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Knowing the One True God

God is seen and known only by and through Jesus, who came to reveal God. We pray for those who are yet to see and know the One true God.

Whatever Happened to Grace?

God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. His grace is resisted by religious high places, but the spiritual gravitational pull of grace causes it to flow to low places.

Religion Attempts to Overthrow Grace

The early New Testament church quickly learned that they could not deceive or manipulate God. The relationship he offered them, and that he offers us, is one that we can only receive, not gain or earn. We have nothing to offer God that he doesn't already have.

Downward Mobility

Jesus disciples all wanted to be rich and famous, but the kingdom of heaven is founded on an opposing value -- serving others rather than serving ourselves. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR262.mp3

Growing Beyond Our Expectations

What did Jesus mean when he said, Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me?

Making a Difference in Christ

Greg explains the real difference between the sheep and the goats of Jesus parable in Matthew 25.

Can You See His Hands?

Join Greg as he considers the difference between an open hand, like that of Jesus on the cross, and a clinched fist.

The God of Comfort

God comforts us so that we might act as his tools, his hands and feet, to reflect and radiate his comfort to others. God's comfort doesn't terminate with us!

How Big is God?

God is not somewhere, like heaven, while he is absent from another place or location. What does the fact that we cannot measure or completely fathom God mean for our relationship with him?

Sitting With Others

As we remember the extraordinary legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. we think of how instrumental he was in bringing people of different races and cultures together. We consider Ezekiel's example of sitting among captives and exiles, and most of all the example of Jesus who became one of us, living among us, sitting with us.

The Greatest Revolution

Of all revolutions, and of all the revolutionary anthems, this song is all about the greatest of them all.

Rest For the Weary

There is only One way to find true, eternal rest from the anxieties, burdens and obligations that weigh us down.

Fear and Faith

Doubts are not the opposite of faith, they are a necessary part of the process. The opposite of faith, the real enemy, is fear.

Cargo Cult Religion

Christ-less religion attempts to deceive us into thinking that outward form will always produce desired results. It’s a widespread deception — join Greg as he reveals more about form and substance.

Be Prepared!

The Parable of the Ten Virgins tells us more about the kingdom of heaven. But, is this parable warning us to be careful so that we don’t “run out” of the Holy Spirit? Is this parable telling us that 50% of all Christians are foolish? Does this parable offer hidden clues about the Second Coming?

The Body of Christ – “A” Church or “The” Church?

Some estimates are that 10-15 million Christians in the United States do not regularly attend a building that calls itself a church. What and where, exactly, is the body of Christ?

Who Is My Neighbor?

As he answered this question posed by a religious professional, was Jesus telling us what to do, or did his answer go to a reality far deeper than merely helping our fellow humans in need?

Grace at the Crossroads

Greg teaches from Matthew 7:13-14, taking issue with the popular idea of the precise identity of those who journey on the broad road, and, on the other hand, who is traveling on the narrow road.

A Lion and A Lamb

The triumph of the slain Lamb of God, improbable and impossible as it seems, is the triumph of the way of grace.

Prayer – What to Pray About

Prayer is an opportunity for us to listen to God -- we pray not so much that we can change God, but that he can change us.  In this program Greg talks about our relationship with God in prayer. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0358.mp3