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God and Jonah: Ships Passing in the Night – by Greg Albrecht
Many, even those unfamiliar with the Bible, have heard of Jonah. Most remember the story of Jonah as it is depicted in children's books—a man named Jonah who was swallowed by a big fish and lived to tell the tale.
As we go a little deeper into the story (deeper even than the whale went with Jonah) we see that Jonah is yet another biblical example of how humans can completely misunderstand God. We can misunderstand God as Jonah did, and in terms of our relationship with God, be, as he was, like two Ships that Pass in the Night.
The book of Jonah begins with God telling Jonah to go to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian ...
To End All Wars
God gives us all the good we will never need because he wants to, and because he can. Greg illustrates God’s grace with the movie “To End All Wars” — based on the book “Through the Valley of the Kwai.”
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR238.mp3
New Creation in Christ – by Greg Albrecht
Friend and Partner Letter from January 2023:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation is come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17
This New Year of 2023 is a great time to remember that we, as Christ-followers, and CWR/PTM Friends and partners, are friends of Jesus and we are, by God’s grace, New Creations! God creates us as new creations out of what we were. He makes us “something” in terms of our spiritual worth when before we were, by comparison, “nothing.”
He finds us and we discover him, in the process we lose “the old” and we gain, by his grace, “the new”! We become new, ...
Is Prayer Your Steering Wheel or Your Spare Tire?
Greg discusses what your steering wheel, spare tire, and your on-board GPS system have to do with your relationship with God.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR236.mp3
God’s Incredible Generosity
When traced back to its ultimate source, we find that generosity comes from the riches of God’s grace.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR235.mp3
Great Exchanges – by Greg Albrecht
Your first thought at this time of the year might be those frenzied crowds in shopping malls and department stores on the days immediately following Christmas. People exchanging and returning gifts they received that were the wrong size, wrong color—or just plain wrong!
But there's another exchange we need to keep in mind. This great exchange is the reality of the cross of Christ. Jesus Christ took our sin and died for it, paying the debt that we could not pay. In exchange, God, because of his grace, gives us eternal life. Our sin for eternal life! The great spiritual exchange.
Great exchanges characterize the month of December for Christians ...
United With Christ
We are united with Christ through his death, as our old selves are crucified with him. We are also united with Christ in his resurrection, as he lives his risen life within us. Join Greg as he talks about what it means to be united with Christ.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR234.mp3
What You Get for Christmas?
It's understandable that the focus of Christmas for children is the gifts they might get, but Christmas never becomes much more than that for many adults. Their question is, "What am I going to get?" In one way, that IS the question, but not in the way most of us think.
Las Posadas
Had we been the owner of the Bethlehem Inn, would we have given Joseph and Mary a room? Would we have made room for our Savior?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR045.mp3
What If God Was One of Us? – by Greg Albrecht
"Stop Acting Like God. Start Acting Like Jesus." The message, on a poster being waved during a rally in support of a minority group, confronted and challenged me. It seemed to be directed at me and my fellow Christians.
If they really knew Jesus, I thought, they would know that he is God and he was God in the flesh!
I continued to ponder the poster until a free translation of its intended meaning occurred to me: "Jesus, save us from your followers who seem to be acting like our stereotype of the Old Testament God."
It was obvious they had a vague notion that Jesus didn't hurt people, that Jesus didn't abuse people, and that Jesus ...
Recognizing God
The birth of Jesus signaled a new way of doing things. The gospel insists that our relationship with God is all about what he does - it's all about him. But sadly, many are convinced by religion that their relationship with God is all about them.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR097.mp3
January 2023
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Articles:
Nothing But Jesus – pg. 1
A New Beginning – pg. 2
Loving Doctrine More Than People? – pg. 5
Savannah Bananas – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
The Word Who Became Flesh
He was born so that we might be spiritually reborn. Join us as we study the significance and meaning of Jesus' birth in John 1:1-14.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR149.mp3
Christmas Reminds Us
The unending, eternal truth and beauty of the birth of Jesus stands in stark contrast over against the ugliness, hatred, oppression, abuse and warfare of our world - the good news is that Jesus not only came into the world of the first century, he still comes to ours.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR513.mp3
The Carnal God
Because of the infinite love of God, Jesus was incarnated as God in the flesh - so that he might fully know us and so that we might know him.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR512.mp3
Heart and Soul – Greg Albrecht
All over this world people are dying from despair and depression. Opioid abuse and addiction is unprecedented, as people vainly attempt to medicate themselves from the pain and heartache of their lives.
Christ-less religion insists that people be convicted of how bad they are. That’s no news flash! People already know how bad they are. People already know the bad news. What people need to know is the good news of Jesus Christ, and of the love, grace and mercy of God.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is Christianity without the religion—the gospel is irreligious. Those who discover the gospel of Jesus Christ have the audacity to dig down and ...
The Three M’s
Many activities surround Christmas - sometimes the busy-ness of it all might even obscure the actual meaning of the birth of Jesus.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR511.mp3
The Little Stranger in the Manger – by Greg Albrecht
Friend and Partner Letter from December 2016
Come down to the manger, see the little stranger Wrapped in swaddling clothes, the prince of peace.
– “Christmas Must be Tonight,” The Band
The invitation come down to the manger, see the little stranger announces the arrival of the God who cares, the God who comes near and the God who becomes one of us.
The invitation come down to the manger, see the little stranger proclaims God’s love being born into our story.
Come down to the manger, see the little stranger bids us to come receive the unconditional love of God who holds us near and dear.
When ...
Shame and Scandal
Jesus' birth, as well as his life and death, were surrounded by shame and scandal, yet the real shame and scandal was not then easily observed nor is it easily believed now.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR461.mp3
The Crib and the Cross
The crib and the cross of Jesus Christ are the bookends of his human earthly life - the bookends of the greatest love story ever told.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR459.mp3
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