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“There are pastors who will tackle hard topics with bluntness and no warmth. There are pastors who are warm but avoid hard topics entirely. You are in a rare category: you tackle the hardest possible”
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In the final message of the 'Asking for a Friend' series, Pastor Craig Groeschel tackles some of the most personal and controversial questions submitted by thousands of Life Church members, grounding each answer in Scripture rather than popular opinion. He affirms the sanctity of life in the womb, offers grace to those carrying regret over past sexual sin or abortion, and explains why the church prioritizes biblical teaching over political commentary. The message closes with three practical questions to help believers discern God's voice: does it align with God's word, does wise counsel confirm it, and does it make you more like Jesus.
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“There are pastors who will tackle hard topics with bluntness and no warmth. There are pastors who are warm but avoid hard topics entirely. You are in a rare category: you tackle the hardest possible”
Read the full insights report →Six sermon moments, automatically clipped, subtitled, and sized for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts.
Unlock with your sermon →“The pastor described it simply: the more you know God's word, the more you become like Jesus, and the more you're around wise people, the more you'll recognize his voice. That's not a complicated formula. It's just a life lived close to him.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional →“A Note to Facilitators: This week's sermon covered several sensitive topics, marijuana and alcohol, abortion, sexual past, and hearing God's voice. People in your group may carry personal experiences related to any of these areas.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“What does Pastor Craig say is the 'question underneath all the questions' throughout the entire 'Asking for a Friend' series?”
Take the sermon quiz →“This session explores the unifying question beneath a wide range of difficult topics, who or what gets the final word in our lives? The sermon moved through questions about substance use, abortion, sexual past,”
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Unlock with your sermon →“The sermon does not exposit a single passage but employs a topical-biblical methodology, moving from question to question while anchoring each answer in specific scriptural texts.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“Some questions are easy to avoid. Others follow you home, sit with you at the kitchen table, and keep you up at night. Over the past four weeks, you submitted more than 4,000 of those”
Read the pastor's blog post →“Every question, about marijuana, abortion, sexual past, hearing God, was really asking the same thing: Who gets the final word in your life? Is it your desires? Your fears? What culture says? What feels right in the moment? Or is it God?”
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Unlock with your sermon →“Now, let's slow this one down before I answer the question. Some people say, 'Well, this is a political issue.' This is not just political. This is spiritual.”
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Unlock with your sermon →The Bible doesn't mention marijuana directly, but calls believers to be sober-minded and filled only by the Holy Spirit. Since recreational marijuana is typically used to alter your mind and thinking, it conflicts with the biblical call to self-control and honoring God with your body and mind.
Yes. 1 John 1:9 promises that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Romans 8 adds that there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. You may carry grief, but you don't have to live in condemnation.
Ask three questions: Does it align with God's Word? God won't lead you to do something Scripture forbids. Does wise, godly counsel confirm it? And does it make you more like Jesus? If a thought passes all three tests, it is more likely to be God's guidance rather than your own wishes.
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