Calisthenics for New Converts Part 1
September 13, 2007
God's plan is always to save a person, and then to do more with them. After Paul's conversion to faith in Christ, he had to be prepared for service to the Lord. He spent time praying, in fellowship with other believers, and then preaching that Jesus was the Messiah. But in the process, the former hunter of Christians became the target of the Jewish leaders.
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When Jesus confronted Paul on the road to Damascus, he said that Paul was persecuting Him, not His followers. In a moment, Paul understood both that Jesus was Lord, and that it was useless to resist Him. And he asked this vital question: "Lord, what do you want me to do?"
September 12, 2007
The story of Paul's encounter with Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus is one of the most important pivotal points in history. It led to Paul's change from the most ruthless enemy of Gospel to its most powerful spokesman.
September 11, 2007
Why would God allow Stephen, one of the early church's best men, to be executed for professing his faith in Jesus Christ? One part of the answer is that He was preparing for the eventual salvation of Paul the Apostle. Paul never forgot the sight of the execution, and it would haunt him for the rest of his life.
September 10, 2007
Skip Heitzig is in the studio for a special interview with Christian psychologist, award-winning author, and radio and television personality Dr. Kevin Leman. Skip and Kevin will discuss Kevin's latest book, "Running the Rapids," in which he compares raising teenagers to whitewater rafting, and Kevin's advice on raising responsible—rather than happy—children.
September 7, 2007
As a rabbi living in Jerusalem, Saul of Tarsus was an angry zealot who was trying to stop the disciples of Jesus Christ, and doing it in the name of his God. He would have been voted “most unlikely to convert to Christianity.” He went from just observing the persecution of the church, to consenting to it, to actively participating in it, to a deep, hate-filled desire to lay waste to the faith.
September 6, 2007
Saul of Tarsus was proud of his heritage, a very religious, devoutly spiritual rabbi, and a Pharisee. He was trained in the Jewish faith by the greatest rabbi of his time—and he was so upright that he could call himself blameless according to the law. Yet later in life he said he counted all these things as rubbish.
September 5, 2007
What changed Saul of Tarsus from a tyrant into Paul the Apostle, the evangelist to the Gentiles? To understand the story of this unique individual, Skip asks us to take off our 21st century glasses that see Paul as a Christian preacher, and to put on first century glasses to see him as a Jewish man in a Greco-Roman culture.
September 4, 2007
Jesus commands us that, when dealing with sin in the church, we are to confront the person directly, both to restore that person to fellowship, and to purify the church. It's difficult and at times unpleasant, but, as Proverbs 27:6 says, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend." Tomorrow begins a new series, Paul’s Long Road to Rome.
September 3, 2007
If the church is to serve as a light in the darkness of this world, it must be holy. That being said, do we have a responsibility when we know a brother or sister is living in continual sin?
August 31, 2007
It is sometimes difficult to understand the benefit of discipline. The Bible tells us that although discipline may be painful, it produces righteousness.
August 30, 2007
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