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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 315 - America’s Disastrous Search for a More Inclusive Deity

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Prolife, Religion, Creation, Evangelism, Salvation, Jesus, Christianity, Faith, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Gospel, Apologetics, Theology, Witnessing

52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ray, Mark, and Oscar are joined by Erwin Lutzer, former pastor at Moody Church in Chicago, to discuss his latest book. Erwin begins by reflecting on changes in church and culture, noting how society’s view of God has shifted. He wrote this book because many today neglect the God of the Old Testament, embracing a customized, sin-friendly version of God. Erwin emphasizes that God’s truth, morality, and law are unchanging and necessary for salvation.Erwin warns against creating a self-made god, ...

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You know, for those who are watching again, and you are possibly thinking about other religions,

0:06.0

many years ago, there was a Parliament of World Religions in Chicago, 5,000 delegates meeting in the Palmer House to discuss,

0:16.0

can we unify the religions of the world?

0:19.0

I attended every day. I hobnobbed with people from different

0:23.0

cultures and different backgrounds. But I went where all of the literature was. And I went looking

0:30.6

for a sinless savior. I remember the first ones I went to, if I remember correctly, are the Buddhists.

0:36.7

And I said, you know,

0:45.9

I'm a sinner and I need a sinless savior to save me. Do you have one? No. I went to Islam. No.

0:52.2

You know, Muhammad was our prophet, but he never claimed sinlessness. I went to Baha'i.

0:57.1

To everyone who's listening, they need to understand that there's only one person who is qualified to be called a savior to save us from our sins. This is not a social

1:06.8

justice, Jesus, though Jesus did many good things, but he's not the Jesus a popular culture.

1:13.6

And when we see him in the book of Revelation and he returns as judge, it is terrifying.

1:20.6

So what you have said is so critical for people to understand is that we have different conceptions of God,

1:29.2

but we always have to go back to the Bible for what the Bible reveals about God.

1:40.4

Ray, you're known for a lot of things, but one thing you've probably never been called

1:44.8

as a professional. Would you like to describe what you were just doing over here with my water

1:49.7

bottle? Yeah, I was trying to put water in your cup and it spilled a little bit. Why did it

1:53.8

spill? Because you were holding your hand over the top. And in spite of me saying, no, thank you.

1:59.2

He continued to pour it. Just all over the place.

2:01.3

Well, he did the same over here and he spilt it everywhere over here.

2:03.3

But I cleaned it up.

2:04.2

That's the sign of a professional.

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