We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous, and an advocate as a lawyer.

Dr. Tony Evans talks about the courtroom of the kingdom.

God operates His kingdom up legally.

And the goal of this legal program is to institute God's plan.

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.

Well, before we get started with today's lesson, we have a little family news we'd like to share with you.

Yesterday was Dr. Evans' 74th birthday.

And as a part of that, he made an exciting announcement that he'd like our entire listening family to hear.

Hello, family. This is Dr. Tony Evans with the Urban Alternative.

And I have some exciting news for you.

In this new season of life, God has graciously granted me a new partner to walk with me in the ministry and calling that God has given me.

As you all know, I lost my precious wife of 49 and a half years.

Lois Evans in December of 2019.

And without her, none of my life ministry locally and nationally would exist.

We certainly can't control what God decides to do and when He decides to do it.

But I am very grateful and will always be grateful for the history and legacy that Lois Evans has given me.

My family, my church and this ministry.

But what God did in this new season was bring someone across my path, a widow, who actually her husband had trained under me.

And they have been part of the Urban Alternative Conferences.

A few days before my wife's funeral where they were planning to come and be part of the funeral, he died of an unexpected heart attack and went home to be with the Lord that led to a series of events that brought us together.

Her name is Carla Crummy. Her husband was Robert Crummy, a pastor in Atlanta and the president of the college I grew, the college I graduated from, Carver Bible College.

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