1786 results for tag: Greg Albrecht
Three Ways to Live Your Life
There are three ways to live your life - 1. Run away from it -- drugs and religion help people do that. 2. Run along with it -- the way of indulgence and selfishness. 3. Let God help you run your life.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0247.mp3
What Are We Doing To Our Kids?
Difficult question: What is the balance between protecting our children from evil and preparing them to navigate the world we live in? In today's program Greg takes a hard look at this question and suggests that as parents we model God's love for our children.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0245.mp3
Politicizing the Gospel – Part #2 by Greg Albrecht
In PART 1 of “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we considered the recent backdrop of warfare and violence. In PART 2 we begin to narrow our focus as to the nefarious marriage of politics and religion.
Militant Evangelism and Nationalism:
In terms of religion, we must not forget the attempts by Christendom to “evangelize” people all around the world whom it deemed to be pagans (and other pejorative terms). The historical record is clear about the horrendous bloodletting of several “Christian” empires that attempted to violently colonize not-so-advanced areas of the world in the name of God—places like Africa, India, ...
CWR Video – Grace as a Gift
In this CWR Video, Greg discusses the topic of Grace and how Grace is a Gift.
https://vimeo.com/999193809
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 19, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) Jesus articulated a way of life that for the past two thousand years has astounded and confused those who seek to follow him. The non-violent teaching of the Jesus Way makes little if any sense to a world dominated (as it was in Jesus’ day) by a lethal, oppressive combination of warfare and violence by governments and by the tyranny of fear-based religion. The non-violent teaching of Jesus, modeled in and through his own life and death, is part of the revolutionary manifesto of the kingdom of heaven – a truly different kind of kingdom.”
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What To Do When Life Happens
Many people find themselves in a spiritual traffic jam, lives out of control, trapped in their circumstances. Is life for you same-o, same-o every day? Have you lost your zest for living? What are you running after -- what is your life about?
Is My Church Legalistic? – by Greg Albrecht
Question:
I have been a member of a "fundamental, Bible-believing" church for six years and recently, some things have come to light that concern me. First, our church is adamant about the clear gospel in that it is not of works and that you can't ever earn your way into heaven. I know it's a free gift and that is the core of our teaching.
However, there are strict rules for the members—no going to movies, no listening to anything that resembles Christian rock music—men must wear suits and women must wear dresses or skirts in church. Our pastor calls these requirements "standards."
My most disturbing concern is when people leave our ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 17, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“… many people have been deceived into thinking that Jesus came to this earth to ‘satisfy’ the wrath of God. His honor has been offended – his holiness has been wounded – he was outraged by the behavior of Adam and Eve, and all humans that followed them – and blood had to be spilled to vindicate God.
The idea that many have, within the family of what we call Christian churches, is that God’s wrath was somewhat like that of a parent who finally loses his patience with a young child. So, the idea is that the Cross of Christ was necessary to keep God the Father, the mad Dad, the ...
Two Deadly Enemies
The Bible clearly identifies sin as a mortal enemy. But there is another enemy, a very subtle enemy, which poses as the solution for sin by promising to deliver us from it by our own efforts.
What’s Your Batting Average?
Does God's love for us depend upon our spiritual batting average? Does our spiritual batting average determine whether we're admitted into God's Kingdom of Heaven? How do we become part of God's team?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0240.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 15, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“The scientific discipline called ‘chaos theory’ presumes that some things in this life are unpredictable – and try as we might to understand ‘random’ results, we cannot. As you have probably heard, a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon might affect weather over Kansas. There are so many variables, so many patterns of behavior and so many huge and complex components of life that outcomes might seem chaotic and random to us. There are many aspects of life that we can no more understand than a fish can fully fathom (pun intended) the water in which it swims. Our vision and insight is ...
Passing On Gods Grace
Are you passing on God's grace? Or, have you accepted God's grace and are you passing it on to others? Greg examines the parable of the laborers in the vineyard for its lessons about the grace of God.
Compassion – Not Condemnation
Letting go of hurt, anger, pain and hatred is extremely difficult for us to do, yet Christians are called not only to forgive but to have compassion as well.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0237.mp3
Unity, Liberty and Charity – by Greg Albrecht
IT’S FAR FROM BREAKING NEWS! Our world is hopelessly divided, embroiled in continuing controversy. With soul-depressing regularity it seems entire news networks and organizations here in the United States spew out one and only one polarizing political perspective, demonizing all who disagree. Then there is the religious world, where “devout” people whose holy books tell them to love their neighbors are instead terrorizing and persecuting and even killing those who disagree.
Politics divides us and Christ-less religion separates us.
You may remember the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) – what began as a war between Catholics and ...
Politicizing the Gospel – Part #1 – by Greg Albrecht
In PART 1 of “POLITICIZING THE GOSPEL” we will summarize the violence that so permeates the world of politics and religion today, and set the stage for a deeper analysis of the dark forces that contribute to this evil reality.
John 3:19-20: “This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.”
It is not exactly breaking news to announce that self-styled wolves in sheep’s clothing attempt to control, coerce and dominate others in the name of politics ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 12, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“God’s grace patiently helped me to deconstruct bogus perceptions and slowly construct a new reality, the real message of Revelation. My reading, research, and study of this amazing book has taken me all over the biblical and theological map, considering the trail that others have blazed in coming to terms with the message God gave to John. By his grace God has mercifully opened my eyes to the real Revelation, a new (for me) Revelation that helped to explain my experiences in the school of religious hard knocks. In my case, Revelation Revolution emerged out of the ashes of the ...
Living a Christ-centered Life – A Survey of Colossians Pt 4
We're talking about the ultimate way to be centered spiritually, what it means to be Christ-centered, and how this plays out in our lives -- what it looks like in the flesh.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0383.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 10, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“So, which comes first? Our forgiveness of others, which in turn convinces God to forgive us? Or is it God’s forgiveness, unmerited on our part, which then empowers us to forgive our own debtors?
We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). Because forgiveness is the epitome and absolute power of God’s love, it is also true that we forgive because God first forgave us. According to the Lord’s Prayer, we persist in praying for God’s forgiveness only because we’ve already fully acknowledged our need of it and received God’s forgiveness as a free gift of grace.
Receiving ...
Living a Christ-centered Life – A Survey of Colossians Pt 3
In this series on the Book of Colossians we talk today about the Apostle Paul's warnings about heretical teachings. Those teachings continue to this day and are counter to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This program is about freedom from human regulations through life with Christ.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0382.mp3
Living a Christ-centered Life – A Survey of Colossians Pt 2
This is the second program of our 4 program series surveying the Book of Colossians. In it we'll see just what the gospel is, how we're rescued and qualified and how we can be Christ-centered.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0381.mp3
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