TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO MAKE CERTAIN OF GOD'S PEOPLE HERE
DEMONSTRATING FAITHFULNESS IN THE FUTURE.
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
THE FALL SEMESTER IS IN FULL SWING
IN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BUT WHAT ARE OUR CHILDREN ACTUALLY LEARNING?
THERE ARE NOT MANY QUESTIONS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT,
SINCE THE ANSWER IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SALVATION AND A HEALTHY CULTURE,
AND DISSOLUTION AND DECAY.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM, YOU’LL HEAR FROM ONE
OF THE WORLD’S MOST BOLD AND THOUGHTFUL VOICES
ON YOUR MOST IMPORTANT TASK AS A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT.
AND WE BEGIN WITH A LOOK AT AN INSTITUTION
THAT WAS FOUNDED FOR AND DEDICATED TO
TURNING OUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHRISTIANS
TO LEAD AND SHAPE OUR CULTURE.
BORN FROM THE VISION OF DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY,
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY IN FORT LAUDERDALE
EXCELS IN THAT MISSION AND CAN BE AN EXAMPLE
FOR CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES THROUGHOUT AMERICA.
IN AN AGE WHERE THE POST-MODERN CULTURE SEEMS
TO BE IMPLODING ALL AROUND US,
THERE IS A PLACE IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHICH STANDS
AS A BEACON OF HOPE FOR THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
FOR OVER 50 YEARS, WESTMINSTER ACADEMY IN FORT LAUDERDALE
HAS BEEN A SHINING EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL VITALITY
AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE COMBINED
TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS.
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY IS A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEPARATE WHY IT'S SO SPECIAL
BECAUSE I STARTED HERE WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.
I GO WAY BACK.
WHEN YOU COME TO SCHOOL HERE, THEY TEACH YOU TO BE
AN EXCEPTIONAL THINKER, A COMPETITIVE SPORTS PERSON,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH.
THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE YOU AWARD-WINNING FINE ARTS TRAINING
AND ALSO TURN YOU INTO AN INFLUENTIAL LEADER.
I OFTEN FIND THAT THEY'RE VERY WELL-ROUNDED
AND WELL-PREPARED FOR THE REAL WORLD.
LOOKING BACK AT THE HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY,
AND YOU LOOK AT TWO MEN, JIM CARLSON AND JIM KENNEDY
THAT STEPPED OUT IN FAITH AND TRUSTED HIM TO DO BIG THINGS.
IN FEBRUARY OF 1971, DR. D JAMES KENNEDY SHARED HIS VISION
FOR A SCHOOL WITH HIS TRUSTED FRIEND JIM CARLSON,
AND OTHER CONCERNED PARENTS AT THE CARLSON FAMILY HOME.
AND SO THIS PARTICULAR SUNDAY
WE WENT AND JIM CARLSON AND MY DAD WERE TALKING,
AND MY DAD TOLD HIM, I WANT TO START A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
AND I WANT TO HAVE A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE CHURCH.
MY DAD COULD SEE THE VISION AND HE'D PRESENT THESE THINGS
TO DR. KENNEDY AND DR. KENNEDY WOULD SAY, GREAT, LET'S DO IT.
THIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS DETERMINED AND BENT ON REMOVING
ALL VESTIGES OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL VALUES FROM OUR STUDENTS.
REALLY IT GERMINATED FROM THESE IDEAS OF A GROUP OF CHRISTIAN
PARENTS WHO WANTED SOMETHING BETTER FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
WHAT THEY WANTED WAS A SCHOOL THAT FOCUSED ON
EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP, ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS,
PERFORMING ARTS AND SPIRITUAL VITALITY.
WE ARE GIVEN THE PRIVILEGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY
TO USE GOD'S WORD AS AN OVERLAY IN EVERYTHING
THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF TEACHING ENGLISH HISTORY,
ANY COURSEWORK THAT WE TEACH HERE,
WE CAN SEE GOD'S HAND AND CONNECTEDNESS IN IT.
THE TEACHERS DEFINITELY ARE,
THE FIRST THING THAT COME TO MIND AS
WHY IT'S SUCH A DIFFERENT PLACE.
THE TEACHERS THAT COME IN VIEW THIS AS NOT AS THEIR JOB.
IT'S A CALLING.
AND YOU CAN JUST SENSE THAT NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM,
BUT ON THE FIELDS AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
THEY'RE THERE SUPPORTING THEIR STUDENTS.
WE'RE NOT JUST PREPARING STUDENTS
FOR CAREER AND COLLEGE READINESS,
BUT WE'RE PREPARING THEM TO BE
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE REAL WORLD
WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT FOR CHRIST.
WITHIN 5-MONTHS TIME,
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY WAS OFF TO ITS START IN THE 1970'S
TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF ITS STUDENTS, THEY RENTED
A SCHOOL BUILDING AND A SPACE AT A LOCAL RACETRACK.
SINCE THEN, WESTMINSTER ACADEMY HAS GROWN
INTO AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC INSTITUTION RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE
BOASTING OVER 4,000 ALUMNI.
AMONG THOSE GRADUATES IS
CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH’S SENIOR PASTOR,
DR. ROB PACIENZA, WHO FOR MANY YEARS WAS MENTORED
BY DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY HIMSELF STARTING IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE BEEN TRULY BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE
A SUPERIOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION HERE AT WA.
SO I SHARE MY TESTIMONY AT CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT WESTMINSTER ACADEMY HAD
HAD ON MY LIFE AND ON THE LIFE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS.
MAY WE HAVE YOUR HELP AS WESTMINSTER ACADEMY IS STRIVING
TOWARDS DEVELOPING CHRISTIAN LEADERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU, ROBERT.
AND I WALK OFF THE STAGE, DR. KENNEDY GETS UP IN THE PULPIT,
AND HE THANKS ME FOR SHARING MY TESTIMONY AND MY HEART.
BUT THEN HE SAYS,
MAYBE HE OUTTA 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.
AND YOU NEVER FORGET MOMENTS LIKE THAT IN YOUR LIFE WHERE
THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE STATURE OF DR. KENNEDY
AFFIRMING YOU, AFFIRMING YOUR CALLING,
AND REALLY HELPING ME TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT WOULD LIFE LOOK LIKE AS AN ORDAINED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL,
PARTICULARLY FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF SOMEBODY LIKE DR. D JAMES KENNEDY.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
IS TO BRING THEM TO JESUS AND TO TEACH THEM
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM.
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY STUDENTS HEAR ALL THE TIME,
WE ARE DEVOTED TO CHRIST DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE.
SO TO GROW UP HEARING THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING
BECAUSE IT REALLY CHANGES HOW YOU LIVE OUT YOUR LIFE.
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE WORLD WORKING IN ALL DIFFERENT
SPHERES OF LIFE, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENT, MILITARY,
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WHATEVER IT MAY BE,
AND THEY'RE ALL MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
GENEROUS DONORS HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE
IN MAKING WESTMINSTER ACADEMY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
AMONG THE DISTINCTIVE'S HERE IS
A LONGSTANDING CONVICTION ABOUT BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW.
THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE THE WORLD.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
AND THE DISCOURSE OF IDEAS.
AND SO THAT IS LAID IN THE DNA HERE.
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY NOT ONLY AFFECTED MY LIFE,
BUT IT AFFECTED THE LIFE OF MY ENTIRE FAMILY.
IT WAS THERE, I MET MY WIFE, AND WE WERE HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS.
MY WIFE JENNIFER CAME TO FAITH
THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY,
AND NOW OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO WESTMINSTER ACADEMY.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, OVER THE COURSE OF 50 YEARS OF HISTORY,
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY HAS HAD IT’S SHARE OF TRIUMPH
AND TRAGEDY AS WELL.
IT REALLY IS A FAMILY MORE THAN A SCHOOL,
MORE THAN AN INSTITUTION.
IT IS TRULY A FAMILY.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT FIRSTHAND.
WHEN WE LOST OUR DAUGHTER, LILY, AT THE AGE OF THREE,
IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE FACULTY MEMBERS, STAFF, COACHES,
OTHER LEADERS IN WESTMINSTER COME TO OUR AID AND
REALLY LOVE ON US IN A WAY THAT WAS EXACTLY
WHAT OUR FAMILY NEEDED AT THE TIME.
WE HAD OUR CHILDREN'S TEACHERS COMING OVER TO OUR HOUSE,
READING BEDTIME STORIES TO THEM AND
TAKING THEM OUT ON FIELD TRIPS
WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE IN A PLACE
WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO PICK UP THE PIECES,
WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR OWN GRIEF.
AND THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION,
BUT AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT HAPPENS AT WESTMINSTER ACADEMY
AFTER OVER 50 YEARS OF EDUCATING CHILDREN
AND MINISTERING TO FAMILIES HOLISTICALLY,
WESTMINSTER ACADEMY CONTINUES TO BUILD UPON
THE LEGACY OF DR. D JAMES KENNEDY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
AS WESTMINSTER ACADEMY EXPANDS,
IT'S GOING TO BE WAY MORE THAN BRICK AND MORTAR.
IT'S GOING TO BE WAY MORE THAN BUILDINGS.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THAT CAMPUS?
WE WANT TO REDESIGN THE CAMPUS AND EXPAND THE CAMPUS TO TRULY
PREPARE CHRISTIAN LEADERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
THE 16,000 HOURS THAT HAPPENS FROM THE TIME
A CHILD IS IN KINDERGARTEN FROM THE TIME
THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO INVEST OUR TIME,
OUR ENERGY AND OUR RESOURCES THAN WESTMINSTER ACADEMY,
AS WE'RE HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP
A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW FOR ALL OF LIFE
SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT LAW AND POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
AND BUSINESS ALL THROUGH THE LENS OF GOD'S INFALLIBLE WORD.
I LOVE THIS PLACE. I BLEED RED AND BLUE.
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF AN UNGODLY WORLD,
THE HOME, THE CHURCH, THE SCHOOL...THE THREE-PART TRIAD
THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED SHOULD BE USED IN ORDER THAT WE,
AS FATHERS, MAY AS SCRIPTURE SAID,
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I’M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL
FOR WESTMINSTER ACADEMY AND DR. KENNEDY’S VISION FOR IT.
IT’S AT WESTMINSTER AND CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
THAT I CAME TO KNOW CHRIST, EXPERIENCED A CALL TO MINISTRY,
AND RECEIVED THE SOLID BIBLICAL ROOTING I NEEDED
AS I PREPARED TO LEAD THIS HISTORIC CHURCH.
NOBODY KNOWS THE NEED FOR A SOLID,
BIBLICAL FOUNDATION BETTER THAN DR. ALBERT MOHLER.
WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO LEAD
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN 1993,
IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEPARTING FROM
THE BIBLE AND SLIDING INTO LIBERALISM.
BUT DR. MOHLER TOOK A STAND FOR BIBLICAL TRUTH
AND CLEANED HOUSE AND TODAY THAT SEMINARY
IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST FAITHFUL SEMINARIES IN AMERICA.
NOT LONG AGO, I INVITED DR. MOHLER TO PREACH
FROM THE PULPIT HERE AT CORAL RIDGE
AS PART OF OUR INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND CULTURE’S
KINGDOM COME CONFERENCE.
HE HAS A VITAL MESSAGE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US
ESPECIALLY PARENTS ENTITLED
“KEEPING THE FAITH IN A FAITHLESS AGE.”
DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6, DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK HERE
AT JUST A FEW VERSES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CHAPTER.
THIS IS MOSES SPEAKING TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND
IT'S A REMARKABLE PASSAGE AND IT BEGINS WITH REMARKABLE WORDS.
VERSES 20 THROUGH 25 OF DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6,
YOU LOOK AT THIS PASSAGE AND WE ARE REMINDED OF
SOMETHING THAT IS SO SIMPLE, WE MIGHT MISS IT.
THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE IF THERE ARE NO SONS,
AND OF COURSE WE MEAN SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
BUT WE SPEAK OF THIS PASSAGE BECAUSE
GOD IS SPEAKING TO ISRAEL THROUGH MOSES THE PROPHET,
AND MOSES SAYS, THERE'S GOING TO COME A DAY,
THERE BETTER COME A DAY,
WHEN YOUR SON ASKS YOU WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS?
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE STATUTES
AND THE COMMANDMENTS AND THE LAWS,
BUT YOU KNOW FOR CHRISTIANS
WE UNDERSTAND IT IS EVEN MORE THAN THAT IT'S
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? WHAT IS THE POINT?
WHAT IS ALL THIS ABOUT?
WHY DO WE HAVE TO LIVE
DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYONE ELSE LIVES?
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING WRONG
WHEN OUR SON ASKS, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?
WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST TO BE READY WITH AN ANSWER
TO GIVE OUR SON THE ANSWER.
THIS IS WHAT THIS MEANS BECAUSE
MOSES SAYS, LOOK, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU,
YOUR SON'S GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION IN TIME TO COME
IF YOU'RE FAITHFUL, BUT IF YOU'RE FAITHFUL
YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THE ANSWER AND THE ANSWER IS THIS,
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL THIS?
WHY DO WE HAVE TO LIVE THIS WAY?
WHY THESE LAWS, THESE COMMANDMENTS, THESE STATUTES?
IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND, SON, BECAUSE
WE WERE SLAVES TO PHARAOH IN EGYPT AND
GOD BROUGHT US OUT OF EGYPT WITH HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM
AND HIS MIGHTY HAND AND HE BROUGHT US TO THIS PLACE
IN ORDER THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS LAND IN ORDER,
THAT WE WOULD LIVE BY HIS LAW
AND BE HIS PEOPLE AND SHOW HIS GLORY.
THE VERY SAME THING COMES ONE GENERATION LATER
WHEN IN JOSHUA CHAPTER 4,
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN
HAVING CROSSED OVER AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT
ONE MAN FROM EVERY TRIBE WENT TO GET A MEMORIAL STONE
AND TO PUT IT UP AND THEN JOSHUA SAID,
WHEN YOUR SON ASKS YOU IN TIME TO COME,
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THESE STONES?
GUESS WHAT? IT'S THE SAME ANSWER.
WE GIVE AN ANSWER AND FRANKLY WE'RE NOT WAITING
FOR HIM TO ASK THE QUESTION. ARE WE CLEAR ON THAT?
SO, THIS IS SORT OF LIKE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS
IN THE TEACHING OF A CATECHISM.
YOU ASK THE QUESTION, BUT YOU GIVE THE ANSWER
AND YOU DIGNIFY THE QUESTION AND
YOU WANT TO BE THE ONE YOUR SON ASKS,
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL OF THIS?
BUT YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE HEARD THAT ANSWER
FOR THE FIRST TIME. NO.
THIS HAS BEEN DRILLED INTO HIS HEART AND
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS DRILLED INTO THEIR HEARTS.
THEY HAVE HEARD THIS FROM THE TIME THEY WERE INFANTS.
WE NEED TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN IF THERE IS TO BE A FUTURE
FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS BECAUSE WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COVENANT OF CREATION
AND WE MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT EVERYTHING IS STAKED ON
ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD WHO IS THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
AND EVERY SINGLE SUCCESSIVE GENERATION, WE NEED TO RAISE
OUR CHILDREN IN KNOWLEDGE OF CREATION ORDER.
WE NEED TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN AND WE NEED
TO TEACH EVERY SUCCESSIVE GENERATION HOW TO BE GROUNDED
IN THE PRIMARY TRUTH THAT GOD IS AND THAT HE CREATED ALL THINGS
AND THAT HE MADE US AND THAT HE COMMANDED US.
SO WE AS CHRISTIANS SEEKING TO BE FAITHFUL
TO WHAT MOSES HERE IS SPEAKING TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
WANTING TO BE READY TO GIVE AN ANSWER.
WHEN OUR SON ASKS US IN TIME TO COME,
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ALL OF THIS?
WE SAY, OKAY, SON, LET'S JUST MAKE THE POINT CLEAR.
MY GREATEST PRIVILEGE IS TO TELL YOU
HERE'S THE MEANING OF THESE THINGS.
FOR GOD'S SO LOVE THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
MIGHT NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
HERE'S THE MEANING OF THESE THINGS.
WHILE WE WERE SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
HERE'S THE MEANING OF THESE THINGS.
EVEN AS ISRAEL WAS GIVEN THE LAW OF GOD,
THE DECALOGUE, THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN
AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OF STATUTES AND COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES,
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE LAW OF CHRIST AND WE
ARE TO LIVE BY THE HOLY LAW OF CHRIST EVEN AS ISRAEL WAS KNOWN
AS GOD'S PERSONAL POSSESSION, HIS PURCHASED PEOPLE.
NOW THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT,
WE ARE FOREVERMORE GOD'S PEOPLE AND
NOW WE ARE TO LIVE FAITHFUL LIVES.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING AS TANGIBLE AS ASKING,
WHY DOES OUR FAMILY HAVE TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER FAMILIES?
OR THE QUESTION ASKED BY EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLER ON PLANET EARTH,
WHY DO I HAVE TO LIVE BY THESE RULES WHEN MY FRIENDS DON'T?
OR WHY AM I THERE HERE ON SUNDAY RATHER THAN SOMEWHERE ELSE?
OR WHY DO I GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS?
WHEN YOUR SON ASKS YOU, YOU ANSWER HIM,
WE WERE ONCE SLAVES TO PHARAOH IN EGYPT
AND GOD BROUGHT US OUT BY HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM
AND HIS MIGHTY HAND.
BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
IT'S BECAUSE WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
AND CHRIST SAID UPON THIS ROCK, I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH
AND THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT.
AND WE DO WHAT WE DO EVERY LORD'S DAY
AND IN THE DAYS IN BETWEEN,
WE LIVE AS WE LIVE AND WE GIVE AS WE GIVE,
AND WE PRAY AS WE PRAY
BECAUSE WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ALL COMING TOGETHER.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE BIBLICAL THAN THIS.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE STRUCTURAL TO THE COVENANT THAN THIS,
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS IN THE PAST,
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS IN THE PRESENT,
GOD'S FAITHFULNESS IN THE FUTURE.
IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO BE HERE BECAUSE
I KNOW OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS IN THE PAST HERE.
MARY AND I ARE SO THRILLED TO SEE YOU TODAY
AND TO KNOW THIS CHURCH NOW BECAUSE
WE SEE GOD'S FAITHFULNESS RIGHT NOW IN THE PRESENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO MAKE CERTAIN OF GOD'S PEOPLE HERE
DEMONSTRATING FAITHFULNESS IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO RAISE
YOUR CHILDREN IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITIONS OF THE LORD
DO IT, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
IT'S GOT TO BE A FAITH THAT IS TRANSMITTED FROM YOUR CHILDREN
TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, FROM YOUR GRANDCHILDREN,
TO YOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN UNTIL JESUS COMES.
THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S THE ONLY ASSIGNMENT WITH WHICH I LEAVE YOU TODAY.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
DR. AL MOHLER HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS LEADER
IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD.
GROWING UP HERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE,
HE WOULD COME BY MY DAD’S OFFICE AS A TEENAGER
TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT THEOLOGY.
DECADES LATER, DR. MOHLER BECAME THE MAN GOD USED
TO SAVE THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST’S FLAGSHIP SEMINARY.
THAT’S THE POWER OF TRUTH,
AND TRUTH IS AMERICA’S GREAT NEED RIGHT NOW.
THAT’S WHY WE’VE PUT TOGETHER A SPECIAL PACKAGE FEATURING
THIS MESSAGE FROM DR. MOHLER IN ITS ENTIRETY,
OF WHICH YOU ONLY JUST SAW A PORTION,
AS WELL AS KEY MESSAGES FROM DR. ROB PACIENZA,
AND MY DAD, DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY.
IT’S THE EXCLUSIVE DVD PROGRAM,
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION,
AND WE’LL SEND IT TO YOU AS OUR THANKS
FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION TO HELP THIS MINISTRY
BROADCAST THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL,
AND OPPOSE THE LIES OF SECULAR CULTURE.
THESE THREE STIRRING MESSAGES, DELIVERED FROM THE PULPIT HERE
AT THE HISTORIC CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
SHED LIGHT ON OUR CURRENT CULTURAL SITUATION,
AND HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD RESPOND.
CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES IS NOW IN OUR 50TH YEAR,
AND WITH YOUR HELP WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND FIRM
AND UNYIELDING IN THE BATTLE FOR TRUTH.
IF YOU’RE ABLE TO GIVE
A GENEROUS DONATION OF $50 OR MORE,
WE’LL SEND YOU THE RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION
DVD PLUS THE BEAUTIFUL, FULL-COLOR
COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE BOOK,
MIRACLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BY SUSIE FEDERER.
WHEN WE OFFERED VOLUMES ONE AND THEN TWO OF THIS
MIRACLES SERIES, WE COULDN’T KEEP THEM ON THE SHELVES
THEY WERE AMONG THE MOST POPULAR RESOURCES WE’VE EVER OFFERED.
THIS NEW GIFT EDITION COMBINES BOTH VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
IN A BEAUTIFUL, 288-PAGE COLLECTOR’S EDITION.
FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO THE DRAMATIC APOLLO 13 MOON MISSION,
YOU’LL BE EDIFIED AND ENCOURAGED BY THESE TRUE STORIES
OF GOD’S HAND IN AMERICA’S HISTORY.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK WE’LL BE OFFERING THIS MUCH-WANTED BOOK,
SO CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY TO SECURE YOUR COPY.
YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS IT.
THAT’S THE EXCLUSIVE DVD PROGRAM,
RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION,
FEATURING KEY MESSAGES FROM DR. ROB PACIENZA,
DR. AL MOHLER, AND DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY,
AS THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION.
AND THE DVD PLUS THE SPECIAL HARD-COVER, GIFT-EDITION BOOK,
MIRACLES IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BY SUSIE FEDERER,
AS THANKS FOR YOUR GIFT OF $50 OR MORE.
AND AS YOU GIVE, YOU’LL BE HELPING US CONTINUE TO
SHINE THE LIGHT OF BIBLICAL TRUTH AS
WE APPROACH A MAJOR NATIONAL ELECTION.
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AND WE’RE ONLY ABLE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING THROUGH GOD’S GRACE
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WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM
TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION.
AND THAT’S BECAUSE THERE IS PERHAPS NOTHING
MORE IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION, OUR CULTURE,
AND THE CHURCH IN AMERICA,
THAN THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN.
DECADES AGO, THE SCOURING OF ALL VESTIGES OF GOD
FROM THE CLASSROOM BEGAN.
BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A GOD OF THE SYSTEM.
THE QUESTION IS MERELY “WHICH GOD?”
WITH THE GOD OF THE BIBLE REMOVED, THE FALSE GOD OF SELF
SELF-DETERMINATION AND SELF-EXPRESSION MOVED IN.
PARENTS COULD NOT KEEP UP,
SINCE IT FILLED THE CLASSROOMS AND THE MEDIA
WHICH CONSUMED MOST OF A KID’S TIME.
TODAY IT’S STILL DELIVERED IN THE CLASSROOMS AND MEDIA
AND NOW PEOPLE UNDER 30 DRINK IT IN
FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS A DAY ON TIK-TOK AND INSTAGRAM.
THE ONLY WAY OUR CHILDREN, OUR CULTURE, AND OUR NATION
CAN BE SAVED IS THROUGH REAL EDUCATION IN THE TRUTH OF GOD.
AN EDUCATION THAT BEGINS AT BIRTH, TAKES PLACE EVERY DAY,
AND LASTS FOR LIFE.
JESUS CHRIST AND HIS WORD ARE NOT MERELY ONE SUBJECT
TO BE PLACED ALONGSIDE OTHERS.
IT’S NOT A P.S. AT THE END OF A SECULAR LETTER.
IT’S THE FOUNDATION AND REASON FOR EVERY OTHER SUBJECT.
THE SECULAR PROJECT HAS SPENT DECADES CENTURIES EVEN
DETACHING THE VARIOUS SPHERES OF HUMAN ACTIVITY FROM GOD.
EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE, LAW, ART, OUR VOCATIONS,
THE STRUCTURE OF OUR FAMILIES.
ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN UPROOTED FROM THEIR DESIGNER,
AND CAST ON THE CHANGING CURRENTS OF FASHIONABLE OPINION.
IT BETRAYS A VERY TINY VIEW OF GOD
A GOD WHO HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE REAL WORLD WE LIVE IN.
BUT THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, THE GOD WHO IS THERE,
IS FAR DIFFERENT.
IN HIM, WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING.
SCRIPTURE TELLS US,
IF YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION DOESN’T ECHO WITH THIS
REALITY IN EVERY SUBJECT,
EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, THEN IT’S NOT AN EDUCATION.
EITHER THE CREATOR/CREATURE DIVIDE IS FUNDAMENTAL
AND GOD IS THE RULER OF REALITY, OR WE DESCEND INTO INSANITY.
EITHER YOUR CHILDREN ARE WITH CHRIST, OR THEY’RE AGAINST HIM.
THERE’S NO MIDDLE GROUND SO AS PARENTS,
SHOULDN’T WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN MAKE EVERY SACRIFICE
NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN
ARE RAISED IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD?
ONE HOUR OF CHURCH EACH WEEK UP AGAINST
30 HOURS OF SECULAR SCHOOL AND ANOTHER 30 HOURS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
WON’T EVEN BEGIN TO CUT IT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
COME VISIT US AT CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FOR WORSHIP THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
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