Gospel Light Minute X with Daniel Whyte III

Things That Must be Believed (Part 4)

He is an NFL football player who plays inside linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers. After a 10-year drought, he is partly responsible for helping his team reach the playoffs this season. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers, in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Mississippi. During his senior season at Ole Miss, he was awarded the Butkus Award and the Jack Lambert Award as the nation’s top linebacker. A year later as a member of the 49ers, he led the NFL in tackles, earned First Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors while being named the 2007 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. He has earned Pro Bowl and All-Pro honors in all five years he has played in the NFL. He is the only player to receive the Butkus Award for best linebacker in more than one category. He is regarded by many as the best inside linebacker in professional football. He says of his faith, "My grandmother was a big influence on my life. Through her, I learned about having a relationship with Jesus Christ. My grandmother always told us about faith and always put us in church." When he joined the San Francisco team five seasons ago, they were a losing team. But he never doubted that's where God wanted him to play. He recalls the prayer he prayed just before the NFL draft, he said, "Lord, you know I don't know where I'm going to go. I've done everything I could possibly do to put myself in the best situation. Wherever you bless me to go, that's where I'm going to play the best football I can possibly play. Whatever happens on this day, it's your will." He goes further to say, "No matter the outcome of a game, my No.1 goal is to glorify God. I always pray, Lord, I don't know what today's game is going to be like, but I pray that you bless me to go out here and play for you. Be a soldier for your army, go out here and lead this team the way you want me to lead it." His name is Patrick Willis.

Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message #39 Today, we will take a look at the next two essentials that we are discussing in this series and what they mean to the Christian faith. - The verbal inspiration of the Bible - Salvation for lost mankind is only by God's grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ who died on the cross, was buried, and rose again for our sins + Plus, listen to Deitrick Haddon singing "Well Done" and "Sinner's Prayer"

When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was living, and even after he died, some people tried to discredit him by suggesting that Dr. King was not a true minister of the Gospel, and even that he did not have a genuine relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, but that he was just a mere social worker. However, from direct quotations from his lips, it seems as though he knew the KING of kings--Jesus Christ. Dr. King said: From his personal testimony--In 1934, when a guest minister at Ebenezer made a strong pitch for the salvation of young souls, Martin Luther King, Jr. watched his sister rise to make the first profession of faith. Impulsively, as he later confessed, "I decided that I would not let her get ahead of me, so I was the next. "Dr. King also said: "Bound by the chains of his own sin and finiteness, man needs a Saviour (Jesus Christ). Man cannot save himself, for man is not the measure of all things and humanity is not God." "Only through an inner spiritual transformation do we gain the strength to fight victoriously the evils of the world in a humble and loving spirit." "We cannot be truly Christian people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule." "The church today is challenged to proclaim God's Son, Jesus Christ, to be the hope of men in all of their complex personal and social problems." Dr. King made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. The question now, is, have you? + Plus, listen to Christ Tomlin and Lecrae singing "Our God"

Patrick Willis: My #1 Goal is to Glorify God (Gospel Light Minute #34)

Things That Must be Believed (Part 3)

GLMX #72: What Dr. King Said About the KING of Kings

Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message #38 Today, we will take a look at the next two essentials that we are discussing in this series and what they mean to the Christian faith. - The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ - The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead + Plus, listen to John P. Kee and The New Life Community Choir as they sing "We Walk by Faith" and Britt Nicole singing "Walk on Water"

He is a New York Times bestselling author many times over. He is also an attorney. He is best known for his popular legal thrillers such as "A Time to Kill". He began writing in 1984, and had his first novel "A Time To Kill" published in June 1989. As of 2008, his books have sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and he is one of only three authors to sell two million copies on a first printing. His first best seller was "The Firm". Released in 1991, it sold more than seven million copies. The book was later adapted into a feature film. Seven of his other novels have been adapted into films as well, including: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, Skipping Christmas, The Rainmaker, and The Runaway Jury. His books have been translated into 29 languages and published worldwide. He and his wife teach Sunday School at First Baptist Church of Oxford. He says of the millions that he makes from his writing, "I used to ask God all the time, why me? I don't know why it happened to me. God has a purpose for it. We are able to contribute an awful lot of money to his work, and maybe that's why...Both my wife and I have middle-class backgrounds and we’ve struggled with the overnight financial rewards of being a best-selling author. We give a lot of money to churches, missions, charities." He not only shares his wealth but he also shares his time by taking missions trips and putting his physical back to work along with his financial backing. The missions trips help him remain aware of how much he has and how little some other people have on which to survive each day. He tells of his salvation experience, "I was eight years old. We lived in Arkansas at the time. Back then, my father often worked seven days a week. My mother had us bathed and scrubbed and in church every Sunday. She's a devout Christian. I came under conviction when I was in the third grade, and I talked with my mother. I told her, 'I don't understand this, but I need to talk to you.' We talked, and she led me to Jesus. The following Sunday I made a public confirmation of my faith. In one sense, it was not terribly eventful for an eight-year-old, but it was the most important event in my life. It did not readily change me, but it was very real nonetheless." His name is John Grisham.

People said that Christopher Columbus would sail off the edge of the earth, but in 1492 he discovered America. People laughed at the Wright brothers' attempts to create a flying machine, but in 1903 they flew the first airplane. Albert Einstein's teachers failed him in school, but he went on to be the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. Musicians and critics booed the music of Richard Wagner, but his compositions transformed the music world. Westinghouse was called a fool for daring to stop a train with wind, but today his airbrakes are used the world over. People called Abraham Lincoln a country bumpkin, but he went on to become one of our most respected presidents. We smile at the crowd's failure to appreciate something new or different. But being wrong can be a serious problem when it comes to our relationship to God. Too much is at stake.

Things That Must be Believed (Part 2)

John Grisham: Accepting Jesus Christ Was 'the Most Important Event in My Life' (Gospel Light Minute #33)

GLMX #71: Will You Follow the Crowd or Will You Follow Christ?

Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message #37 Today, at the beginning of this new year, we are beginning a new series titled "The Essentials of the Faith -- Things That Must be Believed". In this four part series, we will look at the key doctrines of the Christian faith and why they are essential to Christianity. These are things that you cannot deny and still have Christianity. Let me illustrate. Everything in a car is not essential for the operation of that vehicle. For instance, the spare tire is not essential. I can drive my car without a spare tire. The radio and CD player is not essential. I enjoy them, but I can drive my car without the radio or the CD player. The air-conditioner is not essential. I can operate the car without the air-conditioner. But wait a minute! The motor is essential! If you take the motor out, you may as well have a kiddie car, or a tricycle, or a skateboard. When you remove the motor, you've done away with the thing that makes the car operate. The motor is absolutely essential. You can't throw the motor out and still have an automobile that works. Gasoline is essential. You can't operate the car without gasoline; it won't run without it. The battery is essential. If you take the battery out, the motor is dead. Likewise, in Christianity, there are essential that we cannot deny and still have Christianity. These essentials are: 1. The virgin birth of Jesus Christ 2. The deity of Jesus Christ 3. The substitutionary death of Jesus Christ 4. The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 5. That salvation comes only by faith in Jesus Christ 6. The verbal inspiration of the Bible 7. The second coming of Jesus Christ Today, we will take a look at two of these essentials and what they mean to the Christian faith. + Plus, listen to Donnie McClurkin singing "Great I Am" and Nicole Mullen singing "Call on Jesus".

He is the quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He was drafted as the first overall pick by the Panthers in the 2011 NFL Draft, becoming the third player to win the Heisman Trophy, a national championship, and be the first overall pick in the NFL draft all in the same one-year span. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers. He became just the third player in major college football history to both rush and pass for 20 or more touchdowns in a single season. His performance earned him the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding college football player, and he led Auburn to their second national championship in school history. In his NFL debut, he became the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for 400 yards in his NFL regular-season opener, breaking Peyton Manning's rookie record. He stood tall on and off the field in victory, after overcoming hurdles during the regular season that included an NCAA investigation. After winning the national championship in college football, he was quick to offer praise to God. “It’s just a God thing,” he told a crush of reporters as he stood on the field. “I thank God every single day. I’m just His instrument and He’s using me on a consistent basis daily.” In his remarks after the game, he continued to marvel at the ways God is using him. “He’s using me to extend his Word and I’m a prime example of how God could turn something that was bad into something that was very great.” "If God is with me who can be against me." His name is Cam Newton.