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THIS IS KENNEDY CLASSICS WITH DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
WELCOME TO KENNEDY CLASSICS
WELCOME TO KENNEDY CLASSICS. I'M JERRY NEWCOMBE.
AND I'M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
WHAT SORT OF NATION DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE TO YOUR
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN?
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION
OUR NATION IS HEADED IN?
IF YOU'RE LIKE MOST OF US, YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING
AROUND WONDERING WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET US BACK ON TRACK.
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE'LL HEAR A POWERFUL MESSAGE FROM
DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY REMINDING US OF THE ABSOLUTELY
CRUCIAL ROLE THAT YOU AND I AS CHRISTIANS PLAY IN PRESERVING
OUR FREEDOM AND GETTING OUR NATION IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND WE'LL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU, FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME EVER ON THIS PROGRAM, AN EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL
CHARGE FROM DR. JAMES DOBSON, SHARED AT
DR. KENNEDY'S FUNERAL.
AND I'M JOHN SORENSEN. I'LL BE BACK LATER IN THE PROGRAM
TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE GREATEST DIFFERENCE
IN THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND WE BEGIN TODAY'S PROGRAM WITH ONE OF MY
FATHER'S MOST POWERFUL, MOST REQUESTED MESSAGES EVER,
AS HE CALLS US TO SPIRITUAL ARMS IN THE BATTLE
IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES, IN HIS CLASSIC MESSAGE,
"WILL THE CHURCH FORGET?"
OUR SCRIPTURE LESSON THIS MORNING
IS TAKEN FROM THE 22ND CHAPTER OF THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW.
WE WILL BEGIN OUR READING WITH THE 15TH VERSE-
AND MAY GOD SPEAK TO US TODAY THROUGH HIS HOLY WORD
AND MAY HIS NAME EVER BE PRAISED.
AMEN.
MY QUESTION TODAY IS, "WILL THE CHURCH FORGET?"
I DON'T THINK IT WILL FORGET YOU UNLESS
IT SHOULD BE TAKEN OVER BY THE RADICAL LIBERALS OF THE '60'S
WHO SAID...,
IN A TIME WHEN THE WORLD WAS BEING CONFRONTED
BY AN INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE AND HOSTILE COMMUNISM,
THAT THEY STOOD FOURSQUARE AGAINST ALL ANTI-COMMUNISM.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOSE WERE AMERICANS.
THOSE WERE THE RADICAL LIBERALS OF THE '60'S.
NOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THAT WENT AWAY.
IT DIDN'T GO AWAY; IT SIMPLY WENT UNDERGROUND
AND TODAY THEY ARE STILL IN OUR UNIVERSITIES,
BUT THEY ARE TENURED,
AND THEY ARE TEACHING IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK TODAY IS,
WILL THE CHURCH FORGET WHAT YOU AND THEY
AND A GREAT MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS FOUGHT FOR,
AND WHAT SOME GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION
TO DEFEND.
FOR THE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED.
OF LIBERTY, AND NOT LICENSE;
OF GODLINESS AND PIETY AND MORALITY.
THIS IS WHAT THIS NATION WAS BUILT UPON.
WILL THOSE THINGS BE FORGOTTEN?
ALAS, DEAR FRIENDS,
I'M AFRAID THAT NOT ONLY WILL THEY,
WILL THE CHURCH FORGET THEM?
TO A LARGE DEGREE THE CHURCH HAS ALREADY FORGOTTEN THEM.
DON WILDMON, A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB
WITH THE AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION,
WROTE ABOUT A DECADE AGO SOMETHING WHICH
I THINK IS EVEN MORE TRUE TODAY.
HE SAID THIS:
"TODAY, 4,000 INNOCENT PRECIOUS LIVES OF UNBORN BABIES
"WERE SNUFFED OUT,
"AND 300,000 PULPITS WERE SILENT.
"THE NETWORKS MAKE A MOCKERY OF CHRISTIANS,
"THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CHRISTIAN VALUES
"WITH NEARLY EVERY SHOW THEY AIR.
"GREED, MATERIALISM, VIOLENCE,
"*** IMMORALITY ARE STANDARD FARE.
"PROGRAM AFTER PROGRAM, MOVIE AFTER MOVIE CONTAINS
"ANTI-CHRISTIAN EPISODES AND PROPAGANDA.
"NEWS ARTICLES CONDESCENDINGLY REFER TO CHRISTIANS AS
"FUNDAMENTALISTS, RIGHT-WING.
"THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT FOR THE SACREDNESS OF LIFE ARE...
ARE... EXTREMISTS.
AND 300,000 PULPITS ARE SILENT.
TEENAGE SUICIDE IS THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN
[IT'S HIGHER NOW THAN WHEN HE WROTE THAT]...
CHRISTIAN MORALITY CAN NOT BE TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS
BUT ATHEISTIC IMMORALITY CAN BE...
AND 300,000 PULPITS ARE SILENT.
*** HAS INCREASED 700% IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS
EVEN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE POPULATION GROWTH...
AND 300,000 PULPITS ARE SILENT.
ROCK MUSIC FILLS THE AIRWAVES
[THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE RAP THAT HE SAID THIS]
AND OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS
ARE FILLED WITH MUSIC WHICH LEGITIMIZES ***, ***,
FORCED SEX, SADOMASOCHISM, ADULTERY,
SATANIC WORSHIP [AND MUCH, MUCH MORE].
AND 300,000 PULPITS ARE SILENT.
DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES CHURCHES HAVE BEEN THE ONES
WHO HAVE MOVED TO GET RID OF MOST OF THE
GREAT EVILS OF OUR WORLD.
IT WAS THROUGH THE WORK OF CHRISTIANS IN CHURCHES
THAT SLAVERY WAS ELIMINATED FROM GREAT BRITAIN,
AND THREE-FOURTHS OF THE PEOPLE
IN THE FIRST ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING IN NEW ENGLAND
WERE CHRISTIAN CLERGYMEN.
NO, THE CHURCH WAS NOT ALWAYS SILENT.
THE CHURCH SPOKE OUT ON ISSUES SUCH AS CHILD LABOR LAWS,
ISSUES SUCH AS WIVES BEING BEATEN AND ABUSED,
AND MANY OTHER SUCH THINGS AS THIS.
THE CHURCH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR
GETTING RID OF CANNIBALISM AND HEAD-HUNTING,
THE BINDING OF FEET OF WOMEN IN CHINA,
AND NUMEROUS OTHER TERRIBLE SOCIAL ISSUES.
PRISON REFORM, REFORM OF ASYLUMS FOR THE INSANE,
AND MANY OTHER THINGS THE CHURCH HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT.
BUT TODAY THAT SEEMS NO LONGER TO BE THE CASE.
RECENTLY, IN A CONVENTION IN A LARGE ROOM,
WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES,
THE SPEAKER ASKED THIS QUESTION.
HE SAID: [LONG PAUSE]
"DO YOUR PASTORS SPEAK OUT ON THE GREAT ISSUES OF OUR DAY?"
AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM CHURCHES
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OF VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS,
NOT ONE, THAT I SAW, RAISED HIS HAND.
"ARE YOU SATISFIED ABOUT THE WAY THAT YOUR PASTORS
ARE ADDRESSING THE GREAT ISSUES OF OUR TIME?"
NOT ONE HAND WENT UP.
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN FROM THIS CONGREGATION
TO DO SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
THE THOUSANDS OF MINISTERS WHO ARE WATCHING ME RIGHT NOW,
AND SAY TO YOU, "BRETHREN, GENTLEMEN,
GOD NEEDS MEN WHO WILL
SPEAK OUT ON THE GREAT ISSUES OF THE DAY.
MARTIN LUTHER SAID, "THOUGH WE BE ACTIVE IN THE BATTLE,
IF WE'RE NOT FIGHTING WHERE THE BATTLE IS THE HOTTEST,
WE ARE TRAITORS TO THE CAUSE."
GOD GRANT YOU COURAGE.
I'VE ASKED PEOPLE WHY DO THEIR PASTORS NOT SPEAK OUT?
THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME: THEY ARE AFRAID.
BE NOT AFRAID. CHRIST IS WITH YOU,
AND I BELIEVE YOUR PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT YOU.
OH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF THEM.
I WILL NO DOUBT GET A CARD OR TWO FROM SOME OF YOU
COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS MESSAGE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW RIGHT NOW, I DON'T CARE A FLIP.
[APPLAUSE]
THE ONLY THING YOUR CARDS TELL ME IS THAT
YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS;
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORD OF GOD
IS SUPPOSED TO BE ACCOMPLISHING; YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU'RE NOT ONLY TO RENDER UNTO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S,
BUT YOU'RE TO RENDER UNTO CAESAR
THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR'S;
AND YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT OUR WHOLE CULTURE
IS GOING TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET AND MOST PEOPLE
IN THE CHURCHES ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT,
AND MOST PREACHERS ARE VERY GUARDEDLY
SAYING NOTHING ABOUT IT.
GOD HAVE MERCY UPON US!
WE ARE LITERALLY SEEING THE END OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
IN MOST OF THE MAJOR COLLEGES TODAY
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE COURSE ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
IF ANY MENTION IS MADE IT WOULD BE SLOUGHED OFF WITH,
"OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE,
THOSE DEAD WHITE MEN... EUROPEAN WHITE MEN.
UNIMPORTANT.
A LOT OF CLASSES ON FEMINISM, A LOT OF CLASSES ON
HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS, BUT NOTHING ABOUT WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
YOU WILL GET NOTHING IN COLLEGE ABOUT
THE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY.
IF THE CHURCH DOESN'T SPEAK OUT, WHO WILL?
WE ARE GROWING A NATION OF PAGANS.
NOW, DEAR FRIENDS, I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE
ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, AND I HAVE DEBATED
AND CONFRONTED FACE-TO-FACE AND EYEBALL-TO-EYEBALL
THE LEADERS OF THE ABORTIONIST MOVEMENT,
THE LEADERS OF THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT,
THE LEADERS OF FEMINIST MOVEMENT, THE ATHEISTS,
THE EVOLUTIONISTS, AND ALL OF THE LEFT WING CADRE,
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT THEM,
THEY ARE ALL FULL OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY,
AND AS ONE HISTORIAN SAID:
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT INTENSITY ARE THE PEOPLE
THAT ALWAYS WIN.
AND ULTIMATELY IT IS GOING TO BE
A DECISION AS TO WHICH SIDE IS THE SIDE
THAT LACKS CONVICTION, AND WHICH SIDE IS THE SIDE
THAT IS FILLED WITH PASSIONATE INTENSITY
-INTENSITY FOR THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST.
"SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS."
WE ARE INVOLVED IN A GREAT CONFLICT
FOR THE SOUL OF THIS NATION, FOR THE SOUL OF THE WORLD,
AND MANY ARE SPECTATORS ON THE SIDE.
AH, DEAR ONE, CHRIST WANTS YOU TO BE A SOLDIER FOR HIM.
PRAY THAT GOD WILL FILL YOU WITH INTENSITY
TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN, TO BECOME INVOLVED,
TO GET OUT OF THE BLEACHERS AND ONTO THE FIELD
AND BECOME A PARTICIPANT IN THE GREATEST STRUGGLE
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD -A STRUGGLE FOR GOODNESS,
A STRUGGLE FOR GODLINESS, A STRUGGLE OF CHRIST
AGAINST SATAN. THAT IS THE BATTLE WE ARE IN.
I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU WRITE ME ANY LETTERS YOU WANT ABOUT HOW THIS
SERMON DISPLEASED YOU, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS:
THAT THE LACK OF PASSIONATE INTENSITY
ON THE PART OF SO MANY IN THIS CONGREGATION
DISPLEASES ME VASTLY MORE.
MAY WE PRAY:
FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE MERCY UPON US.
O GOD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL TAKE THIS CONGREGATION
AND FILL THEM WITH YOUR SPIRIT,
FILL THEM WITH A PASSIONATE INTENSITY
FOR THE KINGDOM OF JESUS CHRIST, FOR THE WINNING OF SOULS
AND THE UP BUILDING OF THIS NATION
AND THIS WORLD ACCORDING TO YOUR TEACHINGS.
O GOD, DELIVER US FROM OUR CRAVEN SILENCE.
MAKE US SOLDIERS OF CHRIST.
DELIVER US FROM BEING LUKEWARM, LEST THOU
SPEWEST US OUT OF THY MOUTH.
I PRAY IT IN THY NAME, O CHRIST,
AMEN.
PERHAPS YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH MUCH OF
WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT OUR NATION BUT YOU DON'T
KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
YOU CAN KNOW HIM AND THE ABUNDANT LIFE HE CAME TO GIVE.
YOU SEE, JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS AND ROSE
AGAIN TO PAY FOR OUR SINS AND PURCHASE A PLACE FOR
US IN HEAVEN WHICH HE OFFERS NOW AS AN ABSOLUTELY FREE GIFT.
AND WE RECEIVE THIS GIFT BY FAITH WHEN WE TRANSFER
OUR TRUST FROM OUR OWN EFFORTS TO GET TO HEAVEN
TO WHAT JESUS DID WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS FOR US.
IF THIS MAKES SENSE TO YOU AND YOU'RE READY TO TURN
YOUR LIFE OVER TO THE ONE WHO WANTS YOU TO
EXPERIENCE LIFE TO THE FULL, THEN I CAN LEAD US
IN A PRAYER AND YOU CAN TELL GOD WHAT IS ON YOUR HEART.
LET'S PRAY.
"LORD JESUS CHRIST, I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER AND I
ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS.
I KNOW THAT NOTHING I DO IN THIS LIFE CAN COMPARE
TO THE PRICE YOU PAID WHEN YOU DIED ON THAT
CROSS FOR MY SINS.
I RECEIVE THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE
AND THANK YOU FOR IT.
PLEASE COME INTO MY HEART, CLEANSE ME FROM MY SINS,
AND HELP ME TO GROW IN MY FAITH.
I PRAY ALL THIS IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME JESUS, AMEN."
I HOPE YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND IF YOU DID
WE HAVE SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU.
IT'S A BOOK WRITTEN BY DR. KENNEDY TO HELP NEW BELIEVERS.
IT'S CALLED BEGINNING AGAIN.
YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO READ AND STUDY THE BIBLE,
THERE'S EVEN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN TO HELP YOU GET STARTED.
YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO PRAY AND GROW IN YOUR NEW FOUND
FAITH AND MUCH MORE.
JUST WRITE OR CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER AND ASK FOR
BEGINNING AGAIN.
OR GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT TRUTHINACTION.ORG.
GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU DO!
AS YOU HEARD IN MY FATHER'S PASSIONATE MESSAGE,
YOU AND I HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AS CHRISTIANS.
THE CHURCH IS THE ONE AND ONLY INSTITUTION FOUNDED
BY JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, AND IT'S THE LAST,
BEST HOPE FOR AMERICA.
BUT IF WE ARE TO BE EFFECTIVE, IT WILL REQUIRE STRONG,
BIBLICALLY-INFORMED VOICES LIKE DR. KENNEDY'S WAS TO RISK
UNPOPULARITY AND HOSTILITY BY PROCLAIMING THE TRUTH
IN ALL ITS GLORY.
WE NEED LEADERS HEROES OF THE FAITH TO LEAD THE CHARGE.
WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 2007, WE WERE HONORED
TO HAVE HIS GOOD FRIEND AND FELLOW HERO OF THE FAITH,
JAMES DOBSON, DELIVER THE EULOGY AT HIS FUNERAL.
IT WAS A RIVETING MESSAGE THAT STILL ECHOES TODAY,
AS THE BATTLE FOR MARRIAGE AND FOR THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE CONTINUES.
DR. DOBSON ASKS EACH OF US: WHO NOW WILL ANSWER THE CALL?
WHAT I WILL MISS MOST FROM JIM KENNEDY IS HIS COURAGE,
HIS WILLINGNESS TO STAND FOR THE THINGS THAT HE BELIEVED.
HE NEVER LET CRITICISM BOTHER HIM AT ALL. HE READ IT,
HE PUT IT ASIDE IT WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HIS MESSAGE AT ALL.
HE SERVED THE LORD'S PURPOSE FOR 55 YEARS
FAITHFULLY, CONSISTENTLY WITH FIDELITY.
THERE WAS NO SCANDAL, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT
EMBARRASSED THE NAME OF CHRIST IN JIM KENNEDY'S MINISTRY.
I TALKED TO ANN ABOUT THIS TWO DAYS AGO, THAT JIM'S
MINISTRY BEGAN WITH A SPECIFIC CALL FROM THE LORD.
NOW WHEN I WAS A KID MINISTERS TALKED OFTEN
ABOUT THE CALL, THE CALL FROM THE LORD.
AND YOU DON'T HEAR THAT VERY MUCH ANYMORE; ITS
TAKES THE DIVINE ELEMENT OUT OF IT NOT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GOD DOES CALL PEOPLE.
I MEAN THAT'S BIBLICAL, IF YOU JUST LOOK THROUGH THE
SCRIPTURES WHAT DO YOU FIND?
YOU'VE GOT MOSES STANDING BEFORE THE BURNING BUSH AND THE VOICE
OF THE LORD IS CALLING HIM TO THE ASSIGNMENT THAT
HE WAS GIVING HIM.
AND DAVID WAS OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH HIS SHEEP WHEN
THE MESSAGE CAME THAT GOD HAD ANOINTED HIM, HAD
CALLED HIM TO BE A KING; IMAGINE WHAT A SHOCK THAT WAS.
AND JONAH WAS CALLED TO NINEVEH BUT HE JUMPED ON A
SHIP AND TRIED TO GET AWAY AND HAD A LITTLE ENCOUNTER
WITH THE WHALE AS A RESULT BUT HE WAS RUNNING FROM A
CALL WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
JIM, ANN TELLS ME, FOUGHT THE CALL FOR A YEAR.
AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DECISION THAT WAS.
THINK OF WHAT WAS AT STAKE.
HE COULD STILL BE GIVING DANCE LESSONS (LAUGHTER)
BUT GOD HAD SOMETHING BETTER FOR HIM.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
THE CHURCH TODAY AND ABOUT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
ARE OUT THERE, SOME OF THEM MAY BE HERE, SOME OF
THEM ARE UNDOUBTEDLY WATCHING ON TELEVISION
TODAY WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE CALL, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING
TO DO WHAT GOD HAS ASKED THEM TO DO; AND THERE HAS BEEN
THIS TENSION THERE.
WHO WILL ANSWER THE CALL?
GOD HAS ALWAYS ORDAINED MEN AND WOMEN TO FULFILL
HIS PURPOSES AND KNOW HE'LL DO IT AGAIN BUT THE
QUESTION IS WILL THE YOUNGER GENERATION HEED THE CALL?
WHO WILL DEFEND THE UNBORN CHILD?
WHO WILL SPEAK FOR THEM?
WHO WILL SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO ARE OLDER AND NO
LONGER PRODUCTIVE?
WHO WILL PLEAD FOR THE TERRY SCHIAVO'S OF THE
WORLD WHO CAN BE STARVED TO DEATH LEGALLY FOR
HAVING THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING DISABLED?
WHO'S GOT THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP?
WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE INSTITUTION OF
MARRIAGE WHICH IS ON THE ROPES TODAY?
WHO WILL TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE THE DANGERS OF BOTH
HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL PROMISCUITY?
ANYBODY HAVE THE COURAGE TO TALK ABOUT THAT?
WHO IN THE NEXT GENERATION WILL BE WILLING TO TAKE
THE HEAT WHEN IT IS SO MUCH SAFER AND MORE
COMFORTABLE TO AVOID THE CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS?
WHO'S GOING TO DEFEND TRADITIONAL MORALITY IN A
CULTURE THAT'S SLIDING INTO MORAL DECLINE?
WHO WILL CALL SIN BY ITS NAME AND LEAD A NATION TO
REPENTANCE AND HOLINESS?
SOME MINISTERS TODAY AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE
DISRESPECTFUL BUT THEY'RE MORE INCLINED TO EDIT THE
WORD OF GOD AND TO BOAST ABOUT QUOTE NOT BEING
POLITICAL, THAT CHARGE WAS MADE AGAINST JIM KENNEDY
MANY, MANY TIMES WHEN IT WASN'T POLITICS HE CARED
ABOUT, IT WAS MORALITY, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THEY SOMETIMES BOAST THAT THEY'RE NOT POLITICAL AND
YET THEY MEAN THAT THEY AREN'T WILLING TO BE
VILIFIED AND DISPARAGED FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
I PRAY THAT THE LORD WILL ANOINT ANOTHER GENERATION
OF JIM KENNEDY'S, COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL NEVER WAIVER
ONE INCH IN THE DEFENSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THESE NEW LEADERS
EMERGE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND THAT THE MANTLE
HANDED DOWN FROM MY RESPECTED AND LOVED FRIEND
WILL BE TAKEN UP BY THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO DIE IF
NECESSARY TO DEFEND BIBLICAL TRUTH.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL HERITAGE IN THE CHRISTIAN
FAITH OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO DID JUST THAT SUCH AS
WILBERFORCE AND BONHEOFFER AND CALVIN AND WESLEY AND
THE OTHER GREAT LEADERS OF THE CHURCH WHO IMPACTED
THEIR TIMES FOR CHRIST AGAINST HEAVY OPPOSITION.
WE LOST ONE OF THE BEST OF THESE MEN OF FAITH LAST WEEK.
MAY GOD HELP THE YOUNGER GENERATION CARRY ON THE
WORK THAT DR. JIM KENNEDY DID SO ABLY FOR MORE THAN
HALF A CENTURY.
AND I PRAY THAT THE GOSPEL WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER
IN THEIR HANDS.
AS WE LOOK FOR THE NEW GENERATION WHO WILL ANSWER
DR. DOBSON'S FORCEFUL CALL, I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE FAITHFUL
AND COURAGEOUS WORK OF MY FATHER OVER THE DECADES.
I SAW FIRSTHAND THAT IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY FOR HIM.
THERE WERE MANY WHO OPPOSED HIM, AND HE WAS
OFTEN VERBALLY ATTACKED.
BUT HE CRAVED THE PRAISE OF GOD MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF MEN.
I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXAMPLE HE SET
FOR ME AND FOR MILLIONS OF OTHERS.
AND WHAT AN EXAMPLE HE WAS.
IN DR. KENNEDY'S LIFE, HE WENT FROM AN UNBELIEVING
DANCE INSTRUCTOR TO THE MOST-LISTENED-TO
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
HIS STORY IS AN AMAZING ONE, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO
OFFER YOU PERHAPS THE MOST VIVID PORTRAIT OF HIS LIFE
THAT WE HAVE YET SEEN. IT'S THE BOOK:
THE TRUTH THAT TRANSFORMED ME: THE LIFE OF D. JAMES KENNEDY
BY MARY LOU DAVIS, AND WE'RE OFFERING IT THIS MONTH FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME WHEN YOU GIVE A GENEROUS GIFT TOWARD THE
ONGOING WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT: OR CALL TOLL FREE:
OR GO ONLINE TO:
THIS HARDCOVER BOOK IS A COMPELLING, COMPREHENSIVE
ACCOUNT OF DR. KENNEDY'S LIFE STORY, AND IT READS
LIKE A VIVID NOVEL!
YOU'LL DISCOVER THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT
DR. KENNEDY, AND YOU'LL BE ENCOURAGED AND EMBOLDENED
IN YOUR OWN LIFE AND WITNESS.
JIM KENNEDY WENT FROM AN UNBELIEVER AS A YOUNG MAN
TO THE FOUNDER OF EVANGELISM EXPLOSION INTERNATIONAL,
WHICH NOW BRINGS THE GOSPEL TO LITERALLY EVERY NATION ON EARTH.
HE FOUNDED A SEMINARY, AN ENORMOUS TELEVISION AND
RADIO MINISTRY, AND THE CORAL RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
OH, HOW WE NEED GOD TO RAISE UP MORE LEADERS LIKE THIS TODAY!
WHO KNOWS HOW THE LORD MIGHT USE THIS BOOK IN
YOUR LIFE, OR IN THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW?
DISCOVER HOW THE LORD TURNED THE COURSE OF JIM
KENNEDY'S LIFE, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
VOICES IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD FOR THE LORDSHIP OF
CHRIST OVER EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
WE'LL SEND YOU YOUR COPY OF:
THE TRUTH THAT TRANSFORMED ME: THE LIFE OF D. JAMES KENNEDY
BY MARY LOU DAVIS AS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR
GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
AGAIN, SIMPLY WRITE TO US AT: OR CALL TOLL FREE:
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PERHAPS YOU CAN GIVE A GIFT OF $30. OR $50, OR
MAYBE EVEN $100 OR MORE.
EVERY GIFT HELPS US TO CONTINUE THE WORK MY FATHER BEGAN.
YOU'LL WANT YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO READ
THIS BOOK, AND YOU'LL WANT IT TO BE A PERMANENT PART
OF YOUR OWN RESOURCE LIBRARY, SO PLEASE CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU DO.
AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA.
A VIDEO OF TODAY'S PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE ON DVD FOR YOUR GIFT
TO THIS MINISTRY OF ANY AMOUNT.
SO PLEASE, CALL, WRITE OR LOG ON TO OUR WEB SITE TODAY.
NEXT WEEK ON KENNEDY CLASSICS
NO MAN HAS EVER BEEN MORE FAMOUS FOR WHAT HE DIDN'T DO
THAN PATRICK.
AS SOON AS I WAS NAMED, EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED,
THE BATTLE STARTED.
DR. MOHLER'S COMMITMENT TO REFORMING THIS SEMINARY
IGNITED A FIRE STORM OF PROTESTS AMONG
STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OF TRUTH IN ACTION MINISTRIES.