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Healing – Beyond Mere Recovery
Healing in and by Christ is not simply a matter of receiving back something you once had - it's receiving something you never had before.
Self Sacrifice – by Greg Albrecht
Friend and Partner Letter from March 2023
Finally, after a long winter, spring is on the horizon. As warmer days arrive and nature comes alive, resurrected as it were, from the cold darkness of winter, we Christ-followers focus on the Cross of Christ and his Resurrection. At the same time many also look forward to the promise of another season of baseball! Baseball, you say?
What does the crack of the bat and a fastball popping in the catcher’s mitt have to do with our faith in Christ? What in the world does baseball, hot dogs, popcorn and singing “take me out to the ballgame” have to do with the Cross of Christ and his ...
A Matter of Life or Death
Our freely-given relationship with God is literally a matter of life or death. As we prepare to remember his death and celebrate his resurrection, we turn our minds and hearts to Jesus, who is the author and finisher of our faith.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR370.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
February 28, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Did you ever stop to think about the times Jesus went to church? How did that work out for him? Did he get involved in all of the committees and outreach groups? Did people like him? Of course Jesus never went to a church, but the Bible does tell us that he went to synagogue and temple. The Bible doesn’t tell us how consistently Jesus attended synagogue and temple, but it does tell us of rude receptions he received when he did frequent such gatherings.”
Originally published in:
Spiritual Soup for the Hungry Soul, Volume 1
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How God Chooses His Team
When Jesus chose his disciples, his decision wasn't based on who had the best personality or who showed the most academic promise - how does God choose us for his team, exactly?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR368.mp3
His Love Endures Forever
God's hesed love does not give us immunity from pain and suffering. God's hesed love isn't always immediate pleasant or easy, but it declares that he will stop at nothing to demonstrate his unending love for you and me.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR367.mp3
Q & R with Greg Albrecht – Do people go to heaven when they die? Where is it?
Question:
There has been some discussion among friends about do people go to heaven as soon as they die? Also, where is heaven?
Response:
A response to your questions could fill a book, or it can be brief – which, given the nature of blog, this answer will be. That said, this is a HUGE topic.
As soon as people die they go to God – most scholars and theologians call this “place” the intermediate state. Many people say that people who die go to heaven – and while that description is not wrong, it can be misleading depending on what people visualize as heaven.
People who die go to an intermediate ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
February 26, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“The history of the Bible is a history of the self-imposed, willing humiliation that God has accepted as an inevitable consequence of his love for us. The love he has for us means that he exposes himself to hurt, pain, disappointment and failure. From the very beginning God made himself vulnerable, placing himself at risk… God decided to begin his human life on earth not as a mature adult like Adam, but as a helpless baby, choosing, from a human perspective, the weakness and vulnerability of infancy over the safety and security of adulthood."
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God’s Grace Has You Covered – Pt 2
God's grace is sufficient - there is enough of his grace to cover you and me during our suffering. In Christ we see God's grace personified and exemplified - he entered into our pain so that we might grow and mature in him.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR364.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
February 23, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Jesus is a master builder, not a cosmetician. The new wine he gives means that the old containers have to go. Everything that Jesus builds is new, not some partial remodel. We’re talking about a religious tear down. In order to build a new house the old one has to be demolished. That’s exactly why Jesus said that the old covenant temple in Jerusalem had to go. It had to be completely demolished because it had become a virtual icon, a physical symbol of religious stuff that was now obsolete. The temple in Jerusalem had to go because of the new covenant given in and through the blood ...
God’s Grace and Our Pain – Pt 1
In this first of a two-part series on pain and suffering we ponder the paradox Paul explained - when he was physically weak he was strong (2 Corinthians 12:10). Join us as we discover that in Christ our suffering does not need to be meaningless and how God can transform us in the midst of our pain.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR363.mp3
As If He Needed Anything
Paul told the Athenians that they were very religious because their gods needed them. The one true God, according to Paul, doesn't gain or profit nor is he in anyway enhanced by human attention or activity.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR366.mp3
What’s So Bad About Cults? – by Greg Albrecht
If PTM.org wants to get lots of letters from readers, all we need to do is publish an article explaining and defending Christ-centered-Christianity against some wrong teaching or biblical misinterpretation.
Defending and explaining biblical doctrines is called apologetics. An apologetic article in The Plain Truth or CWR magazine usually results in a tidal wave of letters and emails, pro and con. The cons often go something like this:
"Why are you so critical of other Christians? Why don't you just leave other people alone and let them believe what they want?"
Most Christian denominations were originally formed because they disagreed ...
March 2023
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Articles:
Come Out of Her and Come to Me! – pg. 1
Confronted by Christ – pg. 2
Which Thief Are You? – pg. 5
Master Potter – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
February 21, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Grace flows downward from divinity to humanity. God’s grace descends from immortality to mortality, from perfection to imperfection. God’s grace is somewhat like water that inevitably finds and is welcomed in low places. Conversely, grace finds resistance in religious high places.”
Originally published in:
Wonders of His Grace
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Whatever Happened To … ?
Fads, fashions and conspiracy theories so popular in some parts of Christendom are often here today and gone tomorrow, in contrast with Jesus who "is the same yesterday and today and forever"
Wake Up and Grow Up
If you have ever wondered about the line from the children’s prayer –..if I should die before I wake… then you do not want to miss Greg’s opposing suggestion: how about praying ..help me wake up before I die..
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR356.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
February 19, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Jesus never yelled, forced, coerced or bullied people into changing their lives. We search in vain for any example of intimidation or manipulation on the part of Jesus. He didn’t quarrel or cry out; he released the oppressed and proclaimed liberty to those who were enslaved. Jesus wooed people, he drew people and he won them by his gracious and compassionate nature. This is authentic Christianity.”
Originally published in:
Bad News Religion
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Wrath or Love – by Greg Albrecht
The nature of God – who he is, and how he is – is without doubt the most misunderstood topic within all of Christendom. If God is filled with wrath and retribution, then any number of Christ-less teachings and practices make sense – but God IS NOT wrath. God IS love.
Love is the one-word definition of God. God is love, he is not filled with wrath, therefore:
God the Father was not looking for payback from God the
Son on the cross;
There is no such thing as eternal conscious torment in hell;
God is not mad at you and me, and
God does not expect us to do the impossible, which would be to earn and ...
Seeking the Kingdom
As we discuss the kingdom of God, we will take some time to study five specific facets of God’s love that illustrate his kingdom.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR355.mp3
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