Erwin W. Lutzer
Erwin W. Lutzer
temptation neutrality impossible
Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.
glasses temptation shows
Temptation is God's magnifying glass; it shows us how much work he has left to do in our lives.
men looks method
Men look for better methods, but God looks for better men.
objects
Faith is only as good as the object in which it is placed.
vacation hawaii debt
Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?
christian saws firsts
Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.
men animal bird
Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator.
mean care sin
Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.
temptation battle sin
Temptation is not a sin; it is a call to battle.
believe biblical views
To make sure our convictions, views, and assumptions about our Creator stay based on biblical truth and not on popular consensus, we must continually check what we believe against the Scriptures.
children divorce hatred
Children who are brought up with one parent or another parent or shared parenthood, when there has been a divorce and hatred within families, it breeds a tremendous amount of instability in the life of a child. And many of these children end up in the homosexual movement. Even if they don't, they take so much baggage into their marriages, that they are unable sometimes, at least theoretically unable, to stand against all of the cultural forces that would disrupt them and their families.
attitude pain men
Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.
christian feelings christian-life
A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse.
heaven citizens territory
At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable.