Running To Win

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Your Family: Root, Stem, And Branches – 2 of 2

June 11, 2024

Everyone is born into a family network. But what if we’re in a family system that is broken like King David’s? In this message, Pastor Lutzer offers five inner resources that enable us to both walk through and rise above the brokenness of any family situation. Let’s deal with unresolved matters before it’s too late.

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We are living in a time when we desperately need to engage our culture with the only message that has any hope of transforming it. As Pastor Lutzer explores various approaches to the relationship between the state and the church, he reminds us that spiritual redemption, not political reformation, is at the heart of God’s agenda. Only the church, not a political party, can bear God’s message to a hurting world. Click below to receive this book for a gift of any amount or call Moody Church Media at 1.800.215.5001.

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Everything a parent does—or doesn’t do—will affect the family. Passive fathers have certain characteristics and King David exemplified passivity to an extreme degree. In this message, Pastor Lutzer draws out three lessons from the Bible’s honest portrayal of David’s family. What happens in dysfunctional families if the father is passive?
June 10, 2024
Cycles of hurt and abuse can be broken. There’s a way forward from the scars, the guilt, and the condemnation we feel to forgiveness and healing. In this message, Pastor Lutzer shares three truths about ourselves, about others, and about our view of God. The truth will set us free.
June 7, 2024
Domestic abuse is a dark secret, destroying family after family. Is there a way to healing and wholeness? In this message from Ephesians 4, Pastor Lutzer gives us the profile of an abuser—how their charming exterior is hiding a violent, destructive secret. God’s Word provides hope for the victim, but also for the abuser.
June 6, 2024
The Bible says the sins of the fathers are visited upon the generations to come. King David was a mighty warrior, yet his passivity led to cycles of sin and dysfunction in his family. In this message, Pastor Lutzer identifies five kinds of fathers with whom we must make peace. Can we break the curse of a father’s negative impact?
June 5, 2024
Our fathers can bless us, encourage us, diminish us, or curse us. Much of the anguish in today’s families can be traced to fractured relationships between fathers and their children. In this message, Pastor Lutzer shares four requirements for winning a child’s heart. Fathers represent God, for good or ill, and He will hold us personally accountable.
June 4, 2024
The world’s view of a perfect woman is based on her accomplishments or body type. Have we lost sight of the value of character and wisdom? In this message from Proverbs 31, Pastor Lutzer discusses the virtuous woman who rightly relates to herself and to God. We all, even from the start in the perfect conditions of Eden, stand in need of God’s grace.
June 3, 2024
Women have complex experiences including singleness, miscarriage, and infertility. No matter our background, we all need wisdom about motherhood. In this message from Proverbs 31, Pastor Lutzer shows the virtuous woman who’s rightly related to her husband and her children. We need God’s grace to reclaim the family.
May 31, 2024
When someone attacks us, we want to attack back or run away. What would it take to give up the offense done against us? In this message, Pastor Lutzer illustrates the power of forgiving others in the name of Jesus, and for our own healing. The Bible runs counter to our basic instincts.
May 30, 2024
Hurting people are susceptible to believing lies about forgiveness: “Does God care about my pain? Will I minimize the offense done against me?” In this message from Romans 12, Pastor Lutzer counteracts the lies through biblical guidance for what we say, feel, and do. God can heal our hearts and our souls.
May 29, 2024
It’s never easy to confront a Christian who’s sinned. Yet Jesus taught us how to bring a believer back to repentance and fellowship. In this message, Pastor Erwin Lutzer looks at the end game of reconciliation. As Pastor Lutzer says, “Where there is forgiveness, cleansing, and acceptance, the presence of God is there.”
May 28, 2024
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Christians, Politics, And The Cross
We are living in a time when we desperately need to engage our culture with the only message that has any hope of transforming it. As Pastor Lutzer explores various approaches to the relationship between the state and the church, he reminds us that spiritual redemption, not political reformation, is at the heart of God’s agenda. Only the church, not a political party, can bear God’s message to a hurting world. Click below to receive this book for a gift of any amount or call Moody Church Media at 1.800.215.5001.

About Running To Win

Running the race of life is hard. But with the Bible front and center and a heart to encourage, Pastor Erwin Lutzer presents clear Bible teaching, helping you make it across the finish line. Since 2011, this 25-minute program has provided a Godward focus and features listeners’ questions.

About Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer is Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church where he served as the Senior Pastor for 36 years (1980-2016). He earned a B.Th. from Winnipeg Bible College, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a M.A. in Philosophy from Loyola University, and an honorary LL.D. from the Simon Greenleaf School of Law (Now Trinity Law School).

A clear expositor of the Bible, he is the featured speaker on two radio programs: Running to Win—a daily Bible-teaching broadcast and Songs in the Night—an evening program that’s been airing since 1943. Running To Win broadcasts on a thousand outlets in the U.S. and across more than fifty countries in seven languages. His speaking engagements include Bible conferences and seminars, both domestically and internationally, including Russia, the Republic of Belarus, Germany, Scotland, Guatemala, and Japan. He has led tours to Israel and to the cities of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

Pastor Lutzer is also a prolific author of over seventy books, including the bestselling We Will Not Be Silenced, One Minute After You Die, and the Gold Medallion Award winner, Hitler’s Cross. Pastor Lutzer and Rebecca live in the Chicago area and have three grown children and eight grandchildren. Connect with Pastor Lutzer on X (@ErwinLutzer) or moodymedia.org.

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