1751 results for tag: Greg Albrecht

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

January 11, 2024 - Quote for the Day:   “We have a need to let go of our past and to forgive real and imagined hurts caused by individuals who were involved, whether directly or indirectly. There’s no delete button to erase it all – but there is a way to heal it all. There’s a way to forgive others, but the solution does not ultimately come from human resources. There is a way to deal with the hurts and pains that live in our memories. The answer is found in God’s love… the resolution of our hurts and pains has no easy answer. In fact, forgiveness just might be the most difficult task that God’s love can ever accomplish ...

Reconciliation

In the beginning there was complete peace and harmony between mankind and God, but that intimate relationship with God was broken. Men and women began to hide from God and became hostile to him, but Jesus came and through him, God is reconciling the world to himself. That can include you. https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0100.mp3

CWR Video – by Greg Albrecht – “The Little Engine that Could”

Short video by Greg Albrecht.

Redemption

We're all captives and slaves unless we've been redeemed by God. Have you accepted the freedom that God bought for you? If so, you can be set free.

Grace in the Workplace – Grace in and at School – Greg Albrecht

Question: I have been a follower of the ministry of PTM and CWR  for many years and believe in Jesus Christ and his grace however, I am struggling to understand what I should do as it relates to my profession. I am a high school principal who deals with discipline.  My job entails handing out consequences when a student violates rules and policies. I listen to the situation and do my best to make the proper decision, but I am struggling with staff members who want everyone disciplined. Knowing what I know about grace and forgiveness has me struggling. Many times I do give grace when I meet with the students, however, many staff ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

January 9, 2024 - Quote for the Day:   “When you and I hear the word ‘peace’ defined as ‘the absence of conflict,’ that goes about as far as our minds can hope. The peace most humans hope for is when bloodshed, crime and war are no more. Apart from God, when we draw a mental picture of peace, our limited human perspective transports us to the serenity experienced when armies are not fighting, and no doubt, that kind of peace is part of God’s kingdom” They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.  Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war ...

Forgiveness

Do you believe that you're beyond God's forgiveness?  In this first program of a four part series called "Four Words that Changed the World", Greg assures us that God is waiting with the message, "All is forgiven, I love you.  Your heavenly Father." https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0098.mp3

From Information to Transformation

Knowledge unused, is knowledge wasted. Don’t miss this fourth program of our Understanding the Bible series. Greg probes the underlying importance of Bible Study.

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

January 7, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “God’s grace is alive and well – it is dynamic – it is the fundamental description of our relationship with God.  God’s grace is unique – no religion, other than authentic Christianity – teaches and believes in God’s amazing grace. Years ago, during a British conference on religion, experts from all over the world debated about what was unique to biblically based Christian faith. Was it the idea of the Incarnation – God, in the person of Jesus, coming to be one of us? No, other religions have teachings about gods who appear in human form. What about The Resurrection? No, other ...

Biblical Power Tools

The Bible hard to understand? Check out this third program in our Understanding the Bible series. Greg discusses four important helps to understanding your Bible.

How God Chooses His Team – by Greg Albrecht

Remember those times when you gathered with a group of your friends and schoolmates to participate in a game that involved two teams? My memories are of two captains who were popularly chosen, or who, by virtue of their size, age and ability (or all three) appointed themselves. Then the captains started choosing people for their teams. They always chose those who they felt would help them win—that's logical. Games are all about winning. So when sides were chosen the fastest, strongest, most popular and most athletic were chosen first. As each person was chosen they walked over and stood next to their captain, until finally there was one last ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

January 4, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “Thank God that he has made a way to spare us a life and eternity of fairness. We do not  get what we deserve in this life, no matter how hard we try to ensure that we do. Not getting what we deserve means that there are times when we suffer loss and receive injustice. But the rest of the story is that God offers us his grace. God’s grace is something else that we do not deserve. If we accept God’s grace, the times in our physical lives when we do not receive what we consider to be justice pale by comparison when we realize that God forgives us of many things we do deserve.”  Originally ...

Seeing the Bible with New Eyes

In this program, Greg offers the tools you need to become a real student of the Bible, and not just a casual reader.

Why Should I Study the Bible?

92% of American households have a Bible. 60% percent of adults believe the Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings. It’s the number one best-selling book of all time. But how many have really studied the Bible? Greg gives seven good reasons why you need to study the Bible.

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

January 2, 2024 - Quote for the Day: “Garrison Keillor has done a masterful job in talking about ingrained religious attitudes and beliefs in the fictional town of Lake Wobegon. Keillor named one of the churches in his fictional town Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility. According to Keillor, there’s always something to be done at Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility.  No religious deed goes unpunished at this church. When one task is completed, ten more await doing.  Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility is a spiritual prison, where, as the lyrics to the Eagle’s Hotel California warn – “you can check out any time you ...

Included or Excluded?

Three parables in Luke 15 describe God as being concerned about including everyone, as opposed to Christ-less religion which so often places an inordinate interest on those who should be left out and excluded.

Show Me the Way Home

Home has been described as the place where they have to open the door and let you come in. Let us turn our hearts and minds toward our true home.

Q & R with Greg Albrecht – “Is becoming a better person the goal of Christianity?”

QUESTION: I am confused.Someone told me that the main thing Christians should do is to become better people and in turn make the world a better place. I want to be a better person and I want to help change the world but isn’t Christianity more than that? RESPONSE: Exactly! Christianity is more than a checklist of rules that help to make us and others better. The gospel of Jesus Christ is not primarily about morality. The gospel of Jesus Christ is not a self-help program. The gospel of Jesus Christ is not a formula. It is not a careful regimen of popping religious pills to make us better, nor does it consist of religious programs that will give ...

Don’t Underestimate the Peace of God! – by Greg Albrecht

Friend and Partner Letter from January 2024 As this New Year of 2024 begins, North America (as well as Europe, the Middle East and Ukraine, not to mention the entire world), is tired and weary of war, conflict, poverty. epidemics, pandemics and crises of one kind or another. It is an understatement on a grand scale to realize this second decade of the 21st century has introduced colossal upheaval in individual lives, mentally and physically. So much that what once seemed settled and secure is and in a state of agitation, stress and even conflict. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired!   Of course, many now realize the ...

Reflections Along the Jesus Way

December 31, 2023 - Quote for the Day:   “The best way to announce, send and share a vision is to encase and enfold that dream in a person.  That’s what happened when God became a man.  Mary… ‘wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger’ (Luke 2:7 KJV). Sending a message, wrapped up in a person, is at the heart and core of the meaning and significance of the birth of Jesus, and of the celebration of his birth we call Christmas. Jesus was God in human flesh – the God-man.  He brought wonderful news to our world – we call it the gospel – and that gospel was wrapped up in his person. Jesus ...