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Mary welcomes back Pastor Andy Woods to talk about some of the more significant stories in late November. We look at this week’s Climate ConJob – rather, “Confab” – and who is actually running the show these days. While the agenda never changes, and they keep trying to pull the wool over our sheeple eyes, there is no denying that many in the world today are getting pretty weary of this sales pitch. Next on our list is the Judeo/Christian worldview and lifestyle that Americans have always enjoyed, and what has happened to obliterate it in one generation. Immigration, ideologies like Communism, Marxism, Progressivism and Islam have taken a huge toll on our freedoms and our prosperity, not to mention endless attacks on men, women and children who have to be open to being something other than how God created them. Now what? Plurality goes off the rails spiritually when a Hindu temple is erecting a 90 foot statue of a Hindu God down in Texas, still a state of the union last I heard. It’s going down so fast it seems. Then we discuss some freedoms of speech and religion that are also going the way of the phone booth – only with greatly significant consequences. Suppose God is removing His hand of protection from idolatrous Americans? Although we are not a Christian nation under the banner of salvation, we have held high the freedom, morals, and good neighborliness that love requires for our entire existence. A great hour with a superb teacher of the Scriptures, and a watchman.

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A few years ago, a study asked Americans to rank different people groups on an evolutionary scale of “humanness.” Sadly, people actually did this—putting themselves above others. Yes, racism is still alive in the US.

But as Christians, we should have nothing whatsoever to do with racism. We are all descended from Adam and Eve—there’s only one race, the human race. Every person on earth is related to one another. As the Bible says, we’re all “one blood.”

Jesus came, died, and rose again for people from every tribe, tongue, nation, and language. Every person is a sinner in need of the grace and salvation from Jesus.

Today, Pastor Jack teaches us that we need to examine our own motives for growth. Is it to impress, or is it to serve, build, and glorify the Lord, Jesus Christ? Church growth begins from within. Before there is outward expansion, inward development is essential. 

We live in a world where “truth” has become whatever people decide it is. Dr. Tony Evans explains how that same mindset once led Israel into spiritual compromise and cultural collapse—and why returning to God’s truth is still the only way to reverse the consequences.

Sermon Overview

Scripture Passage: Titus 2:14-15

Every Christian is in need of a passionate love for the Lord Jesus Christ that overflows into service and worship. However, the cause of Christ has been deeply hurt by extremists and their misguided zeal. We must understand the dangers of extremism and the beauty of God’s grace.

Titus 2:14 speaks of Jesus: “...who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.”

First, zeal can affirm the grace of God.

When we truly love the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we will become zealous about truth and excited to do good works for the kingdom of God. This is a good and godly thing because we are called to go “all in” with our love for Jesus; however, when taken to the extreme, good things can become bad things.

While affirming zeal, grace avoids extremism.

Adrian Rogers says, “Zeal and moderation go together, properly understood; they are not enemies, they’re friends. But extremism is the enemy of both zeal and moderation.”

Zeal that is divisive and destructive can be deadly to our churches, homes, and communities. Principles are great when used as tools to live by, rather than as weapons to hurt others.

We do not need to compromise on holy living, but we need to learn to live by grace.

When we obsess and debate over incidental things, we lose sight of what is fundamental. This kind of zeal is foolish, profitless, fruitless, and divisive. When we have zeal for the wrong things, we’ll often fight the wrong enemy with the wrong weapons and wrong energy.

Compromise is not the answer to extremism: grace is.

Titus 2:15 says, “Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.”

Grace is not an excuse to sin or an encouragement to laziness, it is an invitation to give everything we are to the cause of Christ.

We must be zealous of good works, with an attitude of sweet reasonableness. We may not always agree with everyone on everything, but we must prioritize what is important.

Apply it to your life

Each and every one of us must be filled with a passionate love for Jesus Christ, but what we do with that love is crucial. Affirm zeal, avoid extremism, and remember that we will achieve more together than divided.

Humorist Ken Davis will encourage you to find joy by embracing a lighthearted attitude, even when your life isn’t perfect. He explains how God helped him overcome his own physical disabilities and find self-acceptance by understanding that he only had to be the best version of himself – just the way God made him to be.

Get free access to almost four hours of family-friendly comedy from Ken Davis, Ted Cunningham, Kenn Kington, Jeremy Nunes, John Branyan, and Chonda Pierce.

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