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Today’s Gospel is from the John’s Gospel Chapter 8, the woman who was caught in adultery. This was a trap which the scribes were trying to entangle Jesus in. How did Jesus escape this? Father explains in this reflection.

The discussion centers on Luke's Gospel Chapter 8, focusing on Jesus' return to Capernaum and his interactions with a ruler of the synagogue, Jairus, and a woman suffering from hemorrhages for 12 years. Jesus heals the woman by touching her faith, demonstrating His authority and power. He then revives Jairus' daughter, emphasizing faith and authority. The conversation also references Daniel's prophecy about the end-time kingdoms and the eternal Kingdom of God. The speaker encourages calmness amidst global turmoil, highlighting the future transformation through Jesus' return.

Nature and Causes of Apostasy From the Gospel Chapter 12 If the backsliding whereof men complain from the ways of holiness and obedience have not proceeded out of dislike unto Christ and the gospel; if they have not, by the power and deceit wherewith they are accompanied, chosen any other way of duty or sin in his stead, — as there is all necessity imaginable that they should, so there is all encouragement necessary to put them upon the diligent use of all means of a blessed recovery.

Covenant Fellowship Church in Stuttgart, Germany, hosts a Men's Book Discussion Group bi-monthly on Saturdays. This week, Pastor Dylan talks through the overall themes of John Colquhoun's "The Law and the Gospel" from Chapter 2.

Covenant Fellowship Church in Stuttgart, Germany, hosts a Men's Book Discussion Group bi-monthly on Saturdays. This week, Pastor Dylan talks through the overall themes of John Colquhoun's -The Law and the Gospel- from Chapter 2.

Nature and Cause of Apostasy From the Gospel Chapter 10 V. A lack of watchfulness against the insinuation of national vices and the prevailing sins of any present age, has effectually promoted an apostasy from evangelical holiness among the generality of Christians.

Tomi Oyebadejo will be speaking from John's Gospel Chapter 2 - the wedding at Cana, in the next part of our series.

Talk 2 from Mark's Gospel Chapter 1 verses 21 to 45 Emu Music Colin Buchanan and City Alight

Questions Covered: Joe – 06:03 – You were a huge impact on me and my journey from Calvinism to Catholicism. So thank you and never stop! Since converting, I’ve noticed when “Protestants argue like Atheists”, but I’ve also recently come to notice when “Protestants argue like Agnostics”. This usually happens when I bring up something in Scripture that denominations disagree on. The result is something like “Well, we can’t know for sure, so it’s best not to take a stance on it”, or “That’s not a main issue so I’m not going to judge anyone else for taking that stance, what’s important is that they have faith in Jesus.” Have you come across this, and how do you suggest furthing a conversation once it reaches that point?  16:28 – Trent, I hope you are doing well today! I had a question. I was going over your “Arguing Against Abortion” course at the School of Apologetics, and I was kind of confused about something and wanted to get some clarity! In Section VI. of the course: Answering Arguments from “Hard Cases”, when rape is mentioned here there is a part where the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services speaks of being able to “Defend herself against potential conception from the sexual assault.” Is this saying that a sort of “contraception” can be used to help prevent conception or the fertilization of the egg, and if so, is this an exception and not a rule? Also, Have you found it harder to defend the Catholic church’s view on contraception after arguing this point?  23:08 – What is a good, well rounded “elevator speech” for why be Catholic vs other Christian denominations? I've been trying to convert my non denominational brother and sister in law and every time I give them biblical proof or historical proof of their position being different than the early Christian's – they don't seem to care.  28:18 – Hello Trent, please strictly consider the text of Mark’s Gospel Chapter 9, verse 1. If Jesus really said the words attributed to him, does that mean Jesus’ second coming is a failed prophesy? In other words, that it’s safe to say the second coming is a prediction that never came true. Thank you!  32:08 – Hello Trent! Do you have any advice for a beginner apologist? Any advice on how to bring people to Christ through the intellectual side of Christianity, and do so with gentleness and respect? I know you do this very well, so I thought it would be worth asking. Thank you for all you do.  35:47 – How can we get a secular person to agree that using sex for something other than “babies and bonding” is a bad thing without appealing to religion? Most secular people I talk to about sexually disordered acts believe that using sex for something other than it’s natural purposes is morally irrelevant, and I’m not sure how to convince them otherwise without bringing in theology.  40:57 – Are nuclear weapons inherently evil? Do we as Catholics have a moral obligation to avoid working with or in companies that produce or manufacture nuclear weapons, or nuclear weapon support systems? Would you consider the proliferation of nuclear weapons a pro life topic like abortion?  45:47 – In a psychology course, we had an online discussion board assignment where we were given this dilemma: A man’s wife is terminally ill, but there is one drug that will cure her. However, this drug is extremely expensive and they can’t afford it. Would it be morally wrong for the man to steal the drug? How would you apply Catholic moral teaching to this situation? Personally, I would not want to risk the state of my soul by doing something even potentially wrong – stealing the drug – to cure a loved one. I was surprised that almost all the students said that it would NOT be wro…

In this episode, Grace Nichols, author of "Hug Your Kids Today!: 5 Key Lessons for Every Working Parent" leads our discussion through chapter 14 of Mark's Gospel. Forgiveness is nebulous and difficult to define. Is it an act, a process, a transaction, a feeling? As we observe Jesus's response to ultimate betrayal, and through the sharing of Grace's story, we are urged to open ourselves up to forgiving others.Kindred Church is a Christian community gathering in Reno, Nevada. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization. If you believe in the ministry of Kindred Church and would like to support our efforts, visit kindredchurchreno.com/donate to make a contribution. If you'd like to join us for a gathering, please visit kindredchurchreno.com/gatherings for our location and service times.Thanks for listening.

How a conversation between Jesus and a secret follower can inspire us to be confident believers in God. A sermon by Canon David Hodgson, Rector of All Saints Wokingham, based on St John's Gospel Chapter 3.

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Sean, Brian, and John discuss part one of Lesson 4 on the commandments. They talk about the unique nature of this lesson and focus on the importance of helping others to study the scriptures, pray, and keep the sabbath day holy. Highlights Episode 13: Lesson 4 pt. 1 :50 Different ways to teach Lesson 4: The Commandments p. 74 PMG (18 minutes) 9:35 Obedience p. 75 PMG (7 minutes) The following three Commandments are the Building Blocks of Faith. You will need to understand these thoroughly to help people build faith. 16:35 Pray Often p. 76 PMG (14:95 minutes) 31:30 Study the Scriptures p.76 (14.10 minutes) 45:40 Keep the Sabbath Day Holy p. 77 (18:00 minutes)

A new MP3 sermon from Carey Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: John's Gospel Chapter 1 Part 1: Jesus Divinity Proclaimed Speaker: Ben Donahue Broadcaster: Carey Baptist Church Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 9/8/2022 Bible: John 1:1-11 Length: 14 min.

Our Holy Mother the Church provides for our lesson today, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 31 August 2022, the text of St. Luke's Gospel Chapter 12, verses 13-21. Someone in the crowd asked Jesus to act as arbitrator to the conflict of claims between two brothers. Our Lord does not accept the invite but focused on reminding everyone that there in our hearts lurks covetousness or avarice. Hence, we would need to be on guard against it because it explains the quarrels we have over possessions in this world. Our Lord calls a person preoccupied only with his money and business a fool because he was going to be called to God's presence very soon. At death, no one can bring anything of this life to the next. He should have thought about his social responsibility before thinking of a flimsy security of having a lot to be able to simply make merry.

Melissa, my wife, loves fried pickles. (And I like them too, but it's sorta been an acquired taste for me.) But Melissa has always loved fried pickles, and she especially loves them when she's pregnant, and so more than a few times over the last 15 years, we've had fried pickles.And one night several years ago, I was on a fried-pickle run, and it was later in the evening, about ten-minutes or so before the restaurant closed. I made it there just in time; chairs were already upside-down on the tables; I put in my order and I'm waiting for my number to be called. Well as it turned out, I was the 316th order that day, and I had told the cashier my name is Jon, and so after waiting a few minutes for these fried pickles, I hear this guy call out “Jon 316!”And that was me. And so I go to get my order, and then the guy said it again, almost like he was surprised that he recognized what he had said. He goes, “John 3:16, hmm” and he hands me the bag. Now, it was truly a remarkable moment, because at the very least, this guy who had whatever kind of background he had, he knew that John 3:16 meant something, right? He recognized it. And my guess is that most all of us in here, whatever kind of background we might have, we know that John 3:16 means something. Whether we grew up in a Christian home or this is the first time you've ever been to a church, there's a decent chance that we've all seen or heard something about John 3:16, and either way, my goal this morning is to tell you exactly what John 3:16 means.And at one level, it's not hard to tell you what this verse means because it's so crystal clear. Take a look at verse 16: For God so loved the world that be gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.If you're 5 years old, or 25, or 85 — we can all track with that, right? So I don't wanna overcomplicate this verse at all. It is simple. But it's also profound, and I want to take some time here to look closely at this verse and highlight three truths here that show us the heart of the gospel. And I'm gonna put the three truths in a sentence that goes this:1) We were all condemned, BUT 2) Jesus came to give us life, BECAUSE 3) God loves us.We're gonna look at each of these, but first let's pray:Father, with your Word now open before us and your Spirit at work, lift up Jesus, we ask, and show us your glory in your Son. We beg you to do this, in Jesus's name. Amen.1) We were all condemnedAnd this first truth makes more sense when we look at John 3:16 in its context. So we need to back out just a little bit and see what's going on here in the Gospel of John overall.Picking Up in Chapter 3John starts Chapter 3 by introducing Nicodemus to us. Nicodemus is a Pharisee who is intrigued by Jesus, and one night — most likely because that's when less people around —Nicodemus comes to see Jesus and to ask him questions. And the questions are about who Jesus is and what he's been teaching, and Nicodemus is not hostile to Jesus, he's curious. And so he and Jesus talk, and as a Pharisee, Nicodemus is considered a “teacher of Israel” — that's what Jesus calls him — which means Nicodemus is skilled in the Hebrew Scriptures, and yet he still doesn't understand what Jesus is teaching. And so Jesus tells Nicodemus, basically, that he will understand Jesus and his teaching more when Jesus is lifted up. This is verses 14–15, which really is the central, main idea of this chapter. Look at verse 14. Jesus says: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.Now Jesus doesn't have to explain to Nicodemus this reference to Moses, because Nicodemus gets it — remember he knows the Old Testament — and so right away when Nicodemus hears this, he would make the connection: Jesus is talking about the Book of Numbers, Chapter 21. So timeout for a minute. Let's think back to the Old Testament, Numbers 21.The Story of Numbers 21Who in here is afraid of snakes?And if you don't think you're afraid of snakes, you are. I remember hearing stories in North Carolina of snakes hiding in bathroom, under the rim of toilets. So think about that. Snakes are bad news, and that's what makes Numbers 21 a nightmare. The story takes place after Israel had come through through the exodus. They were traveling in the desert, going around the land of Edom, and the people got impatient and started grumbling against God and against Moses — they were doing the whole “Why'd you bring us outta Egypt to die in the desert?” And God, as a judgment for the people's unbelief and grumbling, he sent “fiery serpents” among the people, to bite them and kill them. Now I've never seen the classic motion picture Snakes on a Plane, with Samuel L. Jackson, but I've seen the trailer. And from what I can tell, the movie is just hundreds of snakes on a plane biting people — and that's what this is in Numbers 21. Snakes are popping up everywhere biting people and they're dying, and so the people desperately come to Moses in repentance and Moses intercedes for them, and as mercy to the people, God provides a way out. God tells Moses to make a serpent out of bronze and put it on a pole, and everyone bitten by a snake, if they look to this bronze serpent lifted up, they'll be healed. So that's what Moses does, and it works.All these bit people, under judgment, when they look to this bronze serpent lifted up, they live.And Jesus says that just like Moses lifted up that serpent, Jesus himself must be lifted up, and in a similar way, all who look to Jesus — all who believe in Jesus — will live. We All, Snakebitten and DoomedNow what's implied here in what Jesus says is really important. What's implied here is that we've all been bitten. We all are already under judgment. That's stated clearly down in verse 18: Jesus didn't come into the world to condemn us, because we were already condemned. We already loved darkness rather than the light. Because of sin, we all step into our own stories already destined for wrath, already set against God. If we reject Jesus, verse 36 tells us, the wrath of God remains on us — because we already have it coming. And although this is not as obvious as a snake bite, deep down we all know this is true — we all know that we are broken and doomed and that we need a way out; we all know we need to be healed.And if you don't think we know this, just look at the market for false-healers and pseudo-saviors, which is pretty much every advertisement you see. Look at the lengths that people will go to change themselves. One of the most repeated messages in our world is that you need to change, and that message works because we all know that something is off. We all, as part of this world, are sinful, depraved, grumblers against God — that is natural to us as fallen humans — and therefore we are (we were) all condemned. That's the first thing to highlight here: 1) We were all condemned …2) But Jesus came to give us life. This is the big exclamation point in the whole Gospel of John, and we see it here in verse 16 loud and clear. In fact, verse 16 marks a new section in Chapter 3. The conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus ends in verse 15, and then in verse 16 John, the narrator, steps in to give his own explanation of what Jesus has just said.Jesus said, verse 14, that he must be lifted up so that whoever of us snakebitten people believe in him may live. And then right after this, in verse 16, John gives us a glorious grounding for why that's the case. It's like verses 14–15 are the tip of the iceberg, and now John is taking us down deep to see more.John is saying: Hey, what Jesus has said is true, because God loved the world in this way … and then what John says in the rest of verse 16 is the same as what Jesus says in verse 15. Most of verse 16 is a restatement. Let's just compare the two verses for a minute. Look at verse 15.Verse 15: “the Son of Man must be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”Verse 16: “God gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”So in both verses, two things are happening: There's the action of God, or what God did, and then there's its purpose. Action and purpose. And we gotta look at both of these, starting with the action.The first question is this: What is meant here in the action of “the Son of Man must be lifted up” and “God gave his Son?” Do you see the parallel? These both are actions that have the same purpose, so Jesus in verse 15 and John in verse 16 must be talking about the same thing, but what exactly is it? What do these two phrases mean?What Did God Do?The answer is that Jesus and John are talking about Jesus's life, death, and resurrection as one gospel event. The phrase “lifted up” is used three others times in this Gospel, and it has a kind of double-meaning (see 8:28; 12:32; 12:34). In one sense, it's referring to the literal, physical lifting up of Jesus on the cross. (And that's clear in Chapter 12, because when the people who heard Jesus say it, they knew he was talking about his death.) But Jesus is also talking about his resurrection and exaltation. Jesus, will be lifted up, literally, in his death on the cross, and he will be lifted up by being raised from the dead and ascended and exalted and proclaimed by the apostles and the church as the only hope for all who are snakebitten. So if you're looking for an “exact parallel” here between Moses lifting up the bronze serpent and Jesus, there's not really an exact-moment parallel, but it's more like every moment of Jesus's life, death, and resurrection was his being lifted up. The whole of what Jesus did in his living and dying and being raised — all of that — is the Son of Man being lifted up. And that's what verse 16 restates profoundly as “God gave his only Son.”Have you ever gave something before? Not a trick question, just think about. Have you ever given anything? You know what that's like. You have something that is yours. It belongs to you. And then you give it. You say “here.”God the Father gave Jesus. God gave Jesus in his incarnation and life;he gave Jesus in his suffering and crucifixion;he gave Jesus in his resurrection and ascension.And that's a simple little one syllable word, “gave,” right? But its glory is in what he gave. God gave his only Son. And “his only Son” is meant to register for all peoples at all times that this is something precious. You don't give your only son. Nobody does that. I read this verse and I think: I've got four sons and I would't give any of them for anything. — “Well what if it meant saving thousands of people?” — Too bad. They're my sons. I'm not giving my son. And we're all supposed to think that, see. This is meant to signal preciousness to us, and yet still we don't even come close to understanding what is said here, because John is emphasizing the wonder of the relationship between God the Father and God the Son. And that's a topic Jesus talks about a lot in this Gospel:Chapter 3, verse 36: The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hands;Chapter 5, verse 20: the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing;Chapter 10, verse 17: the Father loves the Son and has given him authority over his life to lay it down and to take it back up again;Chapter 15, verse 9, the Father loves the Son and the Son abides in his Father's love;Chapter 17, verse 24, the Father loves the Son as he has eternally loved the Son from before the foundations of the world.We cannot fathom the relationship between God the Father and God the Son — because we're talking about the Son here who is the only begotten, the radiance of God's glory, the exact imprint of his nature, the object of ultimate joy and love. And God the Father gave him. God gave him to live and to suffer and to die on the cross bearing the judgment that we sinners deserved. That is the action here. That is what it means for Jesus to be lifted up. That is what it means for God to give his only Son. And God did that … for what?What Is the Purpose?This is the purpose stated in both verses 15 and 16. It's easy to see. Look at verse 15 again. The purpose for what God did is so that, verse 15, “whoever believes in [Jesus] may have eternal life.” John says the same thing in verse 16: “so that whoever believes in [Jesus] should not perish but have eternal life.”So the purpose of Jesus's death and resurrection is to give life to whoever believes. Everybody see that? Now it's important to get this clear: The purpose of Jesus's death and resurrection is not to give life to everyone, but it's to everyone who believes. Every snakebitten person doesn't just get life now because of what Jesus did, but it's only the snakebitten persons who look to Jesus — it's whoever believes in Jesus. Those who believe in Jesus are those whom Jesus saves, and those whom he came to save.And there is more we could talk about here related to the nature and wonder of the atonement and what is says about the glory of Jesus, like: Jesus never died to save someone who will not be saved, because Jesus is not a failure.Jesus never paid for the sins of someone who will pay for their own sins in hell.Jesus is not a coupon, remember? — he doesn't get you part of the way and leave the rest up to you.Jesus is the whole Savior and so Jesus gets the whole glory!We can talk about that — I love talking about that — but eventually here we get to the question of: how do I know that Jesus died for me? This is the question we all have to ask one way or another. How do I know if God gave his only Son for me? How do I know if Jesus died to give me eternal life?Well … do I believe? Do you believe in him? Because if you believe in Jesus — if you embrace Jesus and you look to Jesus for life — then you are precisely the one Jesus came to give life to.See, John 3:16 confronts us with that question: Do we believe in Jesus? And right now, all across this room, we're asking that question, right? And if you don't believe in Jesus, you know you don't, and I wonder why not. If you don't believe in Jesus, what is keeping you from putting your faith in him? I would sincerely love to talk with you after the service if you'd be willing, but also, I need to say that whatever has kept you from trusting in Jesus before, it doesn't have to keep you now, because now this is a new invitation. Right now, in this moment, turn from your sins, turn from your trust in false saviors, and right now, trust in Jesus Christ. Put your faith in Jesus and have eternal life.That is the purpose for why Jesus came. That is why Jesus died and was raised. It was to give life to whoever believes.So 1) we were all condemned, but 2) Jesus came to give us life; because 3) God loves us.3) Because God loves us. This is the first thing said in verse 16, and we're gonna end here because it's most stunning thing said ever. “For God so loved the world…”The “for” means “because.” This is why Jesus will be lifted up to save all who believe. And the little word “so” means “thus” or “in this way.” Here's how it goes together:Jesus says in verses 14–15: the Son of Man must be lifted up to give life to all who believe.And John comes right after him to say: Yes! This is because God loved the world in this way! Now in what way? “God so loved the world” or God loved the world in that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. So this settles it, right? This means that anytime now that we think about the death and resurrection of Jesus, we know where it comes from. We know what that is. It is the love of God. Look at the cross, look at the resurrection, look at Jesus lifted up and know that this is the way that God loved the world.And when we read “world” we should think “sinners.” That's what John means. This is the way God loved those who don't deserve his love. This is the way God loved the grumblers, the snakebitten — which is why it's so stunning. And we gotta stay here a minute.One of the things I come across a lot, in conversations with people (and in my own heart at times) is that we can struggle to really believe that God loves us. Which is a critical situation. Because the Bible teaches that the most important thing in the Christian life is to be assured of God's love, it's to know God's love for us — Ephesians 3 — and so when our felt-reality is that God does not love us, that's not good, and so what do we do with that?Well, a lot of times, in my experience, the times when we don't feel loved by God are when we are especially aware of our unlovability. There's a sense of shame we might have. We're aware of our deficiencies and brokenness and weakness and sin, and when that stands in the way of our knowing God's love for us, one option for how we might try to work our way out of that is by saying: you're not deficient; you ARE enough; you ARE worthy of God's love. And the problem with thinking that way is that it just contradicts what the Bible says. If you feel like you don't deserve God's love, guess what? You don't. We don't. If you think you don't deserve God's love, you are at least halfway biblical. You wanna know the other half? God loves you anyway. See, that's where we have to get. If we struggle to know God's love for us, we don't come to grasp his love by convincing ourselves how lovable we are, but by seeing how glorious HE IS! Hey, God loves me. I want you to know that about me. God loves me. I want you to think that for yourself; I want you to say to yourself, church, God loves me. And I want you to know that there's nothing prideful is saying that and thinking that because God's love for us is not a statement about how great we are, but it's about how great he is. What kind of God is he to love people like us?! What kind of God is he to love us in this way: that he gave his only Son for us, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life — which means life with him. See, it's really all about God. The eternal life that Jesus gives us is the life of God's love that is eternal. To know the love of God is to know the glory of God, which is what's behind everything. This is what Jesus has known from before the foundations of the world; it's what we were made for; and it's what, now, because of Jesus, we are welcomed into when we believe in him. * * *So I'm in that restaurant years ago, waiting for those fried pickles, and the guy says to me, to my face, he says “John 3:16.” And at the time I was just — I dropped the ball — but if it ever happens again, this is what I'll say … so go back …I'm waiting for the fried pickles, and he says to me “John 3:16” and I say: Hey, that's a verse in the Bible. Do you know it means? It means we were all condemned, but Jesus came to give us life, because God loves us.This is a simple verse, but it's also profound. We see here the glory of God, and we should praise him, adore him, give him thanks. Which is why I invite you to this Table. The TableThis Table is the symbol of God giving his Son for us. The bread represents the body of Jesus; the cup represents the blood of Jesus — which have been given for all who believe. So this morning if you're here and you've put your faith in Jesus — if you look to Jesus as your only hope — receive the bread and cup and give him thanks!

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Continuing the Series in Matthew's Gospel Chapter 10 verse 16 to 31

Pastor Doug continues in John's Gospel Chapter 5. The Pool at Bethesda. Tune in to have your perspective challenged.

Get into a quiet and comfortable place to listen to today's mediation via the links below. It will take about 15 minutes from beginning to end. It's a bit longer than usual, but I wanted to help you dive a little deeper as we wrap up week 1 of this challenge. I know that you will be blessed as you set aside this time to commune with the Lord. In the meditation you will be guided into an encounter with the Lord in Matthew's Gospel Chapter 11, verses 28-30. Close your eyes and allow yourself to enter into the secret place with the Lord today. Jesus wants to take your burdens and offer you his deep peace and rest. Won't you accept His invitation?... To get the full meditation, don't forget to sign up for the complete challenge experience at https://twoheartsforher.newzenler.com/courses/enterhisrest --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/twoheartsforher/message

Peter W. Marty preaches on St. Mark's Gospel Chapter 10. We can have huge resources but can be missing something vitally in us. What about the things we cannot buy? You cannot buy more time, you can't buy your way out of shame or loneliness. The richest things in life have nothing to do with money. All My Hope on God Is FoundedText: Joachim Neander, 1650-1680; para. Robert Bridges, 1844-1930, alt. Music: Herbert Howells, 1892-1983.  Music © 1968 Novello & Co., Limited, London, United Kingdom. All rights reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used by permission under OneLicense #A-710534. Your Grace Is EnoughWords and Music by Matt Maher © 2003 Thankyou Music | SpiritandSong.com. Used with permission. CCLI License # 2900188

What do we allow to filter into our lives, are we more dependent on the streams of social media and others or do we allow the light of Jesus and the Holy Spirit to be that main source that feeds us? In John's Gospel Chapter 1 we read about Nathaniel and his calling to follow Jesus. Nathaniel decided to open the iris of his heart and listen to the calling of Jesus all because he had a friend called Philip who said "come and see"

Freedom from sin, what a concept in the Church.  Many cannot find freedom from its sting and pain.  Many are forcibly trying to overcome in themselves what Christ has done for them.  The Son has made us free.  Yes, Christ is our freedom from sin.   In John's Gospel Chapter 8, it is recorded that Jesus told the Jews that they were slaves to sin.  Many would not come to Him that they would be made free from sin.  The reality that is in Him is we have forgiveness for our sins.  He became sin for us, and sin is not held against us.  The Apostle John tells us He is faithful and just to forgive us.  This reality of Him fills our hearts.  He took our sins.  He became the missing of the mark to bring us to God in Himself.  It was laid upon Jesus Christ.     What we have in the New Covenant is that of Christ.  We do not simply have a good teaching of how to be better.  We have the substance of how to be a New Creation.  We have the substance of how to perform the Life of God within us.  The substance we have is The Truth.  The substance we have is Christ Jesus the Lord.  His victory over sin reigns within us because HE REIGNS within us!  Glory to God.  

In the Fall of 2020, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. During this time, the discussions were recorded so that we could share our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with the gospels of our culture. from the cover: "Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of 'gospeling' in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture." So join us as we dive into this fascinating book together!

In the Fall of 2020, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. During this time, the discussions were recorded so that we could share our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with the gospels of our culture. from the cover: "Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of 'gospeling' in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture." So join us as we dive into this fascinating book together! PLEASE NOTE: this is a recording of a Zoom group meeting, and so there are unavoidable audio issues. As people become more familiar with the technology, many of these problems begin to disappear, but please bear with us graciously for these first few episodes.

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with the gospels of our culture. from the cover: "Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of 'gospeling' in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture." So join us as we dive into this fascinating book together! PLEASE NOTE: this is a recording of a Zoom group meeting, and so there are unavoidable audio issues. As people become more familiar with the technology, many of these problems begin to disappear, but please bear with us graciously for these first few episodes.

Hosts: Tommy Bridges and John Fugh, Jr. What are our motives when it comes to living out our faith? We need to learn to think big about God. We need to renew our minds and see ourselves as God sees us. The Ragamuffin Gospel is about Jesus accepting and loving people right where they are. Feel free to reach out to us. We would love to hear from you. You can email us at podcast@spumccolumbus.com.

He poured out His Soul unto Death In John’s Gospel Chapter 10, Jesus declared that He is the Good Shepherd, and the Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.  If we look closely at the word life here, it means soul life.  It is the word that is used for soul.  Jesus, who was in the form of God, Philippians 2, lowered himself and took on Himself the form of man.  What is the form of man, a living soul according to the Apostle Paul.  “The first man Adam was made a living soul.”  So, Christ became a living soul, and as a soul or living being, he poured out his life unto death.     This is prophesied in Isaiah 53 verse 10, “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.”    Then we can see this again in the book of Psalms 16 “10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 11Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.”   Christ did not see corruption.  We are joined to His person; His being is our salvation.  His soul was poured out to death for us.  He became the offering for sin, not just His flesh that hung upon the tree, but the entirety of His person was offered for us.  He then was raised from the dead, and in this resurrection, we have newness of life.  We have His Life in us.  This One, this Holy One Living in us.  Glory to God.  

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with the gospels of our culture. from the cover: "Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of gospeling in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture." So join us as we dive into this fascinating book together! PLEASE NOTE: this is a recording of a Zoom group meeting, and so there are unavoidable audio issues. As people become more familiar with the technology, many of these problems begin to disappear, but please bear with us graciously for these first few episodes.

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with the gospels of our culture. from the cover: "Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of gospeling in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture." So join us as we dive into this fascinating book together! PLEASE NOTE: this is a recording of a Zoom group meeting, and so there are unavoidable audio issues. As people become more familiar with the technology, many of these problems begin to disappear, but please bear with us graciously for these first couple of episodes.

This Fall, St. Aidan's offered reading groups as a way for members to join together (virtually, of course) for fellowship and discipleship. Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing recordings of our study of "The King Jesus Gospel" by Scot McKnight. In this book, Scot McKnight invites us to rediscover and revisit the Gospel of the early Church, and to contrast the Gospel of Scripture with the gospels of our culture. from the cover: "Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that the gospel is defined by the apostles in 1 Corinthians 15 as the completion of the Story of Israel in the saving Story of Jesus; that the gospel is found in the Four Gospels; that the gospel was preached by Jesus; and that the sermons in the Book of Acts are the best example of gospeling in the New Testament. The King Jesus Gospel ends with practical suggestions about evangelism and about building a gospel culture." So join us as we dive into this fascinating book together! PLEASE NOTE: this is a recording of a Zoom group meeting, and so there are unavoidable audio issues. As people become more familiar with the technology, many of these problems begin to disappear, but please bear with us graciously for these first couple of episodes.

THE FULNESS OF THE GOSPEL, Ch1 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=122 We are members of the only true and living Church upon the face of the whole earth, and we have received the fulness of the everlasting gospel. One of the most efficient organizations in the world was the German Army. Another has proved to be the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members of each of these two organizations have been totally dedicated to their cause–even to the sacrificing of their own lives. The main difference, however, is that one was dedicated to the killing of mankind, and the other to saving them. Too much has been said about Hitler’s army, and not enough about Christ’s church. How unfortunate that so much knowledge has been poured into the development of weaponry and how little has gone into exercising Priesthood. This clearly depicts our limited understanding of correct values. I do not suppose there is any event predicted in the word of inspired truth, connected with the work of the last days, upon which so much misunderstanding exists, and which produces so little impression upon the minds of the human family, as the restoration of the Holy Priesthood; yet, at the same time, there is no subject more intimately connected and associated with the happiness, well-being, and eternal destiny of man, than this; as it is the right understanding and full appreciation of this matter that can alone lay a sure foundation for an eternal exaltation to honour, dignity, and power in the Kingdom of our God. (Thomas Bryceson, 1853, Mill. Star 15:102)

The simple narative of John's Gospel Chapter 11 gives us all we need to seek and find the Saviour.

John's Gospel Chapter 3 by Fr Columba Jordan

The wedding at Cana and the cleansing of the Temple. Jesus did not just come to fix us but to make it possible for us to be eternally united to God. He wants us to be inebriated with his love...

Sunday, October 5, 2019 The WHOLE Gospel [chapter 2] “Father in Heaven: what a privilege to address You as such! I marvel that You name me Your child, and I ask that You would help me believe that I am. Help me believe who I am in Christ that I may better live out the Christian life as Your witness and as a vessel of your love and grace. May I, Almighty and All-Loving God, depend completely on You, just as Jesus did!” Join us this Sunday as we continue our series of what it means to be SONS/DAUGHTERS OF GOD, from the book Victory Over the Darkness by Neil Anderson. two scoops Agape,pastor john

Based on Mark's Gospel Chapter 4: 35- 41 “Crossing Over Unto the other Side” invites listeners to be dissatisfied with their present unfavourable circumstance into the fullness of God's plan and purpose for their lives. We pray that this podcast will bless you. Support this podcast

The Church and the Gospel, Chapter 1 Pages 1-11by Ogden Kraut http://www.fundamentallymormon.com/2019/07/the-church-and-gospel-chapter-1-pages-1.html?m=1 There are volumes and volumes on LDS Church history, but not much has been written on the actual history of its doctrines. Little doubt exists among the Mormon people as to the origin and beginning events of the Church, but there are many diverse opinions on its doctrines. Mormonism has more than its share of confusion, contradiction, and controversy among its members. For example, about 20 years after the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Reorganized LDS Church was born because of disagreements over correct doctrine and authority. Approximately 200 break-offs from the Mormon Church have been created mostly over differences in those two areas. From dispensation to dispensation, history records that the course of many civilizations and churches is “one eternal round”: (1) pure at its inception from God; (2) gradually changed (“polluted”) by mankind in their efforts to “improve” it; and (3) eventually restored back to its righteous state.  The Church of Jesus Christ in these latter days is no exception, as this book will show by tracing the history and evolution of some of its ordinances and doctrines during the 160+ years since its organization in 1830. This publication can, of course, contain only a very small representation of quotations and references that could be included on the ten doctrines selected to be discussed:1. Gifts of the spirit 2.Without purse or scrip 3.The Seventies 4.The gathering of Israel 5.Re-baptism 6.United Order 7.The only true God 8.Plural marriage 9. Blacks and the Priesthood 10..The Kingdom of God

In this episode, Scott Terry and Kasey Dayton discuss the significance of the first 15 verses of Mark’s gospel. We talk about what the word gospel means, and why it matters that Jesus was proclaimed to be king (Christ), and that the kingdom of God is here.

Jesus’s betrayal was pretty fascinating. He actually was betrayed a couple of times a he was betrayed by a friend, named Judas who literally turned him over to the authorities the and I see it, he made it a real... And then after Jesus was arrested, he's denied by a very close personal friend, his name is Peter, and in Luke's gospel in the 22nd chapter we begin to see what that looks like and perhaps even what it feels like. So, I wanna invite you to join me with the Bible that you brought or the Bible that's on your phone in Luke's gospel, it's the third Gospel Chapter 22 verse 54. this is where we find ourselves. Then they seized him, meaning Jesus and they led Him away, bringing him into the high priest house, but Peter was following at a distance when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them, then a servant girl, seeing him in the fire light stared at him and said This man also was with Him, but Peter denied it saying woman I do not know Him. a little later, or someone else on seeing Peter said, You also are one of them, but Peter said, Man, I am not. And then about an hour later, I still... Another insisted "Surely this man also was with him for He is a Galilean, The... But Peter said, "Oh man, I do not know what you were talking about at that moment, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. The Lord turned and looked at Peter and then Peter remembered so the Word of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the cock crows, today, you will deny me three times. And Peter went out and wept bitterly. Friends, this is the word of God. For the people of God. Thanks be to God. Betrayed once. Denied once. Betrayal, denial. It's a horrible feeling. You can almost feel your gut welling up just a little bit, kind of recalling what that must have felt like to Jesus, right? And there are two very different kinds of betrayals, really. When you consider Judas’s betrayal, as your notes indicate Judas’s betrayal, was literally sort of corporate and planned an... He planned all out, He schemed it out with the church leaders, he figured out a way that because he didn't like Jesus is teaching, he didn't like his method of operandi, he wanted to make sure that he could somehow kind of cause an interruption, so he plans it out. Peter’s denial, on the other hand, is very different. Peter's denial is both personal and instinctive. He didn't plan this out, he didn't know he was gonna find himself in this set of circumstances he didn't know he was gonna be pushed into a corner and called out by name. Hey, you know this guy, you were with him, I saw you, you're a Galilean, and you can just feel the pressure and Peter doesn't know what to do, Peter, is always the guy who wants to do the right thing, he wants to say the right thing, he wants to be the best he can possibly be. It doesn't always work out that way. Peter has this pension for speaking before he thinks. What he knew in the moment was I'm not prepared to answer, I'm not ready for this, this doesn't make sense to me, and I don't know what to say, so I'm just gonna deny the facts. Can you imagine what was going through Jesus's mind as all this is happening? So, can you imagine how in that moment he feels abandoned? Isolated. Completely alone. As if nobody cares, as if nobody has any inkling that he has a way forward, You see, betrayal is deeply painful. It causes harm to the soul, it causes harm to the very essence of who we are. The, the good new is that we have a Savior who not only knows what that betrayal is like, who not only understands what it can do to the human soul, but he understands how to conquer it, he understands how to overcome it, he understands that there is a way forward, and we can be a part of it.

2nd crack at Mark 9. Lots of input from the floor this week, several of the attendees did their homework and made some amazing contributions to the evening.

The beginning of the parable... a key to the gospel...

This is the final sermon in my 4-Chapter Gospel series. I must say this has been a very rewarding sermon for me. It has pushed my theology and my way of explaining the gospel, and it seems to have helped others do the same. In this final chapter, I look at how it is not enough for Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and take us to heaven. The story requires the restoration and consummation of all things.

We unravel a well-known story that takes place in Gospel Chapter 9 about Jesus forgiving the sins of a man who is paralyzed in legs. Then, he heals his legs so that he can get up and walk away. However, this is a controversy around this healing that Jesus performs, and it becomes a focal point for the whole story. For Jesus to forgive sins a first-century Jewish context was a loaded and symbolic act. We’ll discuss more about this and Jesus redefining the definition of God in today’s episode.

After a recap, I look at the redemption chapter. While we often say that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, I show that the story is so much bigger. It is not just our sins that have to be redeemed, but the whole world must be redeemed. Further, it is not just the death of Jesus that is saving, but his life, teachings, miracles, healings, resurrection, and ascension that all play part in the salvation, salving, or salvaging work of Christ.

In this sermon, I recap the 4-chapter gospel and my main points about creation. Then I look at the Fall, and how humanity (and creation with them) has missed the mark and fallen short of God's glory. This impacts our lives every day.

In this sermon, I follow up my introduction to the 4-chapter gospel by looking at creation. I emphasize that everything is God's, everything is good, that we order and fill in the image of God, and we rest becasue we are not God.

Chapter the second of the second Gospel... various topics. Lots of fun. I got a bit fired up during this one.

Chapter 3 of Mark - the last of the 5 conflict stories and then the start of the examination of Jesus' later Galilean ministry, ending with preparation for the introduction of the parables.

The first chapter of Mark. We start to examine some of the key themes and how they appear right from the start in Mark, especially that this is the Gospel of Isaiah 53, the suffering servant.

In Matthew's Gospel Chapter 6:9 Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray. In a day of politically correctness and people self identifying. "Our Father" is the way the Bible teaches us to pray. As many people as there are, we each have our own personal experiences and ideas of even the word Father means, yet God has given us all one prayer. Some may have had a bad father, some a great father, while others never had a dad at all. God knows this. In fact He knew exactly the kind of childhood you would have and He still tells you to call God "Father". God is the standard of what a "Father" is. The very fact that you know what a "good Father is" is because of who God is.

In Matthew's Gospel Chapter 6:9 Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray. In a day of politically correctness and people self identifying. "Our Father" is the way the Bible teaches us to pray. As many people as there are, we each have our own personal experiences and ideas of even the word Father means, yet God has given us all one prayer. Some may have had a bad father, some a great father, while others never had a dad at all. God knows this. In fact He knew exactly the kind of childhood you would have and He still tells you to call God "Father". God is the standard of what a "Father" is. The very fact that you know what a "good Father is" is because of who God is.

Pastor Tom Ascol, in an Easter message entitle “Raised from the Dead,” addresses John’s Gospel Chapter 20:1-31. The resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything, particularly the realities of both history and the future as well as man’s standing...

Continue to explore John’s Gospel Chapter 1 as God’s perfection overflows into God’s presence. Consider the rhythm of the Gospel. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." We need a Savior who is fundamentally different. The glory of the Gospel is that someone not worthy of the curse and not guilty of sin would come and take our sin. The Gospel shows us that there is someone who has life in Himself and reveals that God's perfection is an overflowing perfection. God’s glory and perfection goodness is a spreading goodness. God's justice is defined by sacrificial generosity and God's perfection is a love-showing perfection. Isaak Dorner, in System of Christian Doctrine stated, "God is not merely distinct from the world, but also distinguishes Himself from it and it from Himself . . . and by means of this absolute inalienable Self-mastery of God, this doctrine opens the prospect that God can communicate Himself to the world without detriment." Because God is perfect, God is able to be near and that is what makes the Gospel good news, not bad news. Karl Barth, in Church Dogmatics stated, "It is just the absoluteness of God properly understood which can signify not only his freedom to transcend all that is other than himself, but also his freedom to be immanent within it, and at such a depth of immanence as simply does not exist in the fellowship between other beings. No created being can be inwardly present to another, entering and remaining in communion with it in the depths of its inner life." Augustine writes in Confessions, "You were more inward than my most inward part and higher than the highest element within me."

Pastor Tom Ascol addresses John’s Gospel Chapter 18 verse 28 through Chapter 19 verse 16 in a message entitled “A Clash of Two Kingdoms.” The message contrasts the differences between these two kingdoms, the kingdom of man and the Kingdom of God. In...

Pastor Tom Ascol addresses John’s Gospel Chapter 17 in a message entitled “The Lord’s True Prayer.” John 17 records Jesus’ final words to His apostles before the Crucifixion. Jesus’ prayer has become known as His High Priestly Prayer. This prayer is...

Chapter one of the book Healing the Gospel by Derek Flood. For more info visit: www.theRebelGod.com