Dr. Tony Evans highlights the concept of embracing challenges and weaknesses for spiritual growth. Join him as he explains that just as a peanut's shell needs to be cracked for the nut to be enjoyed or a butterfly breaks free from its cocoon to take flight, Christians often encounter trials orchestrated by God to eliminate self-sufficiency and promote dependency on Him.

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Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative and author of over 100 books, booklets and Bible studies. The first African American to earn a doctorate of theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, he has been named one of the 12 Most Effective Preachers in the English-Speaking World by Baylor University. Dr. Evans holds the honor of writing and publishing the first full-Bible commentary and study Bible by an African American. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on over 1,400 radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. Dr. Evans’ sermons are also streamed and downloaded over 20,000,000 times annually.

0:00 Introduction

0:31 The Benefit of Satan

12:40 100 Days of Cultivating Kindness

13:11 The Benefit of Satan, Continued

27:02 Prophecy and Our World

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