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I used to tell our kids, "You don't have to go to a party. Carry the party inside you wherever you go!" Our five-year-old grandson never heard that, but I think he got the idea. He could find a way to enjoy himself in just about any situation, with friends or alone, with his toys, or better yet as far as he was concerned, with just like the everyday stuff he found. I remember he and I were in my study, a few rooms away from the living room where his three-year-old brother and his Mommy were. Little brother decided to check out what big brother and I were doing, and big brother had an idea. His brother could be a messenger. So our five-year-old started writing little messages to his mother, which he then rolled up and dispatched his little brother to deliver. Mommy got the idea, and so she would write back an answer to every message. The shuttle went back and forth three times, I think. Big brother then wrote another message, but this time the messenger didn't show up. He had clocked out. So the message never got delivered.

I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Life-Saving Messengers."

Jesus has a message that He wants delivered to some people you know - some people you see all the time. The price of His message not getting through to them could be an awful eternity. He's counting on you to be the messenger.

He makes that clear in our word for today from the Word of God in 2 Corinthians 5:19-20, where the Bible says, "We are Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God." If you belong to Jesus Christ, you are His ambassador to the place where you live, the place where you work, the place you go to school, the place you "recreate," the place you shop.

When the President appoints an ambassador to a particular country, he's counting on his ambassador to deliver his messages, right? The things that he wants communicated. Whether you realize it or not, you've been assigned by the highest authority in the universe, by Jesus himself, to deliver His message to the folks around you. And that message is life-or-death information. But as our grandson found out with his little brother, when the messenger dies, the message dies. And in the case of Jesus' message about His death for our sins, people you know may die if you don't deliver it.

That's the awful picture of messenger failure in Ezekiel 33:7. It says, "I have made you a watchman...give them warning from Me...When I say to the wicked" - today that's anyone who has not had their sin forgiven by giving themselves to Jesus, and you know people like that - "When I say to the wicked you will surely die,' and you do not speak to warn him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood." Blood on our hands because of the silence of our lips. Don't let that happen to you. Don't let that happen to the people God's counting on you to tell about His Son. Whatever fear of what might happen if you told them about Jesus, could it possibly be as fearful as what will happen if you don't tell them?

Jack Phillips was the radioman for the Titanic. Two hours before the Titanic's fatal collision with an iceberg, Phillips got this radio message from another ship, describing the coordinates of the exact ice field that later doomed the Titanic. But instead of delivering that information to the captain, he stuck it on a spindle to deliver it later. That mistake cost him his life and the lives of 1,500 passengers that night. All because the life-or-death message he had was never delivered.

Don't make that mistake with the message Jesus has given to you to be delivered. Don't let your delay cost them heaven. His message is in your hands.

For decades, society has grown increasingly untethered from what is real. Now biology is negotiable, feelings outrank facts, and confusion is shaping how the next generation understands God, human nature, morality, and destiny. Dr. Frank Turek will join us to expose the destructive ideas pulling Western civilization off course. Drawing from Scripture, logic, philosophy, science, and history, he will equip us to speak with conviction in a culture that desperately needs truth.

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Post-truth, AI deep fakes, truthiness, propaganda, alternative facts, true for you but not for me--the concept of truth has been taking a beating for decades, but in recent years it feels as though we may have moved beyond the point of no return. Not only are our concepts of truth not aligned with biblical teachings, but they are also patently out of step with objective reality. With a strong desire to help Christians discern truth from error, senior apologist Dr. Douglas Groothuis explores our culture's deficient view of truth and clearly explains the nature of truth, how to know if something is true, and how to bring truth to bear on some of the most pressing issues of our times.

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Not all worship is acceptable to God. Through the account of Cain and Abel, Dr. Michael Youssef exposes the difference between saving faith and empty religion.

Abel came to God in obedient faith, offering the sacrifice God required. Cain approached God on his own terms—and his rejection reveals the danger of self-will, works without repentance, and worship disconnected from obedience.

Abel’s sacrifice also points forward to Jesus Christ, whose shed blood alone provides salvation for sinners. His example reminds us that genuine faith does more than profess belief: it submits to Scripture, obeys God, and leaves a testimony that can speak for generations.

This episode calls believers to:

True faith obeys. True worship honors God. And, like Abel’s, a faithful testimony can still speak long after death.

Scripture Focus: Hebrews 11:4

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Stewardship isn’t a one-time decision. It’s an ongoing way of life—a cycle that begins with gratitude, moves through faithful growth, and leads to generosity.

Tim Tassopoulos, Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-A, has seen that cycle at work throughout his life and career. During his decades with the company, he helped shape a culture known not only for operational excellence but also for servant leadership, hospitality, and investing in people.

For Tassopoulos, faithful stewardship starts with a foundational truth: God owns it all.

That includes our finances, but it extends much further. Our abilities, relationships, opportunities, time, experiences, and even the challenges we encounter are all things God has entrusted to us. Stewardship is the process of receiving those gifts gratefully, developing them faithfully, and ultimately using them for the good of others and the glory of God.

The first step in the cycle is gratitude.

Before we can faithfully manage what God has given us, we must recognize that it came from Him in the first place. Gratitude shifts our perspective from ownership to stewardship.

That contrast is clear in Jesus’ parable of the rich fool in Luke 12. The man repeatedly speaks of “my crops,” “my barns,” and “my grain.” His mistake wasn’t simply having an abundant harvest. He had forgotten the One from whom his abundance came.

The parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14–30 offers another picture. The first two servants received different amounts, yet both faithfully put what they had been entrusted with to work. Their focus wasn’t on comparing what they received but on faithfully managing it.

Gratitude allows us to do the same. And it requires intentionality. Tassopoulos encourages making gratitude part of the daily rhythm of life through prayer, Scripture, and consciously recognizing God’s provision.

That gratitude doesn’t have to be limited to the things we naturally consider blessings. We can thank God for relationships, resources, and good health, but also recognize that challenges and opportunities can become gifts He uses to shape us.

When we begin with gratitude, we are better prepared to steward whatever God places in our hands.

Gratitude naturally leads to the next stage of stewardship: growth.

If God has entrusted us with abilities, relationships, opportunities, knowledge, or financial resources, faithful stewardship asks how we can develop those gifts—not merely for our own benefit, but so they can increasingly serve others.

That requires becoming a lifelong learner. Tassopoulos puts it simply: without humility, there is no growth.

Learning begins by acknowledging that we don’t know everything. We need the wisdom, experience, correction, and perspective of others. That may come through books, mentors, colleagues, Scripture, or simply reflecting carefully on our own experiences.

The more we learn, the more we may be able to contribute. For Tassopoulos, one practical expression of that commitment was something he called a library day.

Throughout his career at Chick-fil-A, he intentionally reserved one day each month to leave the office and work from a public library. Away from the distractions of the corporate support center—and with less opportunity to constantly check his phone—he could study, evaluate his schedule, reflect on recent experiences, and look ahead to the next 90 days.

Those days became opportunities for restoration, reflection, and refocusing.

When Tassopoulos became president of Chick-fil-A and knew the demands on his time would increase considerably, he made what might seem like a counterintuitive decision: he added a second library day each month.

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