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Challenging the Culture with Truth
Larry Kutzler

The New Year

I love the start of a new year. It helps me do a reset in all areas of my life. More exercise, better eating habits, building deeper...

What is God Doing in Our Neighborhood?

My small group leader asked this question a few weeks ago, “What do you think God is doing in our neighborhood?” My mind went blank for a...

A Rock Concert Followed by a TED Talk

Recently, I did a podcast with a man who was rather critical of the modern church service. He said our modern worship services are like a...

When You Don’t Understand, Will You Still Have Faith?

There are many things in life that I don’t understand. I don’t understand SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), this seems such an...

Our Blindness to Honor

Blindness: lack of perception, awareness, or judgment; ignorance Honor: high respect; great esteem I have a friend who thinks most...

Cultural Christianity

2 Timothy 3:5 They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! Is...

When God is Redefined

Definitions are very important when we study theology. For example, when we talk about the Trinity, we are talking one God but three...

The Field

John 4:35 You know the saying, ‘Four months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already...

When Abuse is Ignored

Abuse can happen to a person at any age, and when it happens most victims are not aware that it is happening. For example, I have heard...

The Seven Churches

We know that Jesus does speak to us today and it is always the Holy Spirit reminding us of what the Word says. Every time we read the...

Excuses

We all have them. We use them all the time, and most of the time they become a habit in releasing us from responsibility. Excuses do not...

My Wife … The Other Side of Me

In the church today, gender remains one of the struggles many churches have concerning women doing ministry. In more conservative...

The Altar

When I was first becoming a Christian, I was taught by mature Christians about the altar. The word means a place of sacrifice where...

Fear

Since the pandemic, we have seen how fear has gripped people. Fear was the great motivator for us to comply with all the demands we were...

Self-Awareness

I love the term self-awareness because it makes me accountable for who and what I am. Behavior is the one self-awareness metric that can...

When God Becomes More

Ephesians 3:20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might...

There is No In Between

I am disturbed today, so I must tell you that up front because it will affect what I am about to say. I was told as a young Christian,...

We Are All Toxic

A friend of mine and I have been processing family accusations that accuse parents of being toxic. It’s a huge topic today because...

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

You have heard it said that you can’t do much about yesterday, nor can you do much about tomorrow, so all you have is today … today is...

The Trial is for Endurance

Too often, I hear myself whine about something I am facing in my life. Usually, it has to do with tensions or differences with people and...