1747 results for tag: Greg Albrecht
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.”
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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 ...
Love, Honor and Respect
Have we become angrier, more confrontational, more in-your-face? Are intolerance, disrespect, criticism, castigation and put-downs on a Christian "to do" list?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0212.mp3
Our Eternal House – by Greg Albrecht
Friend and Partner Letter from September 2024:
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling… and we would prefer to be away from the body and present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:1-2, 8).
When I turned 50, along with nearly everyone else my age in these United States, I started receiving literature from the AARP (American Association for Retired Persons). I was surprised – to be honest, I was offended. What? My 50th birthday meant I needed help crossing the ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 29, 2024 - Quote for the Day:
“… in this computer age you can go through the day without ever getting up close and personal with a ‘real, live’ human being. You can watch television, you can listen to the radio, follow the news and pay your bills on our computer. Cell phones not only enable you to call others but to receive calls, text message others, send email messages, listen to music, as well as a host of other functions.
Have you ever wondered why some television shows are so appealing – you know, the ones that depict people walking into a diner, a bar, a pub, a small shop, or a Starbucks – places where ...
Watch the Lamb!
Oskar Schindler saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during WWII but agonized over the thought that he could have done more. Similarly we can never do enough to rid ourselves of sin. The central message of Christianity is, "Look to the Lamb of God! Only he can remove the burden of our sins."
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0210.mp3
Trapped By Religion
Has a normal, likeable friend of yours ever suddenly "got religion" and become an unreasonable, fire-breathing, hypercritical, placard-carrying, end-times-predicting kook? Why does religion do that? Is that what God wants? Greg discusses the dangers of religious fundamentalism.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0209.mp3
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