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God’s Answer to Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex

God’s Answer to Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex

Pastor Jack addresses biblical attitudes toward sex and sexual standards in this frank family conference from 1976. He carefully balances God's absolute call to sexual purity with the gospel's powerful message of grace and forgiveness for those who have failed sexually. Drawing from both Old and New Testament passages, Pastor Jack upholds the biblical standard of chastity before marriage and faithfulness within it, while offering hope and cleansing through Christ's blood for anyone bound by guilt or past failure.
How to Draw Near to God

How to Draw Near to God

Pastor Jack teaches on seven biblical principles for drawing near to God, using James 4:1-10 as his anchor passage. Against the backdrop of life's struggles?striving, unanswered prayer, and worldliness?he explores practical ways to experience intimacy with God. Pastor Jack emphasizes that these aren't sequential steps but different means of approach, including praise and thanksgiving, earnest request, cleansing through the blood of Christ, and quietness of soul, reminding listeners that when we draw near to God, He promises to draw near to us.
The Beginning of the Matzo

The Beginning of the Matzo

Pastor Jack teaches on the Feast of Unleavened Bread from Exodus 12, drawing powerful parallels to the believer's life in Christ. He explains how Jesus embodies the unleavened bread?sinless flesh without the "leaven" of sin?and how partaking of His life through communion brings freedom from bondage and transformation from within. Pastor Jack emphasizes that victory comes not through human effort, but by feeding on Jesus and letting His life flush out sin, making it impossible to remain a contented sinner.
Spiritual Anatomy

Spiritual Anatomy

Pastor Jack teaches on the spiritual significance of our physical bodies, drawing from 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and Romans 12:1. He challenges the false dichotomy between spiritual and physical life, emphasizing that God created, redeemed, and wants to fill our bodies with His Holy Spirit. Pastor Jack calls believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices and to recognize that wherever they go, the Holy Spirit can work powerfully through their physical presence to impact the world.
Obstacles to Confidence in Prayer

Obstacles to Confidence in Prayer

Pastor Jack teaches on the obstacles that hinder effective prayer, drawing from Matthew 18 and James 4. He identifies three major hindrances? struggling, selfishness, and secret sin? contrasting them with three certainties of prayer: authority, agreement, and asking. Pastor Jack emphasizes that God calls believers to move from striving and worry to a posture of meekness and dependence, bringing even their emotional struggles honestly before the Lord.