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Living Grace or a Culture of Ugliness – Greg Albrecht
At the Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles on January 5, 2020, Charlize Theron introduced Tom Hanks, who was being honored as the annual recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. Her introduction called attention to the kind and gracious mannerisms of Tom Hanks, a person who has existed for many years within the rarified air of A list Hollywood celebrities.
Theron recalled a time when she, a young actress, was auditioning for Hanks and others for the 1996 movie, “That Thing You Do.” She remembered how nervous she was and how Hanks responded. He interrupted her and apologized because, he said, he needed a five-minute break.
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Jesus Took Our Place
Barabbas was a condemned criminal and would have died on the cross except that Jesus took his place. Jesus substituted for Barabbas and he substituted for you and for me.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0015.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 31, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Temporal churches – with their constitutions, by-laws, organization, decrees, creeds, doctrines, rules, rituals and ceremonies – can fail to encourage individual intimacy with Jesus Christ in favor of their own survival, their own preservation and their own growth.
A brick-and-mortar church that may begin with a few Christ-followers, based solely in and on him, can soon be overcome with standardized religious practices and beliefs, with structure and bureaucracy. What starts as a matter of following Christ can turn into a religious machine, which becomes an end in itself – a self-perpet...
Jesus Will Return
Jesus Christ will return to this earth. That’s for sure! With that conviction many Christians become very concerned about when Jesus will return, but how important is it to know that? Just what is the significance of Jesus' return? Don't miss today's program.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0013.mp3
The Problem is Us
The London Times once invited readers to respond to the question: “What is wrong with the world?” Readers answered with a wide range of opinion — but the most truthful answer came from a wise man who responded — “I am.” He understood where the real problem lies.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0012.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 29, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Hypocrisy is so easy to see and identify in others, isn’t it? Mark Twain once said, ‘Nothing needs to be reformed as much as other people’s habits.’ And when other people’s habits are hypocritical, when they are two-faced, then we are often outraged. Hypocrisy is often called ‘not practicing what you preach.’
The hypocrisy that Jesus condemns is rank hypocrisy – living in an arrogant, high-handed manner, expecting perfection of others while being virtually impervious to your own imperfections and flaws. Humility is, in many ways, the polar opposite of the attitude projec...
God Is!
One of the most perplexing questions modern men and women debate is "Does God Exist?". Yes He does. God is! He always was, always will be, and and he is very much real and present now.. Join us as we discuss this important subject.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0010.mp3
Grace Doesn’t Make Sense
Jesus reveals and introduces the Father as our heavenly Father, rather than an accountant, mathematician or banker. God is not forever counting to determine the nature of our relationship with him.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR507.mp3
Unique and Exaggerated Truth Claims – Greg Albrecht
We are over a year away from the next US presidential election. But already the equivocations, prevarications, character assassinations and mudslinging are being slung from one side to the other.
In an attempt to help further educate (or is it “influence”) “fact checks” have attempted to serve us, the gullible public, by informing us about what are facts and what are lies. But now we hear claims that even “fact checks” have their own agenda. Say it ain’t so!
We thought that the incriminating accusations would have ended at the last election – but oh no, it will never be over – politics as usual will continue with ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 27, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“When the power and purity of the gospel is preached, religious authorities whose religion is based on law cannot restrain themselves. The response of legalistic religion to the gospel of grace includes thundering, emotional and high-volume-laced threats about the importance of working harder and doing more, being diligent and always giving more energy, time and money.”
Originally published in:
Letters to My Friends
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Who Is Jesus? Part 2
Some years ago, a popular song asked the question “What if God Was One of Us?” Think about it — what if God knew what it was like to be betrayed, lonely, hungry, suffering and discouraged? It’s true — God has become one of us and he knows what its like!
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0004.mp3
Have You Forgiven God? – by Greg Albrecht
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither areyour ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than theearth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than yourthoughts."—Isaiah 55:8-9
A few years ago I officiated at a funeral service for someone I hadnever known. I interviewed people who had known the deceased, and in theprocess I found out some dark and disturbing things.
What do you say at a funeral when you can't find anyone who ever knewthe person who has anything good to say about them? What can you say ata memorial service when surviving friends and relatives are having adifficult time forgiving ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 24, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“By God’s mercy, we have freedom in Christ, but this freedom is not merely given to us that we might breathe clean, clear spiritual air now that we have been redeemed from the bondage of a religious prison. We are not free merely for ourselves, so that we might luxuriate in the life Jesus lives in us.
It is an incredible, unbelievable blessing to be free in Christ, but it’s not enough to give thanks for what has happened in our lives alone. Jesus is not the new Moses, setting us, as one of many captives, free, merely so that we might be free. There’s more to freedom in Christ ...
Who Is Jesus? Part 1
Was Jesus merely an enlightened teacher, like Buddha or Muhammad, who taught people how to behave better? Or is he God–who lives his resurrected life in us? Find out in part one of this two-part series.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0003.mp3
Life Keeps Coming and Life is Hard
Breaking news -- we humans don't live in the Garden of Eden! We live and exist in the spiritual wilderness, a parched and dry spiritual desert. Bad stuff happens and we can't always stop it. But there is good news!
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR506.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 22, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“When Jesus came into this world, he was rejected by the most religious and pious and ‘righteous’ people because they simply could not accept a person who had no known ulterior motives. Jesus was happy to hang out with the last, the least and the lost. He wasn’t interested in ‘winning’ – he came to die, not to live as long as he possibly could. Jesus’s love was genuine and unconditional – he came to serve rather than with the expectation of being served.”
Originally published in:
Letters to My Friends
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Fool’s Gold
Christ-less religion is fool's gold, it glitters, giving false promises of wisdom, righteousness and power - but all that glitters is not gold.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR505.mp3
Loving God More Than Entitlements
Loving God and loving one's neighbor as oneself is the heart and core of the life that Jesus produces in those in whom he lives, removing one's focus from self-absorption to service of others in Jesus' name.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR504.mp3
Religion – Where Is the Love? by Greg Albrecht
Why do we speak about “Christianity WITHOUT the religion?” The answer was well-summarized by a slogan on a T-shirt I recently saw someone wearing: “Religion—Giving Hope to a World Torn Apart by...Religion.”
Religion, as it is known, believed and practiced throughout this world is a contradiction.
• It promises hope, but delivers fear.
• It promises peace, but delivers violence and bloodshed.
• It promises freedom and faith, but delivers authoritarian legalism.
Why do we proclaim Christianity WITHOUT the religion? Because we are serious about Jesus, the founder of Christianity, who said in John 13:35, “By this ...
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