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Brad Jersak Simone Weil: An Astonishing Life – pg. 2
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Brad Jersak The Gospel According to A.I. – pg. 2
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August 2023 CWR Magazine
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Greg Albrecht: 60 years: He Had a Dream – pg. 2
Brad Jersak: BIPOC Faith 60 Years On – pg. 4
Richard Rohr: Envisioning a New World – pg. 7
Greg Albrecht A More Christlike Justice – pg. 8
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God’s Kingdom – Now and Forever
The kingdom of God is not experienced passively - at a distance. It does not come with observation. The kingdom of God is in session! Are you involved?
February 2023 CWR Magazine
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Greg Albrecht: How Sorry Are We? – pg. 2
Ed Dunn: Our Choice of Words – pg. 5
Brad Jersak: Zaccheus Makes Amends – pg. 6
December 2022 CWR Magazine
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Brad Jersak: Our Ultimate Caregiver – pg. 2
Greg Albrecht: Incomparable & Boundless – pg. 5
Richard Rohr: Christmas: Only One Message – pg. 7
October 2022 Plain Truth Magazine
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Greg Albrecht: HELP! The Future Has Arrived – pg. 2Ed Dunn: Today Is a Gift – pg. 5Brad Jersak: Christianity Without JESUS? – pg. 7
Pastoral Perspective with Greg Albrecht: “What should I look for in a church?”
Question:
What should I look for in a church? I am loving your emphasis on the inclusiveness of the Triune God, his love and grace. Over the past 35 years I have had a long journey through Baptist, evangelical, Calvinist and charismatic churches. I am feeling more free in Christ than ever before. Thanks for your great teaching!
Response:
1) For many years I searched official teachings and practices of denominations – at first, I confined my search within the Protestant world. I parsed through evangelical churches – by the way, many evangelicals call themselves ...
Why Do Many Christians Make the Good News Sound So Weird? – Monte Wolverton
Among some folks, the ability to speak fluent "Christianese" is a sign of true Christianity. But do these special words and phrases help or hinder the message? Here's some suggestions as to how we as Christ-followers might improve our communication skills.
—Text and illustrations by Monte Wolverton
I just want to come up alongside you. I have a burden—because God has laid it on my heart to minister to you and disciple you. God spoke to me, and he wanted me to share my testimony with you and to witness to you. The message I’m called to give you will be a real blessing to you.
Chances are, you know some people who talk this way all the time. ...
August 2021 CWR Magazine
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Greg Albrecht: God Is Not Fair– pg. 2Irene Frances: My Desire to Be Like Jesus– pg. 5Richard Rohr: God's Creatures Great and Small– pg. 5Brad Jersak: Was Jesus a Racist? – pg. 7
How Big Is God?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and ...
Q & R: Did God the Father Forsake Jesus on Good Friday? Brad Jersak
Question: In the movie, The Shack, Papa says that God never forsook Jesus. But that appears to be exactly what Jesus says in the Bible. When Jesus says this, is he (the man) talking to himself (the God part)? We are told that Christ is fully God and fully man even though apparently there were things that he did not know, but the Father did (e.g. the time of his return).
Response: That's a common belief for sure, but where does it come from? We developed a whole doctrine of God-forsakenness from one verse! "My God, my God why have you forsaken me?" and we took off from there.
What we fail to remember is that ...
The Suffering Judge
by Greg Albrecht
… If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.—Romans 8:31-34
You probably have heard of honor killings. An "honor killing" is the term used to describe a practice in which one or more males murders a female relative who, according to their perspective, dishonored ...
Love – No Fear
by Greg Albrecht
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.—1 Corinthians 13:4-8
1 Corinthians 13 is a chapter many have come to know as the "love chapter" of the Bible. 1 Corinthians 13 is arranged in three separate sections, two of which we will briefly examine:
The first section, in verses 1-3, is about love as being indispensable. If you've ever been to ...
Lighten Up – Trust Him – Be Free!
by Greg Albrecht
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says:
"See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will ...
It’s Either Old or New – It Can’t Be Both – Greg Albrecht
By way of introduction to It's Either Old or New—It Can't Be Both! I would like to introduce two special guests.
Before going any further, I should explain that our special guests will appear as caricatures—in the form of a communication that they might have had with each other—so that there is, as far as I know, no actual resemblance to anything they've ever said to each other, if indeed they ever had a one-on-one conversation. I hope that clears me—that's my disclaimer.
Our first guest is Martha Stewart.
Martha Stewart has come, over the past few decades, to symbolize the paragon of a dutiful, skilled, energetic and creative homemaker. ...
Warning: Thinking May Be Hazardous to Your Religion
By Greg Albrecht
Aristotle is credited with saying that it is a mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it. That same attribute is one of the hallmarks of a life in Christ. There are two central facets involved in a Christ-follower entertaining a thought without accepting it:
1) the spiritual dynamic of the Spirit of God living in us who "will teach you all things" (John 14:26), and 2) the human dynamic of critical thinking.
I'm sure that every generation laments that it seems its youth have lost the ability to think, and let me join the parade. But let's not just make this a rant about young people. Lack of ...
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