Larry Tomczak
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Handling With Humility the 5 Most Difficult Suicide-Related Situations
In nearly all suicide cases, there is far more than one victim. Family and close friends are left with an unrelenting pain the deceased no longer can feel. Discussing death-related questions to give clear, compassionate and reasonable explanations usually leaves pastors groping for answers and should leave us more humble and dependent on God. If …
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Ashamed About Masturbation No More: The ABCs to Victory
Part 2 is the best way to launch this commentary. It is a definite response to those who appealed for help after my recent article, “‘I’m Ashamed to Admit I Have a Problem With Masturbation.'” One person expressed it this way: “I appeal for part 2. This area is epidemic-especially among men. Please don’t leave …
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‘I’m Ashamed to Admit I Have a Problem With Masturbation’
“Was Jesus ever tempted sexually?” This question was sheepishly and confidentially asked by a young man who took one of Christendom’s premier preachers aside at a conference. Ern Baxter—whose sermon “Thy Kingdom Come” is the best message I have heard in my 45 years as a Christian—often shared the story. He knew that as we …
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Could These 5 Final Words Be Your Deathbed Declaration?
One of baseball’s greatest hitters of all time died recently at the age of 54. Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn hit over .300 for 19 consecutive seasons, something only the legendary Ty Cobb accomplished. Before passing away, he recorded a video message appealing for baseball players not to follow his example with smokeless tobacco, which …
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If Your Child Told You ‘I’m Gay,’ What Would You Do?
Thirty-five years ago at an outdoor Christian festival, I made an erroneous statement for which I was sued for $19.5 million dollars. Thank God the case was settled. The nightmare revolved around the mistaken notion that the author of a pop psychology book was dead. The book was called, I’m OK – You’re OK. That …
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God Is Angry—Are You?
Someone once asked, “We know it’s a sin to be angry about things that God isn’t angry about, yet is it a sin not to be angry about things that God is angry about?” We don’t hear many sermons on the anger of God because He is “slow to anger,” but it is real. The …
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President Obama, Are You Really a Christian?
Mr. President, I thank you for this opportunity to share the following with you. After graduating from Cleveland State University, where I was privileged to serve as the president of our student body, I was selected for a post at the AFL-CIO headquarters across the street from the White House, your home. One day …
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25 Compelling Reasons to Avoid the Seduction of Adultery
It seems not a week goes by where we don’t read the account of some high-profile pastor, politician, celebrity or local leader who has succumbed to the seduction of adultery. Add to this the reports that flow in the office, on the campus or in our neighborhoods, and it makes you just shake your head …
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No-Spin Appeal to Bill O’Reilly on ‘Killing Jesus’
Hey, Bill! You’re my main man when it comes to getting excellent news analysis. Your No. 1 cable-rated news show for 13 years running continues running in our home. Reading your books and listening to you over the decade has convinced me that we are joined at the hip. The similarities in our Catholic upbringing, our …
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10 Tips for How to Live Successfully
As a Beatle, Paul McCartney wrote and sang “When I’m 64.” It appeared on what many believe is one of the greatest and most creative albums of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Today Sir Paul is 71 years of age. Don’t wince, but rather identify with one of the closing lines from his …
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Is Unity the Missing Ingredient for the Next Great Awakening?
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. … For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life forevermore” (Ps. 133:1, 3). In more than 40 years of ministry, I have had the privilege of being a part of two genuine awakenings/revivals/moves of God. In the ’70s, amid the Jesus Movement and Charismatic …
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Avoiding Raunchy Movies Doesn’t Make You Legalistic
Recently my wife and I attended a decent movie when we had an encounter with a Christian woman in the lobby. Making conversation, I inquired what film she was seeing and had to conceal my cringe when she told me the title of the flick. “Are you aware of the content?” I gently inquired, as …
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The Spirit of Tolerance, Post-Christian America and the Laodicean Church
This month, the youth-oriented Relevant magazine, published by Cameron Strang, ran an article on the topic of post-Christian America. Quoting a Barna Group study, the article cited that in America, seven of 10 people describe themselves as Christian. Yet consider the following statistics cited: 57 percent have not read the Bible in the last week 41 percent agree …
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Are You Being Prophetic or Just Professional?
Six years ago, I turned over my Atlanta church to my son. Six weeks ago, I transitioned from my staff position in our Nashville church to go full-time in serving the wider body of Christ. At the 41-year-mark in ministry, God called me to say farewell to salary, pension and security guarantees. It’s scary, but …
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Is America Destined to Become Like Sodom and Gomorrah?
“They parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it” (Is. 3:9, NIV). “They not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them” (Rom. 1:32). The above passages describe times where there was great moral decline in the land. Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the …
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