punishment is a moral wrong. 6:00 p.m. – Judge Robert G. Ulrich has 18 years of service as an appellate judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, authoring approximately 1000 opinions. He was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney by Presidents Nixon and Carter, and U.S. Attorney by President Reagan. He is currently an Associate Professor of Law at Liberty University of Law. Sunday, March 8 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking In the past fifty years there has been a relentless effort to secularize our nation; to make it devoid of spiritual influence and to make it a humanistic state. Many of these efforts have gone unchallenged because of American’s ignorance about their rights. 6:00 p.m. – William J. Federer, is a nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., a publishing company dedicated to researching America’s noble heritage. He authored “America’s God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations” and produces the daily radio feature, American Minute, recalling events of American significance on the date they occurred. Sunday, March 15 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking Many have raised the issue about whether or not war is ethical for Christians…to condone or to participate. Is it ever right to kill another human being? Is it ethically right to participate in war? These questions haunt many Christians. First Family Church 143rd Street W. 7700 Overland Park, KS 66223 6:00 p.m. – Richard Land, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, represents Southern Baptist and other Evangelicals’ concerns in the halls of Congress, before U.S. Presidents, and in the media. He is host of “For Faith & Family” and “Richard Land LIVE!” which discuss social, So much is changing today in regard to the control of life, death, ethical, and public policy issues facing our country. and human sexuality. What does the Bible say about Euthanasia, Genetic Engineering, Birth Control, Abortion, Sexual Morality, Homosexuality, Capital Punishment, War, and the Secular State? Scriptures set forth enough principles it is possible to evaluate contemporary practices in light of biblical teaching. www.ffc.org (913) 681-3341 Sunday, March 22 on 143rd Street) Join me every Sunday morning, January 4 – March 15, as I help you establish First Family Church 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking 143rd Street W. 7700 solid Christian Ethics for your life, family, children, and grandchildren. Overland Park, KS 66223 (1/4 mile West of Metcalf West (1/4 mile We have learned a lot about ethics. We have a lot of Each Sunday at 6:00 pm, some of the nation’s leaders with expertise in each specific topic will information, but is that enough? No. We will offer some practical things that you can do, come and add to our study with their thought-provoking ideas. You will learn so much from this specifics to lift up in prayer, and ways to be involved that anyone can informative series at First Family Church in Overland Park during the first quarter of 2009. Enlighten do … even from your own home! your mind with a clear understanding of these critical issues and become better prepared to face and Sunday 6:00 p.m. resolve the moral dilemmas of our age. I hope you will join me! 6:00 p.m. – Judy Smith, Kansas State Director of Concerned Jerry Johnston Women for America, has been married for 47 years. They have 3 every Senior Pastor, First Family Church, www.ffc.org grown children and 8 wonderful grandchildren. Judy is a Registered What does the Bible say? What does the Bible Pharmacist. She has been teaching Precept Bible Studies for about 20 Sunday 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. PS. Tell your friends and relatives about this series across the nation and around the world. Invite them years. She is passionate about leaving this world a better place for the Pastor Jerry Johnston teaches every to LIVE video stream each presentation at 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 am & 6:00 pm (Central Standard Time) from www.ffc.org or call (913) 681-3341. from www.ffc.org next generations. Nationally known guest speakers teach at www.ffc.org (click, “Media,” click “Live Video Stream Now”). All 23 messages will be available Live video streaming and archives available at What should we teach our children? What should we www.ffc.org. Order the complete series on CD’s Order the complete series on CD’s www.ffc.org. on CD and DVD complete with study outlines through First Family Church, 913-681-3341. 6:00 p.m. – Alan Shlemon teaches skills in the areas of involved in ventures in the United States of America, India, China, and Europe. Eldred helped theology, apologetics, and bio-ethics in churches and groups. found and is currently on the board of advisors at Crosspoint Ventures Partners. Sunday, January 4 Alan has distinguished himself in training Christians about the 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking most controversial issues of our time like evolution, abortion, In the 1940s Dr. Alfred Kinsey convinced the world through his flawed research homosexuality, euthanasia, cloning, and Islam. that all humans are sexual from birth. He advocated free sexual activities with no restrictions, “I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue suggesting that abortion should act as a “safety net” for “mistakes.” To date over forty-five enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the million babies have been aborted since the legalization of abortion. character of an honest man.” -George Washington Sunday, January 25 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking 6:00 p.m. – Jill Stanek, a registered nurse in the Labor & Delivery The father of our nation understood what many in modern times do not Department at Christ Hospital in Chicago, discovered babies were being … ethics and character do matter if a nation is to remain strong and free. In The idea that human beings can be “built” using genetic aborted alive and left to die in the soiled utility room. As a result, she Biblical times ethics based on righteousness was described as a straight line as opposed to engineering much like one building a computer based on needs and specifications has its source was instrumental in getting the Born Alive Infant Protection Act passed a crooked or distorted path. A man’s way or walk was often described as his moral character. in eugenics (good birth); an idea that humans can be perfected into a Master Race according by Congress, and is now a weekly columnist for WorldNetDaily. As our nation stands on the bring of ominous times, our walk must be determined by our to arbitrary stipulations. These stipulations are dependent upon man’s idea of perfection, not determination to walk straight … to have, at the end of it all, the conviction that we have acted God’s giving rise to a modern-day “Tower of Babel.” honestly and ethically. Sunday, February 15 6:00 p.m. – Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute, 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking 6:00 p.m. – Wesley J. Smith, award-winning author and lawyer, travels throughout North America contending that the pro-life message is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, an attorney for the can compete in the marketplace of ideas if properly understood and Kinsey’s ideas on sex launched the so-called Sexual Revolution. As International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, and articulated. Scott has appeared on nationally syndicated pro-grams a result abortions, pornography, sexually-transmitted diseases, rape, sex trafficking, etc. have a special consultant for the Center for Bioethics and Culture. The like “Focus on the Family”, “The Bible Answer Man,” etc. sky-rocketed with incalculable human misery as a result. National Journal named him one of the nation’s top expert thinkers in bio-engineering for his work in bioethics. He has authored or co- 6:00 p.m. – Lakita Garth, a former beauty queen (she was 1995’s authored eleven books. Sunday, February 1 Miss Black California), Lakita travels the nation telling “the naked 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking truth” about sexual compromise. She has spoken at countless youth functions, been featured on MTV, and was a regular guest on Bill Sunday, January 11 Man’s desire to control his life has resulted in an unprecedented rise of so- Maher’s Politically Incorrect. She has authored several books on 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking called contraceptive measures, including birth-control pills and the “morning-after” pill. There is abstinence and sexual purity. even a birth control pill that stops a woman’s menses. The word “contraceptive” is deceiving, because “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on pre-ovulation these chemicals may induce a mini-abortion rather than preventing ovulation. your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths Sunday, February 22 straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6. 6:00 p.m. – Wendy Wright is President of Concerned Women for 8:00, 9:00, 10:45 a.m. – Pastor Jerry Johnston speaking America. Miss Wright promotes legislation and international policies that are beneficial to women and families, briefs congressional and The radical homosexual movement is threatening marriage and the family In modern times the direct path is often shunned for alternative routes that seem right to a presidential staff, and trains grassroots activists.