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Erwin W. Lutzer (born October 3, 1941) is an evangelical Christian pastor, teacher and author. He is currently the senior pastor of Moody Church, in Chicago, Illinois. The church and its ministries have grown significantly under his leadership, leading to the construction of a new Christian Life Center to complement the existing 75-year-old building.
Dr. Lutzer is the speaker on three radio broadcasts: "Songs in the Night," "Running to Win" and "The Moody Church Hour." These broadcasts are heard on radio stations across the United States and across the world through the Internet. Sunday morning services at the church are streamed live, worldwide, through the church's website. Lutzer speaks internationally at churches, conferences and retreats.
Dr. Lutzer has authored more than 30 books
 Despite its foundational Christian heritage, America is rapidly degenerating into a godless society. The church in America, although highly visible and active, appears powerless to redirect the rushing secular currents. Mired in a moral and spiritual crisis, America's only hope is a national revival, like God has graciously bestowed in the past. Topics: America
Source: America's Spiritual Crisis, Revival Commentary, v. 1, n. 2, p. 12. | | To make sure our convictions, views, and assumptions about our Creator stay based on biblical truth and not on popular consensus, we must continually check what we believe against the Scriptures. Topics: Believing, Scripture | | Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations. Topics: Christianity | | Someone has said that the marks of a strong church are wet eyes, bent knees, and a broken heart. We'll never be powerful until we let God be God and jealously guard His honor. Topics: Church
Source: Pastor to Pastor, Kregel, 1998, p. 99. | | At death we cross from one territory to another, but we'll have no trouble with visas. Our representative is already there, preparing for our arrival. As citizens of heaven, our entrance is incontestable. Topics: Death, Heaven | | Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today) do not realize that the church has always been an island of righteousness in a sea of paganism, but as a result they turned the world upside-down. Topics: Evangelism, Righteousness | |
| | Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care. Topics: Forgiveness, Confession | | Those who give much without sacrifice are reckoned as having given little. Topics: Giving, Sacrifice
Source: Men of Integrity, v. 1, n. 2. | | God's call is an inner conviction given by the Holy Spirit and confirmed by the Word of God and the body of Christ. Topics: Holy Spirit, Conviction
Source: Pastor to Pastor, Kregel, 1998, p. 11. | | The man who commits immorality does so because he thinks it will maximize pleasure if he can minimize the pain by keeping it secret. Topics: Immorality | | Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator. Topics: Religion, Idolatry | | Don't ever think that there are many ways to the Divine. Jesus is the one qualified mediator, the only qualified sacrifice, and the only qualified savior. Topics: Religion, Jesus |
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