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In a world where truth seems up for grabs, pastor and author Dr. Mike Fabarez believes you can fully trust in God’s Word. On this edition of Chris Fabry Live, you’ll hear encouragement from evidence that the Bible is a book like no other. You can approach Scripture with greater confidence, deeper trust, and renewed joy in knowing and walking with the God of the Bible. 

Featured resource:
The Bible: A Book Like No Other by Mike Fabarez

Also mentioned:
Video: Inauguration of Dr. Rick Melson
Unearthing the Bible by Titus Kennedy

October thank you gift:
Consider Jesus: Meditations on the Person and Work of Christ by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

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Walking through death with a loved one can be incredibly isolating and unsettling. If you're in a season of anticipatory grief, don't miss the conversation with Whitney Pipkin. She walked her mother through terminal cancer. She’ll remind us that we can experience God's very presence in life's dark and deep valleys. Learn how facing death with our loved ones teaches us to live when you join us for Equipped with Chris Brooks.

Featured resources:
We Shall All Be Changed by Whitney K. Pipkin
Common Good magazine

October thank you gift:
The Rekindled Heart: 6 Essentials for Reviving Your Faith by Mark Yarbrough

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Today on Karl and Crew, we brought you some of our Best-of conversations. Jamie Winship joined us to discuss finding our identity in Christ and living free from fear. Jim Cymbala shared about the Holy Spirit's work and walking with Jesus one day at a time. We also explored true salvation and how the Holy Spirit reveals what needs to change in our lives. You can hear the highlights of today’s program on the Karl and Crew Showcast.

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Money can tell you how much you have, but it makes a terrible answer to the question, “Who am I?”

Wealth is a gift to steward, but it was never meant to become our identity. Yet in a culture that often measures success by income, possessions, and financial security, it’s easy to begin defining ourselves by what we have—or what we lack.

Scripture offers a different perspective. In fact, some of Jesus’ most memorable teachings about wealth reveal what happens when possessions become central to a person's identity.

Have you ever noticed how Scripture describes certain wealthy individuals? There's the rich fool, the rich young ruler, and the rich man who lived in luxury while a poor man named Lazarus suffered outside his gate.

We know what these men possessed. We know how they related to their possessions. But we don't know their names.

Perhaps there's something worth considering in that pattern. These men looked to wealth for something it could never ultimately provide: security, significance, and even identity. And in the stories themselves, their possessions became what they were known for.

Consider the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16. Jesus describes a wealthy man dressed in purple and fine linen who feasted lavishly every day. Outside his gate lay a poor man covered with sores, longing for scraps from the rich man's table.

But Jesus introduces these two individuals with a striking contrast: the poor man has a name, Lazarus. The rich man doesn't.

The world may have known the wealthy man's name while overlooking Lazarus entirely. But in Jesus' telling, that distinction is reversed. Lazarus is known by name, while the other man is identified simply by his wealth.

There's something sobering about that. The rich man possessed the outward markers of earthly significance, but those possessions could not establish his standing before God.

Now consider the rich fool in Luke 12.

Jesus tells the story of a wealthy landowner whose farm produces such an abundant harvest that he runs out of room to store it. He decides to tear down his barns, build larger ones, and enjoy the security he believes his wealth provides.

He tells himself, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry" (Luke 12:19). Again, we never learn his name. We know him simply as the rich fool.

His problem wasn't that his farm succeeded or that he possessed an abundance. Scripture doesn't condemn wealth or enjoying God's provision. His problem was that his possessions had become the foundation of his security.

Notice his language: my crops, my barns, my grain, my goods.

His world had become centered on what he possessed. He had accumulated enough to convince himself that his future was secure. But God tells him, "Fool! This night your soul is required of you" (Luke 12:20).

He had plenty of possessions, but they couldn't provide the security he ultimately needed.

Then there's the rich young ruler, whose encounter with Jesus is recorded in Mark 10. 

He approaches Jesus asking what he must do to inherit eternal life. But when Jesus exposes how his possessions hold his heart captive, the man walks away sorrowful because of his great wealth.

Once again, we remember someone largely by what he possessed.

These accounts don't suggest that wealth itself is the problem or that those who have much cannot faithfully follow Christ. Rather, they reveal the danger of allowing wealth to occupy a place in our hearts that belongs to God alone.

When wealth becomes our identity, it can diminish our understanding of who we truly are.

Our culture constantly invites us to define ourselves through financial categories.

We're wealthy, middle class, homeowner

What happens when we try to approach God on our own terms?  Today on BOLD STEPS, Mark Jobe shares a special, stand-alone message from 2nd Samuel chapter 6.  Through King David’s attempt to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, we’ll uncover a sobering ... and ultimately freeing ... truth: God’s presence is holy, and it’s something we’re invited into through humility and reverence.  Don’t miss this powerful message … listen to Bold Steps with Pastor Mark Jobe.

Bold Steps Gift: The Church In Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness - Erwin Lutzer and Ed Stetzer

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If you want to live on mission for God and become infused with purpose and joy, try a little “thanks-living.” Author and founder and president of the Truth Network, Stu Epperson believes that circumstances don’t dictate a heart of thankfulness to God. In fact, it’s in the struggles and sorrow and disappointment that we get to exercise gratitude. Don’t miss the encouragement on Chris Fabry Live.

Featured resource:
Thanks Living by Stu Epperson, Jr.

October thank you gift:
Consider Jesus: Meditations on the Person and Work of Christ by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

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Dr. Ray Dillman, PhD, Major (US Army, RET) joins us to discuss his book, The Discipled Warriors Handbook. His desire is to deepen men’s ability to follow Jesus while engaged in spiritual warfare. He will tackle the question that all men have: "Why am I here?" Dr. Dillman wants to train men to become the spiritual leaders God created them to be. Join us to learn what it takes to be a discipled warrior.

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With clarity, warmth, and depth, renowned theologian and professor Dr. Alister McGrath explores why Christianity continues to captivate thoughtful people in every generation across human history, in a compassionate invitation to rediscover meaning, identity, and hope in a story bigger than ourselves. Don’t miss a great conversation!

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The field of behavioral economics has revealed something the Bible has been telling us for thousands of years. What is that, you say? It’s that we’re not nearly as rational as we think we are— especially when money is involved. On the next Faith & Finance Live, Rob West and Mark Biller show how biblical wisdom can help us overcome some of the behavioral tendencies that work against us as investors. Then, it’s on to calls. That’s Faith & Finance Live, biblical wisdom for your financial journey. That’s weekdays at 4pm Eastern/3pm Central on Moody Radio.

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How important is evangelism in your Bible studies and small groups? Recent research indicates that evangelism is low on the priority list for Bible study groups. Dwayne McCrary will help us recapture an evangelistic mindset beyond outreach events when you join us for the next Equipped with Chris Brooks.

Featured resource:
Article: Recapturing an Evangelistic Mindset in Your Groups

October thank you gift:
The Rekindled Heart: 6 Essentials for Reviving Your Faith by Mark Yarbrough

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