1751 results for tag: Greg Albrecht

The Heart and Soul of the Gospel

Ponder the miracle of forgiveness, through the example of an unworthy, un-named woman and her wholehearted devotion to Jesus. Compare how Christ-less religion responded to her with the response of our Lord.

The Three Questions

What is the best time? Who are the right people? What is the correct action? Greg shares the answers to “The Three Questions”.

Q&R with Greg Albrecht – “Rethinking Church”

Question: I’ve been re-thinking my whole church scene.  I enjoy church for what it provides. I like to see friends, I like to hear a good message, and I enjoy Christian music and hymns. But for me church has not been a God-encounter.  In fact, outside of church and any of its activities and programs I am finding people in my life who inspire me and encourage me to dig deeper, and I like to think that I am doing some of that same kind of thing for others. The whole concept of not being concerned about where exactly I attend church and how often I physically show up inside of a building is new to me, but I am coming to believe that each one of us ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

February 20, 2024 - Quote for the Day:   “Jesus is not only our guide on our journey, but he is the Way – he is the path, he is the road. We are Christ-followers and we are people of the Way because he walked this way before us – he blazed the trail before us – and we follow in his footsteps. As people of the Way, we follow Jesus and as we journey with our risen Lord, we mature in him.  He builds us into his temple – a spiritual house where he dwells. When it comes to church membership, Christ-followers must ask if they first and foremost belong to Jesus or if they think Jesus belongs exclusively to their religious ...

What Happened to Hard Work?

Work is a four letter word - some avoid it at all costs.  Most think it's the only way to success.  Greg talks about four ways to rise to the top in our world.  Be sure to listen to "What Happened to Hard Work?" https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0129.mp3

How Good Were the Good Old Days?

Hearing “the good old days” conjures up warm and fuzzy feelings. Should Christians be looking "back when” or be engaged in life today?

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

February 18, 2024 - Quote for the Day:     “In a ‘Dennis the Menace’ cartoon, Dennis and his pal Joey are seen leaving next-door-neighbor Mrs. Wilson’s house loaded up with a plate full of cookies.  Joey says to Dennis, ‘I wonder what we did to deserve this?’  The forever-in-trouble, always-in-hot-water Dennis, well aware that he is far from perfect, astutely advises Joey, ‘Look, Joey, Mrs. Wilson didn’t give us these cookies because we’re nice, but because she’s nice.’  The first lesson of grace… is this: We don’t deserve God’s love – God is not obligated to give us cookies because we think we have ...

Q & R with Greg Albrecht – “Does the Bible condemn cremation? “

QUESTION: Please explain cremation from a biblical, Christian viewpoint. Is there anything wrong with being cremated? RESPONSE: Burial became the Christian practice following its Old Testament roots. Of course, Jesus was buried, but in a tomb, above ground, and in a very different way than our Western custom of burial in a casket. The Bible gives no specific burial practice, customs or traditions that we must follow. For many years, Christian sailors have been buried at sea, for example. God does not need for us to be buried in a particular way so that he might resurrect us. Some bodies are so destroyed in accidents or in warfare that ...

Your Money or Your Life

Advertising continually pressures us to buy the latest and the greatest. And even if we’re able to and do, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” could be the theme song for most.

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

February 15, 2024 - Quote for the Day:   “Along with its equally seductive cousin of religious legalism, prediction addiction had been the language of my life, the drum beat of my religious soul. Prediction addiction is an obsession, a compulsion to continually seek exhilarating ‘fulfillments of Bible prophecy’ in current events of the day.  In my experience, the bondage of legalism combined with an addiction to prediction addiction gave meaning and order to my world while at the same time being the perfect one-two punch religion needed to control me.  Legalism told me what I had to do in order to earn God’s love and the ...

What We Can Rely On

Besides getting older, just what is there for us humans to rely on? Greg talks about 5 unshakable truths we can anchor our lives on.

Love Can Help to Keep You Out of Debt

Physical and spiritual debt obligates us, enslaves us, and can overwhelm us. Join us as Greg explains Romans 13:8, and how it's possible to obey the law but fail to love. On the other hand, it is impossible to receive God's love and fail to fulfill the law, for love fulfills the law and our indebtedness. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR104.mp3

A Road Paved With Good Intentions – by Greg Albrecht

Those who attempt to please and appease God via their own accomplishments, good deeds and virtues find that it’s a long and bitterly disappointing never-ending road. People who struggle down the broad road (Matthew 7:13) of Christ-less religion are dragging a ball and chain, because their best efforts to convince God to love them will never be enough.  I lived on that road for almost 40 years – I often call it “40 Miles of Bad Road” after an old Duane Eddy song (released in 1959, but who’s counting?!?). I discovered that the road to hell can be paved with the best of intentions.  Those who trudge down the road of ...

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 Cor. 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 ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

February 13, 2024 - Quote for the Day:  “Jesus voluntarily allowed himself to be killed rather than to kill.  Jesus didn’t seek to intimidate those who would express hatred and violence toward him by arming the disciples with the best weapons available at the time. In Matthew 26:51-52, Jesus told one of his disciples, companions and followers, who drew his sword to prevent the arrest of Jesus: ‘Put your sword back in its place, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.’ Jesus didn’t believe in peace produced by intimidation via a display of force that would cause his enemies to fear doing harm to him. There is no question ...

The King of Love

Our sermon considers not only the source of the love epitomized in Valentine’s Day, but the Source of love, the Good Shepherd, the King. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR052.mp3

Grace — It’s Not Quid Pro Quo

In today’s Plain Truth program Greg gives 9 definitions of “grace”. Just what is grace, anyway?

“How Involved” is God in Our Lives? – Greg Albrecht

Question: I have believed, for a long time, even when I was up to my neck in Christ-less religion, that God calls people to follow Christ even before they were even born. Is that correct? I worry and wonder about how much God was involved in my life before I was a Christ follower, and how involved he is now.  Before I started to follow Christ, at 18 yrs of age I was stabbed and almost killed.  I had a hard childhood, as did all my family, as we had to deal with an alcoholic father   Then in my early 20s got involved in Christ-less religion, which I think was the last thing I needed then, and in the midst of that experi...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

February 11, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “The Beatitudes are descriptive of what Jesus does and will do in the lives of his followers – they are not prescriptions or lesson plans for those who will become blessed because of their own blood, sweat and tears.”  Originally published in: Beautiful Sayings – Beatitudes of Grace ————————————- Help Us Help Others – Give Now

What Makes Christians Different?

Are you a sheep or goat? The Bible says at the judgment Jesus will separate people as a shepherd separates sheep and goats. How are the sheep different from the goats?