Massimo Lorenzini

Part Two of CrossTalk radio broadcast of the message "Is Jesus the Only Way?"

Part One of CrossTalk radio broadcast of the message "Is Jesus the Only Way?"

With the publishing of Rob Bell's book "Love Wins" the historic, biblical view of hell and salvation are under attack. What does the Bible actually teach about hell? What is universalism? Will hell be empty? Is it necessary for people to repent and believe the gospel in this life in order to be saved? These are the questions we consider in this program.

Revival is when God grants extraordinary results to the ordinary means of grace such as preaching, prayer, worship, witnessing, etc. Revival begins when God prompts His people to tire of their distance from Him and call out for a special visitation of His Spirit to restore them to close fellowship with Him.

Revival is when God grants extraordinary results to the ordinary means of grace such as preaching, prayer, worship, witnessing, etc. Revival begins when God prompts His people to tire of their distance from Him and call out for a special visitation of His Spirit to restore them to close fellowship with Him.

Do you know yourself? In this message we learn how to think accurately of ourselves in light of what God has done and what He calls us to.

Do you know yourself? In this message we learn how to think accurately of ourselves in light of what God has done and what He calls us to.

To experience God's best, we must limit the world's influence on our thinking and be transformed by allowing God's Word to renew our minds. Only then will we experience God's best, His good, pleasing, perfect will. Listen to find out more.

To experience God's best, we must limit the world's influence on our thinking and be transformed by allowing God's Word to renew our minds. Only then will we experience God's best, His good, pleasing, perfect will. Listen to find out more.

How do you experience God's best for your life? God's will is good, pleasing, and perfect and in Romans 12:2 we have the divine plan to experience it.

How do you experience God's best for your life? God's will is good, pleasing, and perfect and in Romans 12:2 we have the divine plan to experience it.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Are you a disciple? What is a biblical profile of a disciple? This message gives us the first mark of a disciple from Romans 12: Total Commitment to God.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Are you a disciple? What is a biblical profile of a disciple? This message gives us the first mark of a disciple from Romans 12: Total Commitment to God.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Are you a disciple? What is a biblical profile of a disciple? This message introduces a series based on Romans 12 to help Christians grow into the spiritual maturity God has called us to.

If you want to dress for spiritual success in the New Year, you need to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will. As you do, you will walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him. You will walk in your new uniform. That uniform is made of a new conduct flowing from your new identity. It involves: 1. Bearing fruit in every good work. 2. Growing/increasing in the knowledge of God. 3. Being strengthened to endure and be patient. 4. Giving thanks to the Father for what He has done in planning and effecting your salvation.

Christmas is a time to renew our hope in the promise of God to send a Redeemer. That hope is firmly based on the clear, specific prophecies of a coming Messiah. In this message we examine the messianic prophecies from the Writings (Ketuviim), that is, the 3rd part of the 3-fold division of Hebrew Bible.

Christmas is a time to renew our hope in the promise of God to send a Redeemer. That hope is firmly based on the clear, specific prophecies of a coming Messiah. In this message we examine the messianic prophecies from the Prophets.

Jesus and His apostles preached from the Old Testament Scriptures the promise and fulfillment of Messiah. Do you know what those specific promises are? Could you point a non-believing Jew to the prophecies that demonstrate that Jesus is the promised Messiah? Listen to this first of this 3-part series which focuses on the prophecies from the Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy).

Too many of Christ's followers settle for living for surface matters rather than seeing the deeper, more lasting realities. We can learn from Jesus' example how to make people our priority, see their potential, and follow through by throwing a "Matthew party" to befriend non-Christians in Jesus' name.

How can we use the power of story to point people to Christ? By concentraring on telling two stories well. The first area revolves around how we talk about God--explaining who he is and what he has done. The second revolves around how we talk about our personal experience with God--explaining the main thing he’s done in our lives. Listen and learn how you can refine your telling of these two powerful stories that can change the lives on those who are not yet followers of Christ.

Following Jesus' model in evangelism involves learning how to "live in 3D": • Developing friendships … with all sorts of people, withered in all sorts of ways • Discovering stories … remembering to keep the focus on the other person • Discerning next steps … letting the Spirit guide our every action

What if by taking a few steps across a room you could impact the life and eternity of another person? It has nothing to do with methods or formulas and everything to do with taking a genuine interest in others. Discover how to partner with the Holy Spirit to point people to the Savior.

What is the final, highest, ultimate source of our blessing in Christ? Our spiritual blessings are not grounded in our works, but ultimately in God's sovereign predestination. This is a scary word to some, but it should be a delight to those who understand it.

Why do you work? Is it just a means to an end? Or, does work have intrinsic value? Does God care about your work? Is work secular or sacred? You might be surprised just how much God's Word has to say about work.

Why do you work? Is it just a means to an end? Or, does work have intrinsic value? Does God care about your work? Is work secular or sacred? You might be surprised just how much God's Word has to say about work.

God doesn't need our money. He wants our hearts. He wants to give to us and through us. He wants us to depend upon Him. He is glorified not by our giving to Him but by His giving to us and how we use His resources as His money managers. Learn how to use the money God has entrusted to you in a way that glorifies Him and brings joy to you.

To get into debt you likely took a lot of small steps without exercising spiritual wisdom and without walking in faith. To get out of debt you need: 1) Biblical principles and wisdom; 2) renewed faith and trust in the Lord; 3) make consistent choices based on biblical principles and in active trust in the Lord's ability to provide.

From the 2010 annual meeting of the Santa Fe Baptist Association. Times are tough for pastoral ministry today. There are competing models of church ministry, people are more anti-authority and openly critical, expectations for pastoral leadership are elevated to unreasonable levels. What is a pastor to do? We find the pastor's job description in the charge given by Paul to young Timonthy. Find out more as you listen.

God has given us many biblical principles concerning money. There are both spiritual reasons and practical reasons we need to know what God wants us to know and do regarding our finances. How we handle our money reveals what we really love and trust in. Learn God's principles with this first in the 4-week series called The Road to Financial Freedom.

Jesus gave His disciples a preview of His glory. He further instructed them that while He would eventually be revealed in glory, He must first endure suffering. As His followers, we too must endure suffering on the road to glory. We suffer now, and have experience glory later. Your best life is not now--it's later.

In this passage, Jesus reveals for the first time His identity and planned death and resurrection. He also lays out His demands for discipleship. We discover here that Jesus has a cross in His future and His followers also have a cross to bear. But the cross leads to a crown. Death leads to glory. Christ crucified is foolishness to the world, but it is the power and wisdom of God to those who believe.

Learn about the condition, cause, and cure of spiritual blindness.

In these two stories we see that Jesus came to not only erase the line between clean and unclean food, he also removed the barricade between clean and unclean people. Christianity is a heart religion and a religion of grace. The religion of the Scribes and Pharisees was a religion of outward ritual and personal merit.

Do our traditions cause us to miss the point or highlight it? The point being twofold. First, that we have a heart problem that requires a heart solution. And, secondly, we should avoid any traditional practices that put a stumbling block before others to prevent them from participating in the church life and from hearing and believing the gospel.

Do our traditions cause us to miss the point or highlight it? The point being twofold. First, that we have a heart problem that requires a heart solution. And, secondly, we should avoid any traditional practices that put a stumbling block before others to prevent them from participating in the church life and from hearing and believing the gospel.

Jesus was confronted with the soul-destroying effects of religious hypocrisy driven by adherence to human tradition over God's Word. Does truth foster in you a heart relationship with God or does tradition breed external religion in your life? Do you have a love for truth that upholds Scripture as the supreme authority or does tradition supersede it? Listen and find out.

You can experience the freedom you have in Christ from sin and legalism by consistently walking in the Spirit. Listen to learn more.

Jesus came into the world not to give bread, but to be bread. The crowds wanted to Jesus to satisfy their old, unchanged appetites. Jesus came to awaken in us a new appepite for His glory. Are you finding life and satisfaction in Jesus?

King Herod's unwillingness to follow his conscience led to the death of his conscience. If we choose to ignore our conscience, we too will experience the death of our conscience. There are two steps in the death of a conscience, 1. Give mental assent to it without obedience to it. 2. Out of pride and fear of man, choose to act against it.

Fatherlessness is a leading indicator of practically every social problem in America. That's the bad news. The good news is fathers are the solution. Learn why we need to encourage fathers to learn and follow God's plan for fathers.

Fatherlessness is a leading indicator of practically every social problem in America. That's the bad news. The good news is fathers are the solution. Learn why we need to encourage fathers to learn and follow God's plan for fathers.

Jesus still sends out His disciples to do ministry that expands God's Kingdom. We learn here 5 principles regarding the sending of ministry workers. I. The Master's Mission Requires the Sending of Workers, v. 6b. II. The Master's Method Rests on the Sending of Workers, v. 7. III. The Master's Mandate is the Reliance of the Sent Worker, vv. 8-10. IV. The Master's Messengers may be Rejected as Sent Workers, v. 11. V. The Master's Ministry is Replicated in His Sent Workers, vv. 12-13.

Unbelief takes offense at the seeming ordinariness and familiarity of Jesus. Unbelief doesn't look for reasons to believe, but is comfortable in its own hardened prejudice. But prejudice against Jesus, is like shooting oneself in the foot; for if one rejects Jesus where else does one turn?

The healing of the woman with the flow of blood and the raising of Jairus' daughter. The only thing these two individuals have in common is that they are both out of options, have heard of Jesus, and are both desperately in need of His healing power. They both believe that contact with Jesus will be sufficient for the healing they seek. Jesus' power over death and disease is available to us in the gospel. Do you believe?

Following Jesus means learning to trust in His power and authority in 3 ways: 1. Going out of our comfort zones; 2. Feeling the full force of our inability; 3. Choosing to trust in the power of Jesus.

You were made for God, to enjoy Him, but cannot in your natural state. The One who knows you best, loves you most, and knows what you really need--an extreme makeover. Find out how to understand God's love for the world--both unbelievers and believers.

You were made for God, to enjoy Him, but cannot in your natural state. The One who knows you best, loves you most, and knows what you really need--an extreme makeover.

You were made for God, to enjoy Him, but cannot in your natural state. The One who knows you best, loves you most, and knows what you really need--an extreme makeover.

The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector reveals the simplicity and profundity of justification by faith alone. Learn the drastic difference between the two ways to approach God. One results in justification and one doesn't.

The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector reveals the simplicity and profundity of justification by faith alone. Learn the drastic difference between the two ways to approach God. One results in justification and one doesn't.

Many Christians have lost their spiritual senses. Jesus lived with a sense of purpose and He desires His followers to live a life centered on God's purpose as well. Learn five spiritual senses we must recover if we are to live with a proper sense of purpose as followers of Jesus.