745 results for tag: daily sermon

What Does God Look Like?

How big is God?  What does God look like?  We humans struggle to answer those questions and when we do we minimize and constrain God.  We're trying to put God in a box.  Any image of God is an illusion and obscures God, so what question should we be asking? https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0337.mp3

Refugees and Aliens

Oppression of all sorts made the 20th century one of refugees and aliens.  Slavery, bondage and captivity are also familiar themes in the Bible and God reveals himself as the one who rescues and frees.  Scripture says that it is for freedom that Christ has made us free. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0336.mp3

Gossip and Slander

Ironically, gossip and slander flourish in church settings -- in religious environments.  The stories told frequently involve someone who has failed to meet a religious standard -- who hasn't reached a religious bar.  Don't miss this important program about gossip and slander. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0331.mp3

How Much Do You Need?

Tens of millions approach eternal life just as they do their money. They think that they must earn eternity and pay their way into heaven by amassing a huge treasure chest of good deeds we've done -- a massive bank account of works. That's religion, not Christianity. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0330.mp3

Spiritual — Religious — or Christian?

Paper or plastic? The answer boils down to personal preference.  Many seeing the shortcomings of Christianity say, "I'm spiritual, but I'm not religious and I'm not Christian." Is being spiritual good enough?  Is it the same kind of personal preference as "Paper or Plastic?" https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0329.mp3

Religion is Not Enough – Part 2

Can you find spirituality in religion?  Can you find the answer in religion?  Can religion save you?  Can religion answer your deepest needs. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0379.mp3

Religion is a Destructive Cover Up – Part 1

Good news and bad news.  North Americans are becoming more aware of their spiritual needs.  The bad news is that religion is thriving.  Greg talks about how religion can be a destructive coverup in this first program in a 2 program series. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0378.mp3

The New Deal, Part 2 – Why We Desperately Need the New Covenant

Greg explores the vast chasm between the old covenant and the new covenant and why we desperately need the new covenant.  In Jesus, God came to change everything -- giving us a new and much better deal.  Don't miss this program! https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0361.mp3

The New Deal, Part 1 – God’s New Covenant

Within Christianity there is much confusion about the old and new covenants -- about what they are and about how a Christian relates to those covenants.  Hear Greg today as he talks about the new covenant in the first of a two program series called - The New Deal. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0360.mp3

Needed: Fathers Who are More than Just “Nice Guys”

In Christ, fathers can be gracious without being weak, courageous but not insipid, and strong without being overbearing. As we honor earthly fathers let’s consider what God can do in and through them. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR070.mp3

Our Father

Fatherhood has fallen on hard times. This Father’s Day we need the viewpoint of God as self-imparting Father wholly devoted to those to whom he gives life. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR018.mp3

Fatherhood

Fathers just barely came out on top in a survey of 6-year-olds who were asked which they'd miss most:  their favorite TV program or their father.  In this age of a typical child-man media father that answer is tragic.  But that's not the kind of Father God is. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0224.mp3

Taking the Easy Way Out

Jesus tells us to travel the narrow road of life and avoid the broad road that leads to destruction. Is it only the "eat, drink and be merry" folks on that broad road leading to destruction? Could religious legalists also be on it? https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0328.mp3

Why Cults are Successful — Part 4

The heretical basis for almost all cults is their legalism and religionism, their works-based approach to salvation with an emphasis on keeping the rules.  These are critical and major perversions of the biblical teaching that Jesus equals salvation - period. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0335.mp3

Why Cults are Successful — Part 3

Cults, new age groups and religion in general - as distinct from NT Christianity - thrive in the spiritual wilderness of our society where the gospel of Jesus Christ has been devalued by our culture. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0334.mp3

Why Cults are Successful — Part 2

The message of Jesus Christ has been perverted and twisted into unbelievable ideas yet tens of millions of people are caught up in these cultic beliefs, in part, because cults use manipulative bait-and-switch tactics. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0333.mp3

Why Cults are Successful — Part 1

It's been said many times -- cults and cultic ideas are the unfinished business of the church -- that if the church did a better job, cults wouldn't be growing so fast. Do you agree? Just why are cults so successful? Don't miss this first of a 4 program series on cults. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0332.mp3

The Deadly Fruit of Legalism, Part 2 – The Problem and the Solution

Legalism can turn us into hard hearted, narrow minded, spiteful and judgmental people. It's a serious problem for Christians because it separates us from the intimacy with Christ and others we were meant to have. In this program Greg talks about the good news that Jesus Christ is.

The Deadly Fruit of Legalism, Part 1 — Legalism’s Disguises

Greg counts himself as a survivor of legalism. In this first of two programs he reveals from his own experience some of legalism's disguises and the harm lurking under those disguises.

Christians You Don’t Recognize — Part 2

Fact:  Many Christians think they are better than others; there are other Christians they don't even recognize.  Fact:  Some church and religious movements have persuaded their followers that they are superior to others.  Fact:  Being better and superior is not the gospel of Jesus Christ! https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0294.mp3