In a chaotic world where society turns to politics and human solutions to fix brokenness—like Humpty Dumpty relying on the king’s horses and men—Dr. Tony Evans explains from 2 Chronicles 15 that such turmoil is often God’s passive wrath through [...]

Since government is divinely ordained to protect human life, which bears God's image from conception to death, kingdom voting must prioritize the sacredness of life in all stages. Drawing from Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 139:13-16, James 3:9 and [...]

God established the family as the foundational institution for society and civilization, reflecting His triune nature, replicating His image through children, and exercising dominion on earth. Drawing from Genesis 1-2, Malachi 2, and other [...]

God has established four covenants—personal, family, church, and national—and civil government exists as His ordinance to create a safe, just, righteous, and compassionate environment for freedom. From Romans 13:1-4 and other Scriptures, the [...]

God, as Captain of the Lord’s host, declares Himself neither for Israel nor Jericho but as a kingdom independent seeking to take over, and kingdom voting is the Christian’s opportunity and responsibility to partner with Him in advancing His rule [...]

Unforgiveness holds us hostage to the past, destroying our present and future, but forgiveness—rooted in God's provision through Christ—is a decision to cancel a debt incurred by sin. Drawing from Matthew 6:12-15, the preacher distinguishes [...]

Praying “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” means surrendering to God’s comprehensive will—unconditional (what He sovereignly accomplishes) and conditional (what He desires in partnership with us). From Matthew 6:10, [...]

God’s kingdom is His comprehensive rule over all creation, and praying «Thy kingdom come» invites heaven’s authority to manifest on earth through relational surrender to the Father’s house rules. From Psalms 103:19, 145:13, and Matthew 6:10, the [...]

Prayer is relational communication with “Our Father” in heaven, whose name must be hallowed as unique and sacred, setting the foundation for inviting His kingdom rule. From Matthew 6:9 and various Scriptures on God’s names (Elohim, Jehovah, [...]

Through Christ’s blood, believers have a passport to God’s presence, and prayer is the mechanism to access it—relational, private dialogue with the Father that draws heaven into earthly history. From Matthew 6:5-13, Hebrews 10:19, and Luke 11:1, [...]

God’s revealed Word is the only absolute source of truth, and for it to transform lives it must be heard, received, and obeyed. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 4:2-4, Hebrews 4:12-13, and Psalm 19, the preacher concludes that [...]

Truth is God’s absolute view on any matter, revealed in His inerrant Word, which must be received and obeyed to transform lives amid cultural deception. From John 17:17, Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and other Scriptures, the preacher concludes [...]

The church is God’s designated repository of truth—the pillar and foundation upholding His absolute standard in a deceived world. From 1 Timothy 3:15, Acts 19, and other Scriptures, the preacher declares that the church must proclaim undiluted [...]

Spiritual maturity and church growth require speaking the truth in love—truth as God’s absolute standard and love as compassionate motivation—so believers are no longer tossed by false doctrines but built up into Christ. From Ephesians 4:14-16, [...]

Satan, the father of lies with no truth in him, deceives to break fellowship with God and block believers’ ordained purpose, but truth overcomes through Christ’s blood, testimony of God’s Word, and full surrender. From John 8:44, Revelation [...]

Believers, though saved, can remain spiritually enslaved by sin’s strongholds until continuing in Christ’s Word reveals truth that sets them free through the Son’s authority. From John 8:31-36, 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, and other Scriptures, the [...]

Suppressing God’s truth invites divine wrath, leading to deceptive desires, degrading passions, and depraved minds, as society abandons absolute standards for lies. From Romans 1:18-28, the preacher warns that rejecting truth—God’s view on every [...]

In an age where truth is dying and confusion reigns in every sphere of life, Jesus Christ declared that He came into the world to bear witness to the truth, as seen in His trial before Pilate in John 18:37-38. Believers must hold to God's [...]

Paul teaches in 1 Timothy 4:8 that godliness is profitable for both this present life and the life to come, making it the core assignment for every redeemed believer. True godliness is not mere religious form or appearance but a powerful lifestyle [...]

In the story of three kings facing war and a severe drought in 2 Kings 3, Elisha delivers God's prophetic word to dig ditches in the dry valley, promising water without rain or wind and victory over Moab. The key challenge for believers [...]

In John 11, when Lazarus dies despite Jesus' love for the family and their prayer for healing, Jesus delays, allows death, and then raises him—showing that crises can glorify God even when delayed. Believers facing overwhelming crises should [...]

In Mark 11, Jesus curses a deceptive fig tree with leaves but no fruit—symbolizing fake religion without spiritual reality—and the next day, when it withers completely, teaches that genuine faith in God, not mere religious appearance, enables [...]

Jesus authorizes His church in Matthew 16:18-19 and 18:18-20 with the power to bind (restrict demonic influence) and loose (release from it) on earth, backed by heaven, through agreement in prayer, connection to the local church, and centrality of [...]

God operates through both unconditional and conditional will, with much of His intervention conditioned on prayer—relational communication that draws heaven into history. James 5:13-18 instructs believers to pray in suffering, praise in joy, seek [...]

In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus teaches persistent prayer through the parable of a widow seeking justice from an unrighteous judge, contrasting how God—concerned for His glory and justice—quickly grants legal protection to His elect who cry day and night. [...]

In 2 Chronicles 15:3-6, Israel's extended distress—personal, familial, and societal conflict—was caused by God Himself due to rejecting the true God, lacking biblical teaching, and abandoning His law, showing that many problems blamed on the [...]

While many missed the first Christmas, Mary submitted to God's impossible word despite logical doubts, the shepherds beheld Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb overcoming fear with joy, Simeon devoutly sought and found the polarizing Christ, and the [...]

The next prophetic event is the Rapture, Christ's imminent return to seize and retrieve His church—believers in Him—transforming bodies to glorified form, reuniting with departed souls, comforting the grieving with hope, removing saints before [...]

The Millennium—a literal 1,000-year reign of Christ on earth following the Rapture and Tribulation—will restore paradise lost through sin, fulfilling God's original dominion covenant as Jesus rules from Jerusalem with a rod of iron, Satan [...]

Romans 10:9-10 requires not only believing in Christ's resurrection for righteousness but confessing "Jesus as Lord" for present deliverance from sin's power, as "Lord" affirms His deity and supreme rule over all life. [...]

Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords, ruling God's kingdom—His comprehensive authority over all creation—with believers as kingdom citizens called to submit to His rule, advancing His dominion on earth as in heaven through [...]

The preacher explains that "Christ" isn't Jesus' last name but His title as the Messiah or Anointed One, fulfilling the Old Testament's longing through His unique roles as prophet, priest, and king. Using John 1:41 and many [...]

The preacher urges discouraged Christians not to give up, drawing from Hebrews 12:1-3 where the author encourages endurance in the faith race by remembering the cloud of Old Testament witnesses who lived by faith, laying aside encumbrances and sin, [...]

In Hebrews 11:23-28, the preacher highlights Moses' choices of faith: his parents defying Pharaoh's edict to protect him, Moses rejecting Egyptian royalty to identify with God's suffering people for greater eternal reward, enduring [...]

Drawing from Hebrews 11:20-22, the preacher shows how the patriarchs Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph passed on a spiritual legacy of faith by blessing the next generation with God's covenantal promises, even amid personal failures and unfulfilled [...]

The preacher teaches that major tests of faith, like Abraham's call to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis 22 (highlighted in Hebrews 11), come when God prepares to elevate believers to a new level of experience with Him. These tests demand costly [...]

The preacher highlights Sarah's journey from barrenness and doubt to receiving power to conceive by faith (Hebrews 11:11-12), despite her age and past fleshly attempts like Hagar. He shows how God built her faith through demonstrations of [...]

In a wicked, demonized world like Noah's (Genesis 6), the preacher urges believers to walk closely with God by faith, as Noah did—remaining righteous, building the ark in obedience over 120 years, preaching righteousness, and saving his [...]

The preacher presents Enoch as a hero of faith from Hebrews 11:5-6 and Genesis 5:21-24, teaching that walking with God—living in close fellowship and agreement with Him by faith—pleases God, brings His testimony and direction in life, and [...]

The preacher declares that God shakes up ordinary life through crises—like COVID-19, racial tensions, and political division—to disrupt comfortable Christianity and call His people back to extraordinary faith in His unshakable kingdom, urging [...]

Dr. Tony Evans introduces a series on Hebrews 11, the "Hall of Faith," defining faith as acting like God is telling the truth—assurance of hoped-for things and conviction of unseen realities—essential for pleasing God and experiencing His [...]

The preacher teaches that the number 40 signifies transition in Scripture, as Israel crossed the Jordan in flood season after 40 years of wilderness preparation, with God miraculously parting waters and drying land. He urges building memorials of [...]

The preacher addresses the crisis of fatherlessness—40% nationally, 72% in African-American communities—leading to generational curses and chaos (Malachi 4:6). Using Esau's desperate plea for Isaac's blessing (Genesis 27), he explains the [...]

Dr. Tony Evans encourages believers amid 2020's crises—pandemic, racial tensions, political division—that God intentionally shakes things up to disrupt comfortable Christianity, remove the shakable, reveal His unshakable kingdom, and awaken [...]

The preacher uses Ezekiel 37's valley of dry bones—symbolizing Israel's hopeless, disconnected state due to rebellion—as a metaphor for spiritual dryness and despair, showing how God revives through His Word bringing order and His Spirit [...]

Tony Evans: As we entered into the mid ‘60s, there was a lot of racial tension in our nation and in Baltimore, Maryland. I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was at a friend's house and saw it coming over the news, and saw [...]

The preacher stresses God's goal for the church is maturity (Colossians 1:28-29), not mere attendance—defining carnality as persistent self-pleasing over Christ-pleasing, even after years saved. Using Hebrews 5's contrast of milk (basics) [...]

Using Jesus' encounter with the demon-possessed man in Mark 5, the preacher explains demons as unclean spirits seeking "dirty" places to amplify sin into addictions/strongholds, causing out-of-control lives. He urges recognizing [...]

In a culture of shameless evil where Christianity has lost home-field advantage and faces rejection across systems, the preacher calls believers to be unapologetic confessors of Jesus Christ as Lord (Matthew 10:32-39), warning that denying Him [...]

We've turned into a society drowning in sex as the ultimate vice without any shame left, but the preacher stresses that God designed it as a good thing for renewing marriage covenants, drawing from 1 Corinthians 6 and Genesis to warn how Satan [...]