TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM
IF YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD
THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
AND IT IS APPLIED TO THE CULTURE,
IT IS GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AT CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
MY FAMILY HAD A RADICAL RETURN TO CHRIST
IN THE MID TO LATE 1980S
THROUGH THE TELEVISION MINISTRY OF DR. D JAMES KENNEDY.
AND THE CHANGE THAT I SAW IN MY PARENTS WAS VERY TANGIBLE,
VERY REAL UNTIL THE DAY THEY DIED
HI, I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA,
AND WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR,
HAVING BEEN FOUNDED BY DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY IN 1974
SO THAT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
MIGHT BE RADIATED UNTO THE ENTIRE WORLD, AS HE PUT IT.
OUR MISSION IS STILL THE SAME HALF A CENTURY LATER.
ONE OF OUR VIEWERS, HELEN, WRITES,
AND ANOTHER VIEWER, PAUL, WRITES US,
WE APPRECIATE YOU WATCHING, AND ON TODAY’S PROGRAM,
YOU’LL SEE DR. KENNEDY’S VISION FOR CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES,
AND HOW WE’RE CARRYING IT FORWARD TODAY, WITH YOUR HELP.
AS WE BEGIN, WE WERE RECENTLY HONORED WITH THE MILESTONE AWARD
FROM THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS.
AND THOUGH WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY BEHIND US,
WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE
THAT GOD IS OPENING UP FOR THIS MINISTRY.
OUR OWN DR. JERRY NEWCOMBE HAS MORE.
FOR YEARS I WATCHED D JAMES KENNEDY AND I SO APPRECIATED HIS
MINISTRY AND HIS MESSAGE I WOULDN’T MISS A MESSAGE.
AS A CHRISTIAN, AND ESPECIALLY AS A CHRISTIAN THAT CARES ABOUT
WORLDVIEW AND APOLOGETICS AND BIBLICAL TRUTH,
I SO LOVE AND APPRECIATE CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS NOW, CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES HAS BEEN
PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO AMERICA AND BEYOND.
THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS HIGHLIGHTED THE
WORK THAT BEGAN IN THE PULPIT OF CORAL RIDGE UNDER DR. KENNEDY
AS THEY PRESENTED THE 2024 MILESTONE AWARD.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES, MARKING 50 YEARS OF
PROFOUND GOSPEL OUTREACH,
CONTINUES THE VISION FIRST ARTICULATED BY ITS
FOUNDING PASTOR, D. JAMES KENNEDY,
AT THE NEW CHURCH BUILDING’S CONSTRUCTION SITE
IN THE EARLY 1970S.
HIS ASPIRATION WAS FOR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO BE
SPREAD THROUGH EVERY AVAILABLE MEDIUM TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
AM I TRYING TO CHRISTIANIZE AMERICA?
YOU BET YOUR BOOTS I AM.
HIS FORESIGHT LET TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES IN 1974.
HARNESSING THE VAST POTENTIAL OF MASS MEDIA TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL,
DR. KENNEDY’S VISION EXPANDED
FROM LOCAL RADIO BROADCASTS IN FT. LAUDERDALE
TO A TELEVISION PROGRAM THAT WOULD REACH VIEWERS
ACROSS AMERICA AND THE WORLD.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES ALSO LAUNCHED IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES
LIKE THE RECLAIMING AMERICA FOR CHRIST CONFERENCES.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES’ COMMITMENT TO BROADCASTING
THE GOSPEL IS EVIDENT IN ITS PRODUCTION OF OVER
100 DOCUMENTARY SPECIALS,
INCLUDING THE IMPACTFUL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
“WHO IS THIS JESUS,” WATCHED BY MILLIONS.
TODAY CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES CONTINUES ITS MISSION,
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ROBERT J. PACIENZA.
MAYBE HE OUGHT TO PRAY THAT THE LORD MIGHT WANT TO USE HIM
AS ONE OF THOSE CHRISTIAN LEADERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
PERHAPS RIGHT HERE, WHERE I’M STANDING.
AS CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES LOOKS TO THE FUTURE,
IT UPHOLDS ITS FOUNDING VISION TO USE ALL AVAILABLE MEDIA
TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN AND ADVANCE A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
DR. PACIENZA, A SPIRITUAL PROTEGE OF DR. KENNEDY’S,
CARRIES THIS LEGACY FORWARD.
COMMITTED TO REACHING THE WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL AND ADDRESSING
TODAY’S MORAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES WITH BIBLICAL WISDOM.
AND THROUGH THE YEARS, AS THE GOSPEL HAS GONE FORTH
FROM THE CORAL RIDGE PULPIT,
THE INFLUENCE HAS BEEN QUITE PROFOUND.
I JUST THANK GOD THAT THEY’RE MEN LIKE JAMES KENNEDY,
WHO ARE STANDING IN THE GAP, REMINDING MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE MORAL FOCUS THAT WE NEED IN THIS NATION.
PERHAPS 35 YEARS AGO, MY WIFE TO BE TOOK ME TO A CONFERENCE
WITH DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY HERE IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
I WAS A GRADUATE OF VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL
AND IT TOOK A MINSTER TO EXPLAIN TO ME
THE REAL MEANING OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND TO OPEN MY EYES TO WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS HAD INTENDED.
IN THE LAW SCHOOL THAT I ATTENDED,
WE DIDN’T READ THE CONSTITUTION,
WE ONLY READ WHAT JUDGES SAID ABOUT IT.
AND AFTER THAT EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE FROM DR. KENNEDY,
I BEGAN A COURSE OF SELF-STUDY AND SELF-EDUCATION ABOUT
WHAT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY WAS.
I AM JUST ETERNALLY GRATEFUL
TO DR. KENNEDY FOR GIVING ME UNDERSTANDING.
PROMPTING ME ON THIS LIFELONG JOURNEY THAT’S HAD SUCH
A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ME, AND I HOPE ON MY STATE.
D. JAMES KENNEDY HIMSELF
PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR COUNTRY
AND EQUIPPING CHRISTIANS WITH A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
AND CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES, FOLLOWING
THE PATH BLAZED BY DR. KENNEDY, CONTINUES
ITS VITAL WORK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR. ROB PACIENZA.
RECENTLY THE MINISTRY RELAUNCHED
IN WASHINGTON, DC.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE
THE D. JAMES KENNEDY CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STATESMANSHIP?
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
THE CENTER IN OUR NATION’S CAPITAL IS NOW UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF FORMER ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT TRUMP,
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
IT'S, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO BE HERE IN DC TO HAVE A PRESENCE.
THERE’S ALSO THE INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND CULTURE
LED BY LAUREN COOLEY, TO ASSIST PASTORS AND CHURCHES
TO APPLY THE MIND OF CHRIST TO TODAY’S ISSUES.
LOOK, THE LORD ASKS US TO BE INFORMED AND INVOLVED IN CULTURE
AND ALL SPHERES OF LIFE.
THAT'S, WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE GREAT COMMISSION,
BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CULTURAL MANDATE.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES ALSO INCLUDES TODAY
PROVIDENCE FORUM.ORG, FOUNDED BY DR. PETER LILLBACK,
AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO CURRENTLY LEAD THAT OUTREACH.
OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE CHRISTIANS
ON THIS NATION’S BIBLICAL ROOTS.
THAT INCLUDES OUR FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN LIBERTY FILM SERIES.
GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A MAN ON WHOM GOD’S HAND LAY.
ANOTHER RECENT INITIATIVE OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES
IS THE CITY OF GOD PODCAST,
HOSTED BY DR. ROB PACIENZA, WITH JOHN RABE AS CO-HOST.
PODCASTS ARE AN INCREDIBLE MEDIUM IN WHICH TO
DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND TO REALLY HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME,
I THINK THE SPEED IN WHICH WE CAN
PRODUCE PODCASTS AND DISTRIBUTE IT
TO OUR AUDIENCE IS PHENOMENAL.
ON TOP OF THIS, CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES HAS
EXPANDED INTO A DAILY RADIO VERSION
OF TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM, AS WELL AS
A DAILY RADIO COMMENTARY, CHRIST MEETS CULTURE.
AS THE MINISTRY GOES FORTH THROUGH VARIOUS OUTLETS,
CONSIDER AN EXAMPLE OF A LIFE AND A FAMILY
TRANSFORMED THROUGH THIS BROADCAST OUTREACH.
MY FAMILY HAS WATCHED CORAL RIDGE ON TELEVISION
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT I ESPECIALLY ON A PERSONAL NOTE,
I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I LOVED AND APPRECIATED
THE LATE GREAT DR. D JAMES KENNEDY
BECAUSE MY PARENTS IN THEIR EARLY SIXTIES RECOMMITTED
THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST IN THE MID-1980S WATCHING
D. JAMES KENNEDY ON TELEVISION.
“HE WAS A CHRISTIAN” AND TO BE QUITE HONEST,
IN THE LATE SEVENTIES, EARLY EIGHTIES,
WE REALLY WEREN'T INVOLVED IN CHURCH
LIKE WE COULD HAVE BEEN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
MY MOM AND DAD AT A POINT OF GREAT FINANCIAL DURESS,
BANKRUPTCY, ABOUT TO BE EVICTED FROM OUR HOUSE.
I CAME IN ONE DAY, I WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT
AND I WAS NOT YET A BELIEVER MYSELF,
BUT MY PARENTS CALLED MY SISTER AND MYSELF,
AND THEY GATHERED US AROUND THE COFFEE TABLE
TO PRAY OVER THE FAMILY CHECKBOOK.
BUT MY DAD, WHO WAS A WORLD WAR II VET,
NOT A REAL EMOTIONAL GUY, BUT HE SAID, CHILDREN, YOUR MOTHER
AND I HAVE RECOMMITTED OUR LIVES TO JESUS CHRIST.
WE WERE BELIEVERS ANYWAY, BUT WE'VE BEEN WATCHING
A MAN ON TELEVISION NAMED DR. D JAMES KENNEDY.
NOW, I STILL TO THIS DAY HAVE VHS TAPES THAT MY PARENTS GOT.
AND THEN AT 21 I IN COLLEGE GAVE MY LIFE TO CHRIST.
BUT SO MUCH OF WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW,
APOLOGETICS, AND THEN I LATER LEARNED NAMES
LIKE CHUCK COLSON AND FRANCIS SCHAEFFER.
BUT, MY FAMILY HAD A RADICAL RETURN TO CHRIST
IN THE MID TO LATE 1980S THROUGH
THE TELEVISION MINISTRY OF DR. D JAMES KENNEDY.
ALEX, WHO HAS PREACHED IN COUNTLESS AMERICAN CHURCHES
AND SPOKEN OR DEBATED ON SCORES OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES,
IS GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING WORK OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I'VE HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF MEETING DR. ROBERT PACIENZA,
WHO IS NOW THE PASTOR OF CORAL RIDGE
AND DOING SUCH A GREAT WORK JUST IN
THE SPIRIT AND TRADITION OF DR. D JAMES KENNEDY,
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW CONTENT CHANGING MANY LIVES.
AND I REJOICE THAT GOD IS STILL IN A POWERFUL WAY
USING CORAL RIDGE AND D. JAMES KENNEDY'S LEGACY
GOES ON NOW THROUGH PASTOR PACIENZA.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES
FOR 50 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING TRUTH.
AND IT’S NEVER BEEN HARDER, I THINK, THAN TO
PROCLAIM TRUTH THAN RIGHT NOW IN THIS CULTURAL MOMENT,
WHERE PEOPLE DON’T EVEN BELIEVE IN TRUTH ANYMORE.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRY HAS A LONG REPUTATION FOR DOING GREAT WORK,
FOR BEING A LIGHT AMIDST THE DARKNESS.
WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING THOUGH, ABOUT CORAL RIDGE, FRANKLY,
IS HOW CORAL RIDGE MINISTRY IS MOVING FORWARD AND HOW
YOU'RE EXPANDING YOUR INFLUENCE AND YOUR IMPACT ON THE WORLD
SO THAT THAT LIGHT IS SHINING BRIGHTER
AND BRIGHTER FRANKLY THAN EVER BEFORE.
I THINK DR. KENNEDY WOULD BE VERY PLEASED TO KNOW THAT
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES IS TRUE AND STRONG AND MOVING FORWARD
IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND I CAN SAY ON BEHALF OF
CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE WE NEED CORAL RIDGE MORE THAN EVER.
I BELIEVE THE LORD BLESSED
THE MINISTRY OF DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY BECAUSE
HE SPOKE SO CLEARLY AND SO BIBLICALLY
ON ISSUES THAT THE CULTURE WAS TRYING TO MUDDLE.
THAT’S A MISSION WE’RE STILL WORKING TO CARRY OUT TODAY.
HE WAS AN ARTICULATE DEFENDER OF THE TRUTHS
OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WHO EXPLAINED HOW THOSE TRUTHS
APPLIED TO EVERY SPHERE OF LIFE,
INCLUDING GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS.
AND HE WAS A PASSIONATE EVANGELIST FOR THE GOSPEL,
OBEYING GOD’S COMMAND TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.
IF YOU WERE A CAB DRIVER OR A FRONT DESK CLERK WHO
ENCOUNTERED DR. KENNEDY, YOU WERE GOING TO HEAR THE GOSPEL,
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
SOME YEARS AGO, IN A GATHERING OF OUR MINISTRY TEAM,
DR. KENNEDY EXPLAINED THE UNIQUE VISION FOR THIS MINISTRY WHICH
THE LORD IS STILL BLESSING FIFTY YEARS AFTER ITS FOUNDING.
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO?
WELL I BELIEVE THAT AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW,
I HOPE YOU KNOW, THAT I AM CONVINCED THAT THE BIBLE TEACHES
THERE ARE TWO THINGS EVERY CHURCH OUGHT TO DO AND
THEREFORE EVERY CHURCH MINISTRY OUGHT TO BE DOING,
AND I BELIEVE EVERY MINISTER OUGHT TO BE DOING THEM,
AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN LAY PERSON
OUGHT TO BE DOING THEM.
THIS IS GOD’S MANDATE FOR OUR LIVES, AND THEY
CONSIST OF BOTH THE FIRST WORDS THAT GOD EVER COMMANDED US,
AND THE LAST COMMAND CHRIST GAVE TO US.
THEY CONSIST OF THE GREAT COMMISSION TO GO
AND TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE,
AND ALSO THE CULTURAL MANDATE
WHICH IS TO BRING TO BEAR UPON THE CULTURE
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST AS TO
WHAT HE WANTS THIS WORLD TO BE.
NOW, WE GO TO ALL KINDS OF SOURCES TO FIND OUT
HOW WE OUGHT TO DO THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE WENT TO DR. SPOCK TO FIND OUT HOW TO REAR CHILDREN
AND PRODUCED THE MOST REBELLIOUS GENERATION OF KIDS
THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN.
WE HAVE GONE TO MARX AND OTHER SOCIALISTIC WRITERS TO FIND OUT
HOW TO RUN OUR ECONOMY, AND TO ONE RADICAL TEACHER
AFTER ANOTHER TO LEARN HOW TO DO THE VARIOUS THINGS
THAT WE DO IN ANY NATION.
AND THE RESULTS HAVE, FOR THE MOST PART, BEEN DISASTROUS.
I THINK THAT SINCE WE BELIEVE THAT
“THIS IS MY FATHER’S WORLD,”
WE OUGHT TO GO TO GOD AND FIND OUT
HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIS WORLD RUN.
I WONDER IF YOU EVER THINK THAT WAY?
I AM QUITE SURE THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS THAT
DON’T EVER EVEN TRY TO KEEP THE GREAT COMMISSION,
AND OF THOSE THAT DO THAT,
THERE ARE FAR FEWER THAT EVER REALLY THINK ABOUT
THE IMPACT THEY ARE MAKING UPON THEIR CULTURE
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND
WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY WHAT IT ONCE WAS.
AMERICA IS A GREAT NATION BECAUSE IT WAS FOUNDED BY PEOPLE
WHO WERE THOROUGHLY COMMITTED TO THESE TWIN GOALS,
OR THESE TWIN TRACKS, IF YOU WILL,
THAT THE GOSPEL TRAIN IS SUPPOSED TO RUN UPON.
AND THEREFORE, EVERY FACET AND SPHERE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY WAS
BUILT UPON THE TEACHINGS OF SCRIPTURE, THE WORD OF GOD,
THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST, BUT THAT HAS LONG BEEN LOST.
AND IN THAT PLACE, SINCE NATURE ABHORS A VACUUM,
ALL KINDS OF RADICAL, UNBELIEVING,
GODLESS VIEWS HAVE TAKEN THEIR PLACE WITH, SAD TO SAY,
DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES IN SO MANY WAYS.
BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY,
MINISTRIES THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO
WHAT THIS MINISTRY IS TRYING TO DO, TO INDEED,
RESTORE AMERICA TO ITS CHRISTIAN GREATNESS
AND FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION IN OUR NATION ONCE MORE.
I THINK, TO USE A RATHER STRANGE ANALOGY,
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE OUGHT TO BE SOMEWHAT LIKE A HURRICANE.
NOW WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH HURRICANES DOWN HERE,
PROBABLY MORE SO THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO BE,
BUT THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO A HURRICANE.
THEY ARE OF COURSE FIRST OF ALL, THAT CALM, STILL, WARM
CENTER AND THEN SECONDLY, THERE ARE THE SWIRLING WINDS
THAT ROAR AROUND THAT CENTER.
NOW IN THE CHURCH LIFE -THE SPIRITUAL WORLD-
IF WE ARE GOING TO BE A HURRICANE,
WE NEED BOTH OF THOSE.
WE CERTAINLY NEED THE WARM, CALM CENTER,
WHICH IS OUR PERSONAL LIFE WITH CHRIST.
IT CONSISTS OF OUR PERSONAL FAITH AND TRUST IN HIM,
IN OUR DEVOTION TO HIM,
IN OUR PASSIONATE DESIRE TO LIVE FOR HIM,
AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN.
THAT'S THE CALM CENTER, AND
THAT IS WHAT FUELS THE POWER OF A HURRICANE,
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD
THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
AND IT IS APPLIED TO THE CULTURE,
IT IS GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AT CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY WHO ARE DOING THAT.
SO WE ARE, AS JESUS SAID, TO BE BOTH LIGHT
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
AND WE ARE TO BE SALT THE SALT OF THE EARTH.
NOW THE GOSPEL IS THE LIGHT THAT LIGHTENS MANKIND
THE ONLY LIGHT THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE DARKNESS
OF THE TUNNEL THROUGH DEATH UNTO PARADISE.
THAT’S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AND EQUIP MEN AND WOMEN,
BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUNG AND OLD TO BE ABLE
TO PASS ON THE GREATEST MESSAGE THIS WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
AND THAT’S THE ULTIMATE AND PRIMARY TASK.
THE SECOND IS WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED BY MANY
THE CULTURAL MANDATE... A MANDATE FOR CULTURE.
“THIS IS MY FATHER’S WORLD. I REJOICE ME IN THE THOUGHT.”
AND YET, I AM AFRAID THAT WE HAVE ABANDONED THIS WORLD
TO THE UNBELIEVERS, TO THE UNGODLY,
TO THE CHRIST-HATERS, AND THEY HAVE, INDEED, TAKEN IT AND
MADE IT INTO SOMETHING GHASTLY, WHEN
WE SEE WHAT UNBELIEF HAS DONE TO EVERY PHASE OF THIS LIFE.
SALT AND LIGHT.
THAT’S WHAT CHRIST COMMANDED EVERY ONE OF US TO DO.
THAT’S WHAT THIS MINISTRY, IN ITS OWN SMALL WAY,
IS ATTEMPTING TO BE, AND THAT, I THINK,
IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN THIS COUNTRY,
AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A NATION, AND AS A WORLD.
I BELIEVE IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
YOU LOOK AT ALMOST ANY OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS WE FACE,
AND THE ANSWER TO IT IS THE GREAT COMMISSION
AND THE CULTURAL MANDATE.
WE NEED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL IF PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE GOING TO
BE CHANGED, BUT WE NEED FOR CHRISTIANS TO GET INVOLVED IN
THE CULTURE IF WE ARE GOING TO BRING THAT TRANSFORMING
POWER OF CHRIST TO BEAR ON EVERY DIFFERENT FACET OF LIFE.
THAT IS THE ANSWER, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS MINISTRY IS DEDICATED
TO DOING, TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE, TO CHANGING
HEARTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND CHANGING THIS NATION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
AND FOLKS, YOU PLAY A SIGNIFICANT PART IN WHAT IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST EXCITING CHANGE
GOING ON IN OUR WORLD AND IN OUR NATION TODAY.
AGAIN, LET ME THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, HAVE DONE,
AND WILL DO FOR JESUS CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM.
MAY WE PRAY.
FATHER, USE US EACH ONE IN AN EVER-GREATER WAY THAN
EVER BEFORE TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST,
TO GLORIFY HIS NAME,
TO SEE LIVES TRANSFORMED BY THE POWER OF HIS GOSPEL
AND HEARTS CHANGED BY HIS LOVE.
BLESS EACH PERSON HERE.
O GOD, BLESS THIS MINISTRY AND USE IT FOR YOUR GLORY.
FOR WE ASK THIS IN THY MOST MARVELOUS AND WONDERFUL NAME.
AMEN.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
AND I’M PLEASED TO STILL SERVE THE MINISTRY
THAT MY DAD FOUNDED FIFTY YEARS AGO.
HIS PASSION, WHICH HE INSTILLED IN ME
AND IN EVERYONE WHO CAME TO WORK HERE,
WAS TO RADIATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL THE WORLD,
AND FOR CHRISTIANS TO BE SALT AND LIGHT IN THE CULTURE.
AND WE’RE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER,
BECAUSE AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF CHILDREN
FROM CHRISTIAN FAMILIES ARE BEING LOST
TO FALSE IDEAS AND WORLDLY IDEOLOGIES.
THAT’S WHY WE’VE PRODUCED THE BRAND NEW,
HARD HITTING DOCUMENTARY,
BRAINWASHED: THE INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH,
AND WE’LL SEND IT TO YOU ON DVD AS THANKS FOR YOUR
GENEROUS DONATION TO THE VITAL WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN HOSTILE TO OUR FAITH,
BUT TODAY’S YOUTH ARE FACING AN ONSLAUGHT OF LIES.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS FUELED TRANSGENDER IDENTITY, DEPRESSION
AND SUICIDE, AND MENTAL ILLNESS.
SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME HOTBEDS OF LEFTIST RADICALISM.
THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY HAS
SHIFTED FROM SUBTLE INFLUENCING TO OUTRIGHT PROPAGANDA.
IT’S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO RAISE BELIEVING,
FAITHFUL CHILDREN IN TODAY’S WORLD.
DISCOVER HOW YOUR CHILDREN ARE BEING DELUDED
AND DECEIVED ON A MASSIVE SCALE,
SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW HOW TO PROTECT THEM AND
RAISE THEM IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.
GET OUR BRAND-NEW DOCUMENTARY, BRAINWASHED,
FEATURING EXPERTS LIKE ERIC METAXAS, CAROL SWAIN,
GEORGE BARNA, VODDIE BAUCHAM, AND MANY MORE,
AS THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.
AND IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE A GIFT OF $50 OR MORE,
WE’LL THANK YOU BY SENDING YOU THE DOCUMENTARY
PLUS THE OUTSTANDING BOOK,
MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS, BY HILLARY MORGAN FERRER.
IT’S A GUIDE FOR BUSY MOMS TO HELP YOU GUIDE YOUR CHILDREN
IN RECOGNIZING THE FALSE MESSAGES OF THE CULTURE,
APPLY BIBLICAL TRUTH TO THOSE MESSAGES, AND
EVEN TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND AND LIVE OUT THE CHRISTIAN VIEW.
YOU’LL DISCOVER HOW TO GUIDE CHILDREN ON SOME OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL LIES OF THE CULTURE, LIKE
BEST-SELLING APOLOGIST J. WARNER WALLACE SAYS,
SO CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY WITH YOUR GENEROUS GIFT.
WE’LL THANK YOU FOR THAT GIFT BY SENDING YOU OUR NEW SPECIAL,
BRAINWASHED: THE INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH, ON DVD.
AND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DONATE $50 OR MORE, WE’LL ALSO INCLUDE
MAMA BEAR APOLOGETICS:
EMPOWERING YOUR KIDS TO CHALLENGE CULTURAL LIES.
AND YOUR GIFT WILL HELP US EXPAND OUR REACH AS WE CONTINUE
TO BROADCAST THE GOSPEL, AND CHALLENGE THE FALSEHOODS OF THE
CULTURE WITH THE INFALLIBLE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE.
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WE ARE HONORED AND HUMBLED THAT THE LORD HAS CHOSEN TO GIVE
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO HIS PEOPLE.
AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN AMERICAN HISTORY,
WE ANTICIPATE THE NEXT 50 YEARS TO BE EVEN MORE CRUCIAL
AS WE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
AND DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE TIMELESS TRUTHS OF GOD’S WORD.
THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE HOPE OF THE WORLD,
AND THIS MOMENT IS NO DIFFERENT.
JESUS REMINDS US,
THIS BOLD DECLARATION IS THE ROCK-SOLID HOPE
THAT HAS ALLOWED THE CHRISTIAN TO NAVIGATE
THE FIERCEST CULTURAL MOMENTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
AS BELIEVERS, YOU AND I HAVE
THE ONE SOURCE OF TRUE AND LASTING HOPE.
AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE ARE SHARING IT WITH THE NATION.
OUR GOAL, WITH YOUR GRACIOUS SUPPORT,
IS TO REACH MILLIONS MORE, THROUGH EVERY MEANS AVAILABLE,
INCLUDING, AS DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY SAID,
“WAYS YET UNDREAMED OF.”
WHEN HE SAID THAT 50 YEARS AGO, THE INTERNET AND PODCASTS
WERE AMONG THOSE “WAYS YET UNDREAMED OF.”
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THOSE TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE TOMORROW?
WHATEVER THEY ARE, WE WANT TO BE THERE,
PRONOUNCING THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD
AND THE GOOD NEWS OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM.
LONG BEFORE I WAS GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE OF STEPPING
INTO THE PULPIT ESTABLISHED BY DR. KENNEDY,
I WORKED AS A TEENAGER AT CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES,
PULLING CABLES FOR THE CAMERAS
INVOLVED IN THE RECORDING OF THE SERMON EACH WEEK.
DR. KENNEDY WAS MY PASTOR AND MENTOR,
AND HE PRAYED FROM EARLY ON THAT THIS MINISTRY
WOULD BE USED TO BRING ABOUT A GREAT REVIVAL.
THERE’S SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
AND THE CREDIT DOESN’T BELONG TO US, IT BELONGS TO GOD.
YOU SEE, THERE’S LOTS OF CONSERVATIVE MEDIA OUT
THERE THAT HARPS ON CULTURAL ISSUES.
BUT WHILE WE APPRECIATE MANY OF THEM,
IT MUST BE SAID; THEY DON’T BEGIN WITH THE SAME CONVICTIONS
AS CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
THEY OFFER CONSERVATISM.
WE OFFER CONSERVATIVE CONTENT GROUNDED IN
THE CONVICTION THAT JESUS IS LORD OF ALL.
LET’S CONTINUE TO TRUST THAT GOD WOULD USE US DURING
THIS CRITICAL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
TO AWAKEN PEOPLE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
MAY THIS BE A DEFINING MOMENT AS WE PARTNER WITH GOD
TO MAKE HIM KNOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION!
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
IF YOU’RE EVER IN SOUTH FLORIDA,
WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US IN PERSON
FOR WORSHIP SUNDAY MORNINGS AT CORAL RIDGE.
OR, YOU CAN TUNE INTO THE LIVESTREAM AT CRPC.TV.
ALSO MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEEKLY PODCAST, THE CITY OF GOD,
WHERE WE LOOK AT THE BIGGEST CULTURAL ISSUES
THROUGH THE LENS OF GOD’S INFALLIBLE WORD.
YOU CAN FIND IT AT CITY OF GOD PODCAST.COM,
OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.
AND NOW, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEXT TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
CHILDREN ARE FACING MANY DANGERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TODAY.
THERE ARE IDEOLOGIES THAT ARE
COMPLETELY ANTITHETICAL TO A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK
THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES