ **Address summary:** This devotional meditation explores the Christian hope of resurrection and eternal life through an exposition of 2 Corinthians 5:1 The message contrasts the temporary nature of the earthly body with the promise of a permanent, heavenly dwelling provided by God. It emphasizes that believers are reconciled to God through Christ and called to live as ambassadors of this new reality. The tone offers comfort to those facing death and bereavement, affirming that mortality will be swallowed up by life. Ultimately, it encourages trust in God's power to raise the dead and give believers a spiritual body.