WHEN CHRIST RAISES YOU UP!
What are your deepest hurts and your grandest hopes? Do you have worries and fears, or great dreams and expectations? What happens when an ugly reality seems to rear its head no matter your planning or provision? What then? Does answering any of these questions really matter in the end?
Yes! The great preacher Charles Spurgeon was right, "We have great needs, but we have a great Christ for our needs!" And the living Christ is here for you in His word to offer you His life and His salvation as a gift. There is one question that engulfs all other questions in this life. The question comes from Jesus himself, “Who do you say that I am?” Another question springs from it, “Who then are you IN HIM?”
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GOVERMENT ANYWAY?
What is your responsibility to the government—the state? What do you owe the state? While you are contemplating that question, ask yourself this: What is your responsibility to God—the church? What do you owe the church?
March Bulletin Blurbs
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Education Matters and Parochial Education must be Protected Part 2
Discover how "parental choice" in education can shape a more civil, free society with Dr. Seltz and guest George Tryfiates on this week's Liberty Action Alert—click for a transformative conversation on rights, values, and our future.
NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD’S FAVOR!
Now is the time of God’s favor? Really? Now?
Sometimes larger circumstances can overcome the reality of a specific situation. In other words, the things that are happening all around us are better viewed in terms of other, more significant events with even more far-reaching consequences. That’s what it was like for some of the people fighting in World War II. The ceremonial surrender of the Japanese government and the “Victory over Japan” proclamation (VJ Day) did indeed mean that the second major, worldwide conflict of the 20th century was officially over. But that did not stop the fighting of many Japanese infantrymen against U.S. Marines in the South Pacific. Some fought for many months, even though their defeat was assured, inevitable, and even officially admitted. As the website “Military History Now” notes:
THE CHURCH DOES WELL TO LISTEN
When we look at our nation, it is easy to get quite discouraged. For example, we are up to 33 trillion dollars in debt as a nation. House prices are through the roof, eating up over a 1/3 of people’s monthly income. Real inflation with some goods and services is upwards of 10 percent. Socially, things are also chaotic; you can’t turn the television on without getting blindsided by woke ideology. And to make things worse, we indirectly have our fingers in the war in Ukraine and have political connections to a war in Israel.
Education Matters and Parochial Education must be Protected
Discover why a free society desperately needs parochial education and how current policies threaten parental authority and educational autonomy—tune in for an enlightening discussion on The Liberty Action Alert.
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN FOR THE DAYS AHEAD!
I’m becoming more and more convinced that all of our modern technologies are actually making us more ignorant, rather than more informed; they also make us more prone to be isolated, rather than connected with each other. Because of our sinful rebelliousness against the moral truths of God, human beings also seem to be more clueless than ever about how to live their lives in this world meaningfully and joyfully. That’s true even amidst all the advances of science and technology. As I get older, I see this more clearly than ever. Evil truly does exist in the world and evil exists in every human heart. Unfortunately, there is no easy religious, secular, or scientific fix for this DEADLY virus. The great scientist Albert Einstein said, “It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.”
THE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE CHALLENGE TO RE-AWAKEN PUBLIC VIRTUE IN AMERICA
In his book, The Death of Character, James Davison Hunter says,
When Newsweek poses the question, “How Do We Restore a Sense of Right and Wrong” on its cover, it tacitly acknowledges that our “sense of right and wrong” is less and less present to the living memory of our entire culture . . .
Deconstructing, Womanhood, Fatherhood, and Family? Moms can stop it!
Dive into a compelling discussion with Kimberly Fletcher on The Liberty Action Alert as we examine the impact of modern secular feminism on womanhood and the family, and uncover how we can reclaim our culture's moral and religious foundation—tune in for an enlightening perspective you won't want to miss.
ALL -IN!
I’m not much of a poker player. When I was growing up, my family tended not to be card players (though the occasional, raucous game of “May I” could be cited as evidence to the contrary). But I do know the meaning of the phrase, “all-in.” How about you? In cards, and especially in the game Texas Hold-Em, “all-in” is when a player decides to put all of his chips on the table. At that moment, he/she bets all they have to either win or lose everything. Back in the days of the Wild West, they called it ''betting the ranch.'' This was not just putting all that you had that night into the pot but, risking everything you owned. That’s an “all-in” commitment in a game! What about an “all-in” commitment in life?
THINGS ARE NOT AS BAD AS THEY SEEM
When we look at our nation, it is easy to get quite discouraged. For example, we are up to 33 trillion dollars in debt as a nation. House prices are through the roof, eating up over a 1/3 of people’s monthly income. Real inflation with some goods and services is upwards of 10 percent. Socially, things are also chaotic; you can’t turn the television on without getting blindsided by woke ideology. And to make things worse, we indirectly have our fingers in the war in Ukraine and have political connections to a war in Israel.
February Bulletin Blurbs
The dates identifying the LCRL bulletin blurbs are only suggestions. Please feel free to use any and all of the bulletin blurbs as your ministry needs allow.
The Deep Divide in America, Faith Empowered Freedom versus Secular Statism
Join Dr. Gregory Seltz and Os Guinness on The Liberty Alert as they unravel the complex cultural divide in America, exploring the clash between biblical and secular worldviews and their impact on our nation's cherished freedom – a compelling conversation you won't want to miss.
TO HUSBANDS AND TO WIVES
We live in a very strange world. It is world that says men and women are the same. In fact, they are so much the same, that a man can decide he is a woman, or a woman can decide she is a man, and everyone around that individual is supposed to act like this is just the way things are. It is asserted that men and women are completely interchangeable, and so marriage can occur between a man and a woman or between two men or between two women.
Intimidation, The Rule of Law, and the Weaponizing of politics against the Court
Uncover the critical insights into the 'originalist' court, the threats to constitutional justices, and their impact on law and religious liberty with Dr. Gregory Seltz and Carrie Severino—click to hear the compelling discussion on The Liberty Alert!
NOW IS THE TIME FOR REPENTANT FAITH!
In a Charlie Brown cartoon, little brother Linus is looking very forlorn. He asks big sister Lucy, “Why are you always so anxious to criticize me?” Lucy, looking very self-righteous, replies, “I just think I have a knack for seeing other people’s faults.” Linus turns indignant. “What about your own faults?” he asks. “I have a knack for overlooking them,” says Lucy.
One Flesh in Two Persons: Marriage
So, God brought all the animals to him. He named them all one by one. While they were good, something just was not right. Dogs and cats just didn’t do it. So, God made woman from his own bones. Now at last man was just like God—two persons in one flesh. Adam So God brought all the animals to him. He named them all one by one. While they were good, something just was not right. Dogs and cats just didn’t do it. So, God made woman from his own bones. Now at last man was just like God—two persons in one flesh. Adam called her woman—she-man and named her Eve (“life”), because she would be the mother of all people. God’s creation was finally complete. He had made marriage and the family. This was very good..
The Pro-Life message is a winning issue for all
Join Dr. Seltz and Father Frank Pavone in a compelling discussion on transforming the Pro-Life message into a positive, persuasive force in public dialogue, available now on LCRLFreedom.org – don't miss this enlightening episode!
COME AND SEE!
Someone said that the medicine of modern life is the “joy of not knowing where you’re going, the confidence of not knowing how to get there so that you can have the peace of not worrying about when you’ll arrive.” Well, the God who became man in the Babe laid in the manger seeks to shake us from such doldrums and give us the gift of forgiveness, life, and salvation on His terms alone.