Running To Win on Oneplace.com

By Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

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Running the race of life is hard.But with the Bible front and center and a heart to encourage, trusted pastor, Erwin Lutzer takes you on a journey into the Word to help you make it across the finish line.

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No Reason To Hide Interview...

09.30.2022

We live in a divided world where victimhood has become a path to power. Should equal outcomes shape our public policies? In this interview, Pastor Erwin Lutzer discusses a biblical response to Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ...

Running To Win on Oneplace.com episodes:

09.30.2022 No Reason To Hide Interview Part 2 We live in a divided world where victimhood has become a path to power. Should equal outcomes shape our public policies? In this interview, Pastor Erwin Lutzer discusses a biblical response to Critical Race Theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ...
09.29.2022 No Reason To Hide Interview Part 1 Our culture celebrates radical self-expression, canceling anyone in opposition. As the moral foundations of our politicized culture crumble, how should Christians respond? In this interview, Pastor Erwin Lutzer discusses why he wrote the book “No Reason To Hide” as a ...
09.28.2022 Dying With Regrets Part 2 Our lives may be chaotic but there’s still time to pursue a legacy that honors God. On his deathbed, David’s country and his family were in turmoil—of his own making. In this message, we listen to David’s blessing based on ...
09.27.2022 Dying With Regrets Part 1 When we look back on our lives, we often have painful regrets. King David did on his deathbed. In this message from 2 Samuel 23, we look at three clouds that hovered over David: clouds of disloyalty, judgment, and family ...
09.26.2022 A Son In Conflict Part 2 When we sin morally, God promises to forgive us when we repent. But the consequences of sin remain, as they did for King David with his ruptured relationships and divided kingdom. In this message, we honestly examine lessons for us ...
09.23.2022 A Son In Conflict Part 1 When our kids turn against us, the pain can be unbearable. King David’s moral authority in his family eroded in later years, and he knew this pain well. In this message, we identify three deficiencies in David’s response to his ...
09.22.2022 Passions In Conflict Part 2 Knowingly sinning will inevitably lead to destruction. King David’s lust led to a devious lie, a man’s murder, and a child’s death. In this message, we take four lessons about our passions to heart. Though the consequences can’t be changed, ...
09.21.2022 Passions In Conflict Part 1 We’ve all been created with strong desires for sexual intimacy. But when left uncontrolled, our passions can destroy us. In this message, we catalog three steps that led to David’s greatest sin. From David and Bathsheba, we learn the danger ...
09.20.2022 Conflict With Unanswered Prayer Part 2 When God chooses to not answer our prayers, we may think He’s forgotten us. When David appealed to God to build a temple, God’s answer gave him so much more. In this message, we find three responses from God in ...
09.19.2022 Conflict With Unanswered Prayer Part 1 We sometimes find it difficult to keep on believing when God doesn’t do what we ask. When David wanted to build a temple, God’s answer was surprising. In this message, we ponder the mystery of God’s ways. Could God have ...
09.16.2022 Conflict With God Part 2 What can we do when God allows circumstances that confound us? When the Lord killed a man helping get the ark to Jerusalem, King David found that God is not a manageable deity. In this message, we discover three lessons ...
09.15.2022 Conflict With God Part 1 Is it ever okay to be angry with God? We are usually angry at God because we know that behind our difficult circumstances, there is God. In this message from 2 Samuel 6, we consider two truths to help us ...
09.14.2022 Conflict Within The Soul Part 2 God often uses stressful situations to get our attention and set us back on track. In Israel, David’s hometown was destroyed by fire and his family captured. In this message from Psalm 18, we consider two lessons from David’s return ...
09.13.2022 Conflict Within The Soul Part 1 We sometimes look to our most dangerous enemy to meet a need only God can. David fell so far that he joined Israel’s enemy army for a time. In this message, we review key narratives of David’s flight from Saul ...
09.12.2022 Conflict With Doubt Part 2 We’d like to think that our Christian leaders always walk on the mountaintop and never have times far from the Lord. But it’s not so. Like King David, they fail. In this message, we take away three lessons from David’s ...
09.09.2022 Conflict With Doubt Part 1 When we fail to trust God, sin tightens its grip on us. While on the run for his life, David lied, starting a cycle of turmoil. In this message from Psalm 34, we see two pictures of David—one in a ...
09.08.2022 Kings In Conflict Part 2 Relational conflict steals our peace and even our sleep. David’s long road to the throne was blocked by Saul, who attempted to kill him with a spear. In this message, we recognize three traits of a spear-thrower. While Saul tried ...
09.07.2022 Kings In Conflict Part 1 Too often, we cling to our lives and our possessions as if they belong to us, not God. This was Saul’s posture towards the kingdom God had entrusted to him. In this message, we distinguish three contrasts between King Saul’s ...
09.06.2022 Conflict With A Giant Part 2 The giants we face can make us feel utterly outmatched. Why was it that David was able to withstand his giant when nobody else was? In this message, we find three lessons to help us face our giants with a ...
09.05.2022 Conflict With A Giant Part 1 When we face insurmountable obstacles, we often ask, “Where is God?” David faced a literal giant named Goliath. In this message from 1 Samuel 17, we paint the picture of the pagan giant and the paralyzed army. What if our ...
09.02.2022 Family Conflict Part 2 God chose David unexpectedly because of the integrity of his heart—not his outward appearance. If we were choosing a king, we would naturally choose a warrior not a teenage boy who tends sheep. In this message, we ponder the characteristics ...
09.01.2022 Family Conflict Part 1 It’s impossible to predict whom God is going to greatly use. God evaluated the shepherd boy, David, differently than his brothers did—without regard to appearance, personality, or intelligence. In this message, we follow David’s family tension through God’s selection of ...
08.31.2022 When We Wait For God Part 2 Waiting for God—it goes against our instincts. But waiting for His timing guarantees that things happen at the right time, even if it means our final salvation will take place in glory. In this message, we find three practical ways ...
08.30.2022 When We Wait For God Part 1 Whether it’s long grocery lines or long waits for answered prayer, God uses these unplanned “waits” to mold our character. There is a sharp contrast between human manipulation and God’s timetable. In this message from Psalm 37, we investigate four ...
08.29.2022 When We Are Forgiven Part 2 It’s the height of folly to think we can hide our sins from God. Caught red-handed in great sin, David came clean before God and others. In this message from Psalm 32, we identify three lessons for anyone who attempts ...
08.26.2022 When We Are Forgiven Part 1 Time will deaden the conscience—not cleanse it. Sin has both immediate and long-term consequences, and only being fully forgiven removes our sense of condemnation. In this message from Psalm 32, we study three stages of David’s confession of sin: the ...
08.25.2022 When The Shepherd Takes Our Hand Part 2 We might agree that God is in control of everything, but do we trust Him with our lives? God has revealed Himself to us as a Shepherd. We can relax in His loving care. In this message from Psalm 23, ...
08.24.2022 When The Shepherd Takes Our Hand Part 1 We can feel unworthy of God’s blessing. We are, in fact, unworthy but He chooses to bless us. The Great Shepherd takes an interest in every lamb. In this message from Psalm 23, we reflect on how God, our Shepherd, ...
08.23.2022 When The Son Is Crowned Part 2 Politicians speak of conspiracies against them. But the real conspiracy is that of the nations of the world in revolt against God. In this message, we consider three different responses—three kisses—we can give to the true King. Despite attempts to ...
08.22.2022 When The Son Is Crowned Part 1 Everywhere we look in our nation, the Christian faith is under attack. Many ask, “Is God really in charge or is He indifferent?” In this message, Pastor Lutzer traces some blatant attacks on Christians, showing four distinct voices within Psalm ...
08.19.2022 The Legacy Of One Life Our lives can have meaning, significance, and value—the kind that lasts. Peter’s life and two epistles to the church have left a legacy that goes on into eternity. In this message, we find three reasons why Peter’s life has eternal ...
08.18.2022 Freedom In Prison Part 2 Some of us are in prisons made by others or even ourselves. How could God possibly sustain us in our “prisons”? In Acts 12, Peter was in jail—about to be executed. In this message, we unlock three lessons from Peter’s ...
08.17.2022 Freedom In Prison Part 1 God wants us to watch for Him even in the darkest times of our life. Sometimes, like in Peter’s circumstances, God walks us through prisons. In this message from Acts 12, we notice three unbreakable links in the chain of ...
08.16.2022 The Shadow Of Peter Part 2 What do people really need? The Apostle Peter didn’t have extensive resources and neither do we. In this message, we discover the effect our lives have on others, and why we, like Peter, must live in the power of the ...
08.15.2022 The Shadow Of Peter Part 1 All of us would like to be a positive influence, giving people help and direction. In Acts 5, people brought the sick to Peter, now transformed by Jesus, so his shadow might fall upon them to be healed. In this ...
08.12.2022 The New Peter Part 2 Many of us are hesitant to believe God can work in and through us like He did for the Apostles. Peter, despite all his impulses and failures, experienced the Holy Spirit remaking him from the inside out. In this message, ...
08.11.2022 The New Peter Part 1 Can God really change people? From the day of Christ’s Ascension to the day of Pentecost, Peter is transformed from a confused and discouraged man into an Apostle with boldness and determination. In this message, we see three contrasts between ...
08.10.2022 From Regret To Restoration Part 2 Sometimes we are drowning in shame because we cannot change the deep failures of our past. That’s where Jesus found Peter after he vehemently denied even knowing Jesus. In this message, we listen to Jesus’ three restorative questions. In Christ, ...
08.09.2022 From Regret To Restoration Part 1 We often ponder, “How different would my life be, if only…?” Peter denied Christ, amassing a load of guilt too deep for words. In this message from Luke 22, we identify four incentives which move us closer to Christ regardless ...
08.08.2022 Living Clean In A Dirty World Part 2 Moral and spiritual pollution is everywhere, even within us. When Jesus knelt to wash Peter’s feet, the conflict within Peter was intense. In this message from John 13, servanthood and submission are displayed, even as Jesus revealed another type of ...
08.05.2022 Living Clean In A Dirty World Part 1 We’d all like to live better lives than we are. Usually, it’s easy to see the evil without, but not all of us recognize the enemy within. In this message from John 13, in which Jesus washes Peter’s feet, we ...
08.04.2022 Togetherness With Christ Part 2 We typically think our greatest need is for money, health, or justice. In Matthew 17, Peter learned a lifelong lesson about Jesus’ provision for our needs from a coin in a fish’s mouth. In this message, we reflect on Jesus’ ...
08.03.2022 Togetherness With Christ Part 1 In our difficulties, whether physical, emotional, or vocational, we often ask ourselves, “Is Jesus able to meet my need?” Jesus knows not only the demands each day brings but also what’s in our hearts because He is Lord. In this ...
08.02.2022 The Cost Of Avoiding The Cross Part 2 All of us naturally self-protect, hiding our true selves. Peter could not imagine his Master nailed to a cross and told Him so. Yet Jesus gives a stern rebuke: “Get behind me, Satan!” In this message from Matthew 16, we ...
08.01.2022 The Cost Of Avoiding The Cross Part 1 Sometimes even Christians resist the direction God is pointing. Like Peter advising Jesus to avoid the cross, we attempt to find another way. In this message, we visit three scenes in which Peter unwittingly became a stumbling block to Christ. ...
07.29.2022 Nowhere Else To Go Part 2 It is acceptable today to think of truth as a personal possession—you have your truth, and I have my truth. But then we hear the jarring claim of Jesus: “I am the truth.” In this message from John 6, we ...
07.28.2022 Nowhere Else To Go Part 1 In our culture, you can pick and choose the parts of religion that suit you best. But there is only One who has the words of eternal life. No one else has any real answers. In this message, we observe ...
07.27.2022 The Keys To The Kingdom Part 2 The question is unavoidable: “Who is Jesus?” Some might call Him a liar, a lunatic, or even a legend but following the crowd is not enough. In this message from Matthew 16, we ponder Peter’s acknowledgement of who Jesus is. ...
07.26.2022 The Keys To The Kingdom Part 1 Many people might compliment Jesus as a historical figure or a prophet, but few confess He is God. When Peter confessed Jesus’ divinity and humanity, he was entrusted with the keys to the kingdom. In this message from Matthew 16, ...
07.25.2022 While Walking On Water, I Sank Part 2 The storms of life not only occupy our thoughts—we’re often drowned by them. For Peter on the Sea of Galilee, tranquility quickly turned into terrible winds. In this message from Matthew 14, faith comes alive amid upheaval. Let’s learn about ...

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