There has not yet been made the correlation between our social starvation and the spiritual

departure from God that has infected our culture.

Dr. Tony Evans says we poison the pot when we add worldly ingredients to the Lord's recipe

for our lives and our society.

And until the cause is addressed, the cure cannot be experienced.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oakcliffe

Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.

It sounds reasonable to say that we'll take a good idea wherever we can find it.

But today, Dr. Evans will talk about the disaster that results when we don't take time to consider

the source.

Let's join him as he takes us to 2 Kings 4 for today's lesson.

A pastor went to visit one of his parishioners, a very elderly lady, and he just wanted to minister

to her in this final season of life.

She welcomed them in and had them sit in the living room.

They began this chat.

Situated before him on a little table was a bowl of peanuts.

He asked his host, these peanuts sure look good.

Would you mind if I had some?

Oh, she said, absolutely not.

Feel free.

And so as they talk, he would pick up a peanut or two here or a peanut or two there.

And after he'd been there for 30 or 40 minutes, he noted that he had eaten virtually all the

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