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Starting Over (Part 3) Rethink It by Andy Stanley

Sometimes we look at our past and our decisions don’t even make sense to us. In this episode Andy explains how to transform our thinking. If you’re starting over with anything or you’re about to start over, you’re just coming out of a bad job situation, a bad marriage situation, bad relationship situation, you are wrapping up a really bad semester in school, financially made some bad decisions and...

Starting Over (Part 2) Own It by Andy Stanley

We are in the second part of this series called “Starting Over” and the subtitle is “How to ensure next time won’t be like the last time.”  I am going to talk about three processes that you have to engage with to make sure that next time is better than last time.  The three go like this, own it, rethink it and release it.  Today we are talking about “own it.” After watching video, s...

Starting Over (Part 1) Three Myths by Andy Stanley

What do you do when life falls apart? This message in his four-part series explains how to pick up the pieces. The title of this series is “Starting Over” and the subtitle is “How to ensure next time won’t be like last time”. How do we be sure next time won’t be like last time? Keep listening to this message for the answer. After watching video, scroll down to see related videos. Video Highlights ...

Jim Caviezel Testimony

Jim Caviezel doesn’t want people to see him in the movie “The Passion of Christ”, Jim wants them to see Jesus. After watching video, scroll down to see related links. Related Links

Worth Is The Lamb

“Worthy Is The Lamb” Lyrics Thank you for the cross, LordThank you for the price You paidBearing all my sin and shameIn love You cameAnd gave amazing grace Thank you for this love, LordThank you for the nail pierced handsWashed me in Your cleansing flowNow all I knowYour forgiveness and embrace Worthy is the LambSeated on the throneCrown You now with many crownsYou reign victorious High and lifted...

Amazing Grace

“Amazing Grace” Lyrics Amazing grace! How sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like me!I once was lost, but now am found;Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,And grace my fears relieved;How precious did that grace appearThe hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and snares,I have already come;’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,And grace will lead me ho...

He Loves Us by Andy Stanley

Andy Stanley asks what God thinks about when God thinks about you.  What you think God thinks about you really has a huge impact on what you think about when you think about God.  I generally think that God thinks about me basically what I think about me.  We live and think as if God takes his cues from us.  Here’s a big idea, what if God doesn’t take his cues about you from yo...

How Did Lucifer Fall and Become Satan?

The story of Lucifer’s fall is described in two key Old Testament chapters—Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14. Let’s briefly look at both of these. It would seem from the context of Ezekiel 28 that the first ten verses of this chapter are dealing with a human leader. Then, starting in verse 11 and on through verse 19, Lucifer is the focus of discussion. The Fall of Lucifer in the Bible What is the rationale...

When a Harsh Pastor Is Really a False Teacher

It’s a miracle my faith hasn’t been totally shipwrecked. I became a Christian as the Emergent mystique was reaching its high point. Rob Bell’s NOOMA videos were all the rage, Blue Like Jazz was on everyone’s bookshelf, and Brian McLaren hadn’t completely abandoned the gospel… And as a new believer, I was immediately caught up in it, with no idea which way was up. And t...

A Reformed Approach to Racial Reconciliation?

[Editor’s note: The following interview was conducted by Warren Cole Smith of World News Service and is reprinted here by permission.] Anthony Bradley is a professor at The King’s College in New York City, but his influence extends well beyond the campus there. He’s a research fellow with the Acton Institute, a regular contributor to WORLD Magazine, and the author of a number of books, inclu...

Discovering God’s Will 3 by Andy Stanley

God has a will for our lives and he wants us to know and in most cases He wants us to know it worse than we want to know it. One question is how in the world does God speak to us through Scripture and how are we to use the scripture to determine and discern God’s will for our lives? God’s never going to lead you to build a boat and put in a couple of all the animals. You probably won’t be in a sit...

The Connection between Halloween & Reformation Day

There’s a curious connection between Halloween and Reformation Day, and it’s more than just proximity on the calendar. Why did Martin Luther nail his famous 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door on October 31, 1517? He was confronting two religious observances that promoted false saintliness and exploited people’s fear of judgment and purgatory.  Reformation Day Reformation Day (O...