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Loving Our Enemies?
Item Code: CD-S2436
Many of us have enemies or are regarded by others as their enemies. It is important to analyze our relationships and ask ourselves why some relationships have broken down and what can be done to restore them. As Christians, we are challenged to build positive relationships, even with those we do not really like. Loving our enemies does not come naturally. Yet, if we realize how God always stands ready to forgive us, we should be prepared also to forgive ’’our debtors.’’
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Bless Your Heart
Item Code: CD-E2328
Are you longing for comfort, searching for hope, or simply needing inspiration? Find real peace and satisfaction as Pastor Doug Batchelor guides you through all the ways God blesses those who turn to Him and follow His ways. An uplifting , life-changing hour that you won’t want to miss!
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Created for Community
Item Code: CD-S2427
Religion has social dimensions. It is important to recognize that people have been created for community and are destined to live in relationships with others. We must remember that serving God has both vertical and horizontal aspects. We do well to reflect regularly on whether we allow God to have priority in our life and whether all our interactions with others fit into the larger framework of our relationship with Him. Lesson taught by Pastor Castro.
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Embracing the World
Item Code: CD-S2439
Though we are ’’not of the world,’’ we should be very much ’’in the world,’’ making a difference and giving a better taste to society. True Christianity is not just a matter of having correct doctrine or calling people to a faith in God. It also is a ministry to the poor and disenfranchised. In addition, we have the responsibility of praying for others, in the church and out in the world. Christ’s death covered the whole world; our ministry must, then, be just as inclusive.
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Friendship
Item Code: CD-S2431
The Bible presents some high ideals for friendship, something that does not come naturally to the human heart. Fortunately, through the example and power of Jesus, we can be the kind of friends the Lord would have us to be.
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Honor Your Father and Your Mother
Item Code: CD-S2428
In today’s society, the rights of children are very much emphasized. And rightly so. But we should not lose sight of the fact that older people are also important and that they have the right to be respected by the youth. The commandment to ’’honor’’ our parents applies to the young and to the not so young. Our parents deserve our support and respect and, above all, our love. Families cannot function adequately if there is no respect for authority. Lesson taught by Pastor Batchelor.
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How to Relate to Non-Christians
Item Code: CD-S2435
As Christians, we do not believe that our faith is just one path of many that ultimately leads to God. The Bible makes it clear that there’s only one path, and that’s through Jesus. Thus, it becomes crucial that we witness to those of every other faith, and the most effective way to do that is through kind, loving, self-sacrificing service. That’s how we are to relate to non-Christians. It’s also the essence of who we should be as Seventh-day Adventists.
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Christ’s Other Sheep
Item Code: CD-S2434
All our relationships with other Christians should be marked by warm respect for them as brothers and sisters in the Lord. But, at the same time, we must also be sure of our reason for existence as Seventh-day Adventists, and we must be ready, when the right opportunity arises, to tell them the things we believe that they need to know. And, just as important, they need to see in our lives the reality of our experience with Christ, a reality that will be manifested by our unconditional love.
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Judas Iscariot: Misguided Motives
Item Code: CD-E2331
What are we to make of Judas, a man God knew would betray His only Son? What drove an itelligent, passion Jew to a bitter end? Understand the tragic life of Jesus’ troubled disciple in a whole new way. Pastor Doug Batchelor will show you how our own misguided notions of Jesus and our role in His church must always be carefully measured against His holy Word, and why trusting in our own pursuits is like trusting the devil himself.
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What is the Gospel?
Item Code: CD-E2338
There’s a lot of bad news in the world—terrorism, natural disasters, and crime threaten our security and sanity every day. But we truly do have hope … we have the good news. Join Pastor Doug Batchelor in this stirring hour completely devoted to the gospel of Jesus Christ and how we can have true peace in accepting it and passing it on to others.
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Marriage is Not Out-of-Date
Item Code: CD-S2430
Many marriages fail. As Christians we can never go along with a situation in which unfaithfulness, in word or thought, is condoned. At the same time, a forgiving spirit can save and restore many a relationship that would otherwise be doomed. The Lord deems marriage as something sacred; we, as humans, should do no less. Lesson taught by Junie Lawson.
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Parenthood - Joys and Responsibilities
Item Code: CD-S2429
As modern people, we are aware of the biological aspects of conception and childbirth. However, that does not take away from the fact that every child is a gift from God. Receiving children brings joy but also a heavy responsibility. Parenting has to do with teaching and with the transmission of values. Discipline, administered in love, will ever be an important aspect of parenting. But, most significant of all is that parents and other adults involved in the rearing of children live by the faith they profess and make sure they are credible role models. Lesson taught by Pastor Doug.
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Religion in the Workplace
Item Code: CD-S2432
As Christians, we bring our religion with us as we enter the workplace. Though there are usually limits to the amount of open discussion about religious subjects that can take place, we must still operate only with Christian values. Working together with others in a positive spirit is high on our agenda. Absolute honesty and integrity—as well as love, compassion, and justice—will characterize our conduct. And while we seek to display these values ourselves, we will also try to bring out the best in others and do what we can to make them realize their full potential.
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Respect for Authorities
Item Code: CD-S2433
Christians are citizens of the heavenly kingdom first, but they are most definitely also citizens of their own country and are to accept their part of the responsibility all citizens should share. The principle of rendering to Caesar what is his and to God what is God’s gives us a broad outline from which Christians are to work in whatever land they reside.
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The Great Shaking
Item Code: CD-E2427
A time is coming, just prior to Jesus’ return, that those who are Christian in name only will abandon God’s last-day church, while outsiders will be drawn to Christ. But why, and how will we know that the ’’great shaking’’ has begun? Watch this informative hour with Pastor Doug Batchelor as he shows you how to remain grounded in faith even when the time of trouble begins.
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Supporting Our Leaders
Item Code: CD-S2438
On the one hand, we must never lose sight of the fact that we are all, truly and fully, equals before God. Yet, it is God’s purpose that not all have the same role. Some have a special calling to be leaders, of different kinds and at different levels. Leaders must be held accountable, but we must not expect them to be perfect. We owe our leaders our wholehearted support, in particular in our prayers. But both the followers and the leaders must remember always that Christ is the Leader of His church.
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Isaiah, Part 11: Waging Love
Item Code: CD-S2424
What did salvation cost? Why was the Lord unhappy with His people’s worship? How does the Lord expect us to treat the poor and needy among us? What is true religion all about? What are the blessings that come to those who give of themselves for others?
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