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Victory in Suffering Pt 3 – The Truth About Suffering

Many people assume that suffering is the result of a person doing something wrong or sinful in their lives, but is that true? In this third program of an 8 program series on suffering Greg tells the truth about suffering. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0366.mp3  

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

September 12, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “Jesus asks us to trust him.  Jesus invites us to believe him.  Jesus invites us to embrace the grace of God.  Some say, ‘Oh, that’s too easy – that’s just an excuse.’  I reply, ‘Oh, no it is the most difficult thing in the world to trust, believe, surrender, yield and embrace the grace of God.  I’ll tell you what is easy: to follow the dictates of religion that suggest if we just do more, run faster, give more, pray harder – then maybe, someday, if we catch God on a good day, he will give us what we want.’” Christianity Without the Religion magazine, February 2018 ...

Victory in Suffering Pt 2 – A New Look at Suffering

This is a painful but very real part of life. We all go through suffering to one degree or another, and we ask the question, "Why did God allow. . .?" But let's also ask "Why does God allow so much good to happen?" Listen to this new perspective as Greg explores the purpose of suffering. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0365.mp3  

Victory in Suffering Pt 1 – Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Some of the most compelling, most difficult questions about God and about Christianity, center on the topic of suffering: Should Christians suffer? Why do Christians suffer? Why does anyone suffer? Stay with us in this 8 program series, "Victory in Suffering" https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0364.mp3  

“No” to Wrath and “Yes” to Love – Part 2 – by Greg Albrecht

"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

September 10, 2024 - Quote for the Day:  “For some, ‘studying the Bible’ is merely a subjective exercise of picking and choosing until they are able to prove what they already believe to be true. As we faithfully study the Bible, we must beware of the many ways our beliefs and our biases may influence our quest to hear and know God. Eisegesis = Reading something into (eis) the passage that isn’t there.  An exercise in subjectivism. Exegesis = Discovering and understanding meaning out of (ex) the passage, attempting to establish an unbiased point of view. …The Bible is a collection of stories and experiences of sex, ...

Poverty and the Homeless

A caller to a talk-radio show suggested that the poor and homeless should be taken out and shot. Greg contrasts that attitude toward the needy with the early Christian church's example. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0221.mp3  

Running From God

We humans tend to run from God -- exactly in the opposite direction from where we think he is and what he wants us to do -- and in a way similar to the way Jonah ran from God. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0220.mp3  

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

September 7, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “The record of failed predictions should be a red flag for Christians, a caution against using Revelation as a predictive handbook. The fact that our religious landscape is littered with predictions and speculations about eschatology it itself a reason why you need to carefully consider this issue.  Why have so many been so wrong so often?  The view that you accept of the ordering of events before Christ comes need not affect your salvation, for eschatology is not a core doctrine of Christianity. But your eschatological beliefs can affect what others think about you and the Christianity you ...

Looking For God in All the Wrong Places

When you are looking for God where do you look? Better said, when God is looking for you, where will he find you? And is meeting God according to our drumbeat or His? https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0218.mp3  

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

September 5, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “So one day, Moses was shepherding his sheep.  He was far from the glitz and glamour of Egyptian society – he was just another nomadic shepherd. There was a time when he had been a young and handsome prince, now he was an old and forgotten shepherd. He was moving his sheep, trying to find a better pasture – when this strange encounter with God changed his life. We call it the burning bush – the bush that just burned and burned and burned without ever being consumed.  Examine the story carefully. Moses was not looking for God. The Bible doesn’t say Moses got up that morning determined to ...

Our Gracious Heavenly Father

Today an increasing number of parents are running away from their children. Thankfully our heavenly Father is not like us. He does not do that. In today's program Greg takes a look at God, as our heavenly Father, and the pattern God gives us for parenting. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0217.mp3  

No More Tears

Can we as Christians do anything about the pain and heartache in this world? Should we even try? After all, Jesus said his kingdom is not part of this world and promises to wipe away every tear -- but can we just sit in the grandstands watching all the suffering now? https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0216.mp3  

“No” to Wrath and “Yes” to Love – Part 1 – by Greg Albrecht

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to those who are being saved it is the power of God…—1 Corinthians 1:18 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.—1 Corinthians 2:2 Many, if not most, Christians when they are asked, "Why did Jesus die on the cross?" will give an answer something like this:To die for our sins. This of course, as far as it goes, is a biblical answer. But the answer doesn't end there. Most Christians will continue to explain why Jesus died on the cross by parroting back phrases they have been taught, such as:   • "He died for our ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

September 3, 2024 - Quote for the Day:   “There are eight Greek words translated as ‘joy’ in the New Testament – with the predominant definition being inner peace, assurance and delight.  One of the root words in Greek for ‘joy’ is similar to the word translated as ‘grace’ – suggesting a close connection to God’s grace and the joy one realizes because of that grace. Joy in the Bible ultimately comes from God. Contrasted with happiness, particularly as the word is commonly used in our contemporary world, joy is not based on possessions or circumstances that bring pleasure or gratification of the senses.” ...

Do You Want to be Healed?

Jesus asked a man crippled for 38 years if he wanted to be healed. That healing changed everything about his life. Similarly, spiritual healing will change everything about our lives. Jesus asks you and me if we want to be healed. It's up to us. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0214.mp3  

It’s Not My Fault!

Will Rogers once said that history will record the passing of the American Indian, the passing of the buffalo and the passing of the buck. "Who me, I'm not responsible," is a popular human response for bad behavior. What is the biblical perspective about this? https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0213.mp3  

CWR Video – Food Trucks and the Gospel – by Greg Albrecht

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The First Chapter of Genesis – Literal or Not? – Greg Albrecht

Question: I am beginning your online CWR Bible Survey. In your intro for Genesis you claim that it is not important whether or not I take all the accounts in Genesis literally or not. Are there any particular accounts that ARE important for me to take literally? Response: Your question is about literalism and your question includes the idea of “importance.”  How one must read the Bible in a literal manner is often taught as the most important priority. However, much of the Bible is not written (in terms of the literary genre used) to be understood in a literal manner. Important? If I say to my wife, “your eyes ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

August 31, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “Sensational predictive preaching and teaching about the book of Revelation is but one of the many tools used by legalistic religion to control its followers by keeping them ever vigilant and on edge about some eminent event, such as the Rapture.  In order to maintain its control, religion keeps moving the finish line as to ‘when’ the prophecies will happen.  The focus in such cases is almost entirely on the future.  By contrast, authentic Christianity proclaims the second coming, but always in the context of the freedom we now have in Christ, because He has already conquered on His ...