Our good friend, Dr. Ron Sauer, spent decades serving as a professor at Moody Bible Institute. Dr. Sauer loves God and His Word and lives to share the Good News of Christ! He continues to do so today as a pastor near Chicago. He joined us for conversation and took some Bible questions from our listeners! 

https://needencouragement.com/pastor-ron-and-sue-sauer/

https://translatableinsights.com/

Our good friend, Dr. Ron Sauer, spent decades serving as a professor at Moody Bible Institute. Dr. Sauer loves God and His Word and lives to share the Good News of Christ! He continues to do so today as a pastor near Chicago. He joined us for conversation and took some Bible questions from our listeners! 
<a href="https://needencouragement.com/pastor-ron-and-sue-sauer/">https://needencouragement.com/pastor-ron-and-sue-sauer/</a>
<a href="https://translatableinsights.com/">https://translatableinsights.com/</a>

Highlights from Kurt and Kate Mornings where you can join the conversation weekdays from 6–9 a.m. ET on Moody Radio Florida. Be inspired by biblical teaching, warm conversation, engaging topics, and uplifting music—all rooted in the transformative power of God's Word. Plus, stay up to date on Florida events and weather with Kurt and Kate Mornings.

Highlights from Kurt and Kate Mornings where you can join the conversation weekdays from 6–9 a.m. ET on Moody Radio Florida. Be inspired by biblical teaching, warm conversation, engaging topics, and uplifting music—all rooted in the transformative power of God's Word. Plus, stay up to date on Florida events and weather with Kurt and Kate Mornings.

Kurt and Kate Mornings

Join Kurt Goff and Kate Bruington weekdays from 6–9 a.m. ET on Moody Radio Florida. Be inspired by biblical teaching, warm conversation, engaging topics, and uplifting music—all rooted in the transformative power of God's Word. Plus, stay up to date on Florida events and weather with Kurt and Kate Mornings.

Join Kurt Goff and Kate Bruington weekdays from 6&ndash;9 a.m. ET on Moody Radio Florida. Be inspired by biblical teaching, warm conversation, engaging topics, and uplifting music&mdash;all rooted in the transformative power of God's Word. Plus, stay up to date on Florida events and weather with Kurt and Kate Mornings.

Bible Q&A – Dr. Ron Sauer

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/a8cdbf10-d816-4c77-9e79-aa1c012547e1/clips/abbb13e2-a154-49ad-aa97-b19900ed1355/transcript

After five years, Kurt and Kate took to the road and returned to Lighthouse Ministries Family Store in Brandon! They've recently renovated that location, and it was wonderful to reconnect with the ministry to get an update on all their services that include residential programs, feeding and sheltering the homeless, and outreach centers within their thrift stores to assist low-income and at-risk families in West Central Florida. The Lord is on the move in and through this ministry, as lives are being touched in powerful ways with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

https://www.lighthousemin.org/

You can check out Deron's music here: https://www.youtube.com/@derongregg1156 and here: https://unitedmasters.com/a/deronbgc 

After five years, Kurt and Kate took to the road and returned to Lighthouse Ministries Family Store in Brandon! They've recently renovated that location, and it was wonderful to reconnect with the ministry to get an update on all their services that include residential programs, feeding and sheltering the homeless, and outreach centers within their thrift stores to assist low-income and at-risk families in West Central Florida. The Lord is on the move in and through this ministry, as lives are being touched in powerful ways with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
<a href="https://www.lighthousemin.org/">https://www.lighthousemin.org/</a>
You can check out Deron's music here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@derongregg1156">https://www.youtube.com/@derongregg1156</a> and here: <a href="https://unitedmasters.com/a/deronbgc">https://unitedmasters.com/a/deronbgc</a>&nbsp;

The Gospel at Lighthouse Ministries Family Store

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/a8cdbf10-d816-4c77-9e79-aa1c012547e1/clips/35e101d3-7703-452b-8c41-b1f100fe7410/transcript

Why would a person take his own life, especially a young person who has so much to live for? When our natural instinct is to do everything in our power to preserve and protect our personal well-being, why would anyone kill himself? Suicide, though, doesn’t end all pain because it is never a solitary act with a single consequence of a life ended. When one person takes his/her life, a host of other lives are sucked into the vortex. Every person who commits suicide leaves others behind lamenting the loss, sometimes for the rest of their lives—colleagues and friends, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, children. Jon Noyes, from the ministry Stand to Reason, joined us and shared that suicide has impacted his own family and explains how this topic goes far deeper than an academic conversation.

https://www.str.org/w/suicide-when-hope-runs-out

CRU: Suicide Prevention Resources

Dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to talk to someone now https://www.cru.org/us/en/train-and-grow/life-and-relationships/hardships/suicide-prevention-resources.html

Focus on the Family: Suicide - Resources 800-232-6459 https://www.focusonthefamily.com/resources-suicide/

If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here. At the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you're facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, our caring counselors are here for you. You are not alone. https://988lifeline.org/ 

 

 

Why would a person take his own life, especially a young person who has so much to live for? When our natural instinct is to do everything in our power to preserve and protect our personal well-being, why would anyone kill himself? Suicide, though, doesn&rsquo;t end all pain because it is never a solitary act with a single consequence of a life ended. When one person takes his/her life, a host of other lives are sucked into the vortex. Every person who commits suicide leaves others behind lamenting the loss, sometimes for the rest of their lives&mdash;colleagues and friends, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, children. Jon Noyes, from the ministry Stand to Reason, joined us and shared that suicide has impacted his own family and explains how this topic goes far deeper than an academic conversation.
<a href="https://www.str.org/w/suicide-when-hope-runs-out">https://www.str.org/w/suicide-when-hope-runs-out</a>
CRU: Suicide Prevention Resources
Dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to talk to someone now <a href="https://www.cru.org/us/en/train-and-grow/life-and-relationships/hardships/suicide-prevention-resources.html">https://www.cru.org/us/en/train-and-grow/life-and-relationships/hardships/suicide-prevention-resources.html</a>
Focus on the Family: Suicide - Resources 800-232-6459 <a href="https://www.focusonthefamily.com/resources-suicide/">https://www.focusonthefamily.com/resources-suicide/</a>
If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here. At the 988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline, we understand that life's challenges can sometimes be difficult. Whether you're facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, our caring counselors are here for you. You are not alone. <a href="https://988lifeline.org/">https://988lifeline.org/</a>&nbsp;
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Suicide: When Hope Runs Out – Jon Noyes

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/a8cdbf10-d816-4c77-9e79-aa1c012547e1/clips/ae115553-00fe-4c37-aec1-b1f000e969d8/transcript

Remember Christian singer/songwriter Keith Green? Here’s a line from the song How Can They Live Without Jesus: “…he’s not just a religion/With steeples and bells/Or a salesman who will sell you/The things you just want to hear..”That first line in particular. It was clear that Green – born in 1953 – had that Boomer suspicion of all things structured about the faith. For him, sincerity lay in a lack of structure.

The more structure the less real. The less real the less likely to be how Jesus would have done it. By stating that Jesus is not “just” a religion with the familiar markings of a church building, and the calls to worship that bells ensued, he was seeking to distance the gospel from the conservative formalism that so many Boomers had rejected in the culture, not just in church. Green gave tens of thousands of his albums away for free, and refused to charge for his concerts. He practiced what he preached.

Note an irony about those two lines I just quoted.The rejection and removal of the former was often accompanied by the uncritical adoption of the latter. Enter the “seeker sensitive movement” in the church. How did this play out? Blogger and pastor Stephen McAlpine joined us to explain.

https://stephenmcalpine.com/keith-green-bill-hybels-and-the-loss-of-steeples-and-bells/

Remember Christian singer/songwriter Keith Green? Here&rsquo;s a line from the song How Can They Live Without Jesus: &ldquo;&hellip;he&rsquo;s not just a religion/With steeples and bells/Or a salesman who will sell you/The things you just want to hear..&rdquo;That first line in particular. It was clear that Green &ndash; born in 1953 &ndash; had that Boomer suspicion of all things structured about the faith. For him, sincerity lay in a lack of structure.
The more structure the less real. The less real the less likely to be how Jesus would have done it. By stating that Jesus is not &ldquo;just&rdquo; a religion with the familiar markings of a church building, and the calls to worship that bells ensued, he was seeking to distance the gospel from the conservative formalism that so many Boomers had rejected in the culture, not just in church. Green gave tens of thousands of his albums away for free, and refused to charge for his concerts. He practiced what he preached.
Note an irony about those two lines I just quoted.The rejection and removal of the former was often accompanied by the uncritical adoption of the latter. Enter the &ldquo;seeker sensitive movement&rdquo; in the church. How did this play out? Blogger and pastor Stephen McAlpine joined us to explain.
<a href="https://stephenmcalpine.com/keith-green-bill-hybels-and-the-loss-of-steeples-and-bells/">https://stephenmcalpine.com/keith-green-bill-hybels-and-the-loss-of-steeples-and-bells/</a>

Keith Green, Bill Hybels, and the Loss of Steeples and Bells – Stephen McAlpine

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/a8cdbf10-d816-4c77-9e79-aa1c012547e1/clips/b1e9e35d-38c5-42dd-b856-b1ef00e2055d/transcript

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