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To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Religion can prevent people from understanding the truth about themselves. Religion can breed the pride that says, I’m okay. In Romans chapter two, Paul addresses the religious elite of his day, and shows how ceremony and ritual had insulated them from God’s analysis of their hearts. Self-deception is especially deep when expressed in religious terms. In this message we discover why we need rescuing so badly.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 In Romans chapter one, Paul reveals that fallen mankind suppresses the truth, darkening their minds and committing moral perversion, all the while thinking that they’re more enlightened than those who came before them. You can be wrong about politics. You can be wrong about philosophy. But don’t be wrong about the message given in the book of Romans.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Reading the book of Romans is like shining a light into darkness. In its pages we see ourselves as we really are. We find that, apart from God’s grace, we are capable of awful things. In fact, we’re morally bankrupt compared to our Creator. In this message we probe the darkness of the human heart, and the amazing light God shines into those hearts that come to believe in Jesus.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When a man is clinging to a life preserver, he knows he needs help. He knows he is not self-sufficient. But in today’s culture, many people get offended if you tell them there’s nothing they can do to make themselves look good before a holy God. The gospel tells us how God set out to rescue those that believe in His Son from spiritual death. Do you know how badly we need that rescue?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 If you’re tossed overboard into a stormy sea, the most important thing on your mind is being rescued. Humanity is drowning in the stormy sea of sin, and even though most don’t realize it, they’re headed for an eternal death. Sinners need outside help, and so God has put in place a rescue plan from heavena plan outlined in the book of Romans.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Jesus once spoke of a coming judgment of the nations designed to separate the sheep from the goats. When He spoke of this in Matthew 25, He made it clear that there are only two destinies for any of us. In this message we learn more about the future, and why today is the day to believe on Christ.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 On our plane of existence things are clearly a mess. Aren’t you glad there’s Someone in charge who lives on another plane of existence? God's unseen Hand is guiding the forces of history toward His conclusion. And, through Bible prophecy, we can understand the last chapter of the story.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The struggle over the public viewing of God’s law to man led to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore being ousted from officeevidence that God is being systematically excluded from public life. In this message we learn more about the judgment of God on America.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many of us have the idea that God owes us His favor. After all, we’re Americans. But as we run the race of life, let’s ask ourselves if God owes us anything. After examining the evidence, we might conclude that what He owes us is judgment. In this message we consider what God thinks of the USA.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The blessings of God are bestowed on people and nations that follow His commands. His judgment takes many forms, like natural disasters and the deprivation of personal freedoms. In this message we look at more forms of judgment that are very evident in America now.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Few of us would make the wrath of God our first choice for a Bible study. Yet God’s prophets thundered words of His judgment to the people of their day. God’s warnings to the nations have not changed. All sin is judged immediately, but sometimes the consequences aren’t instant. Do you understand the wrath of God?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 God will judge a nation for its unprincipled expansion, arrogance, and violence. But when it comes to America’s follies, our national sins include indifference to God and the acceptance of witchcraft and false religiosity. We need to take a hard look at the real prospect of God’s judgment over our country. He will not overlook the sins of America today.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Sometimes it seems that the bad guys keep winning. Terrorism and mayhem are everywhere. Some ask: Is God still in control? But we must remember that justice delayed is not justice denied. There will be a day of reckoning for both men and nations. God doesn’t ignore national sins and will hold a country accountable for its actions and attitudes.

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 As we wrestle with the mystery of God’s hidden will, we must acknowledge His sovereign control of history. Sometimes He uses the bad guys to judge the good guys. While God’s providence may seem to be counterproductive or even against our desires, we must trust that He loves us and has our best in mind. Do you trust His purposes to be rightno matter what?

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Some think random chance dictates what happens on planet earth. But believers have this perspective: The Bible reveals God as more than just a bystander. He actively determines the fates of nations. God superintends what we consider history; and ultimately nations rise and fall at God’s will.