Telling the Truth

Have you ever wondered why stars only come out at night? Don't wonder anymore! God wants you to shine especially brightly. Esther was about to shine. She had a problem, and you do when you're married to an unbeliever. God divides the light from the darkness; He hangs the stars in the sky, and it's sort of all dark up there.

Here was God himself walking around in a Jewish body, the God who had made those rules, that had made those statements, that had told us what He thought about stepping outside, for example into adultery, facing an adulteress, literally face to face with an adulteress. What did He do? How did He react? What did He say?

Have you ever met somebody who has lived in a palace, and the husband decided he'd like somebody else, swapped her for a younger model or a more beautiful model, or whatever reason, or whatever case? Have you ever seen that lady who is used to living in a beautiful home, leave, no rights, no recourse, never to see the king's face again. Yes, we can bring this story right down to where we are! Terrible suffering that was going on, and of course, all of us have got counsellors around like Memucan's too.

How does God reach out of our lives into the lives of others? Esther, the woman in the unbelieving environment, the woman in the world. Esther, herself, is a great example of somebody thrust by circumstances into a situation of her day and age into a situation where she really didn't have much option. She had to either state who she was, and whom she served, and reach out and become that 'stream of light' into the darkness.

Do you ever wonder where you fit into God’s big plans? Today on Telling the Truth, Stuart Briscoe helps you see how every single believer is called to be part of what God is doing in the world. In fact, that is what it means to be the church.

If the church isn’t somewhere we GO but something we ARE, it’s critical that we understand what that’s supposed to look like. Today, Stuart Briscoe explores what Christ calls the church to be… and what part you have to play in making that vision a reality.

What’s the purpose of the church and how is it meant to impact your life? Find out in today’s message from Stuart Briscoe.

Is the gathering that is church critically important to you? It should be. Stuart Briscoe shows us the role church should play in our lives and society and how to put it in its rightful place.

Today on Telling the Truth, Stuart Briscoe shares about the early days of the church and the impact of when the Holy Spirit came. It changed the world forever. What can we learn from the church’s beginning?

Church is something we are. It’s not just a building. It’s you and the people around you working together for God. On today’s Telling the Truth, Stuart Briscoe talks about the church as a community of the called.