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Honey, We Shrunk God!
Today most in our western world have marginalized or trivialized God. Yet he is the great all-powerful Creator. Does that make any sense at all? Just how “real” is it to shrink God?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0056.mp3
The Power of a Tireless Minority – by Greg Albrecht
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather a tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people’s minds."– attributed to Samuel Adams, an American Founding Father (1722-1803).
IT DOES NOT TAKE A MAJORITY TO PREVAIL! Throughout history, authentic Christianity seems to have thrived when it was a distinct minority. On the other hand, it seems that the pure gospel and faith taught by Jesus and proclaimed in the New Testament was polluted and corrupted when Christendom became the official, state religion and it was enforced and institutionalized.
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 12, 2026 - Quote for the Day:
“God’s grace patiently helped me to deconstruct bogus perceptions and slowly construct a new reality, the real message of Revelation. My reading, research, and study of this amazing book has taken me all over the biblical and theological map, considering the trail that others have blazed in coming to terms with the message God gave to John. By his grace God has mercifully opened my eyes to the real Revelation, a new (for me) Revelation that helped to explain my experiences in the school of religious hard knocks....
CWR Video – What Do We Mean by Contemplation? – by Richard Rohr
5 minute video on "Contemplation" by Richard Rohr
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Reforming Grace – by Greg Albrecht
For this is what the high and lofty One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite."—Isaiah 57:15
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.—Matthew 23:12
Over 500 years ago, on the day now known as Halloween—October 31, 1517—a young Roman Catholic priest named Martin Luther posted 95 theses, or statements, on the door of Castle ...
Podcast: A “breath of fresh air” for those tired of carrying the “baggage of legalism”
The following article was published in Sight Magazine - Australia, November 4, 2025, author NILS VON KALM.
“CWR Unplugged regularly reminds listeners of the love of God that is unencumbered by the burden of empty religion. They seek to differentiate authentic Christian faith from religion by defining religion as ‘any system of practice and observance intended to make people more acceptable to God’. They go on to state that ‘authentic Christianity is not a religion – because authentic Christianity is not about human effort that enhances our standing ...
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"Information is not Knowledge and Knowledge is Not Wisdom"
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In this 21st Century, the prevailing notion is that wisdom is derived from access to information and the subsequent knowledge that applies that information. But, just as information is not knowledge, knowledge and intelligence is not wisdom.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/CWR660.mp3
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 10, 2026 - Quote for the Day:
“So, which comes first? Our forgiveness of others, which in turn convinces God to forgive us? Or is it God’s forgiveness, unmerited on our part, which then empowers us to forgive our own debtors?
We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). Because forgiveness is the epitome and absolute power of God’s love, it is also true that we forgive because God first forgave us. According to the Lord’s Prayer, we persist in praying for God’s forgiveness only because we’ve already fully acknowledged our need ...
Thy Will Be Done
Abraham Lincoln said, “I’ve been driven to my knees because I know I have no place else to go.” Hear what other famous people have said about prayer. How much do you know about prayer?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0025.mp3
What We Take With Us by Grant Corriveau
Thoughts for the Journey - things we take with us:
Grant Corriveau
I’ve been thinking about this ‘mixed blessing’ of becoming an old man. I say mixed because there are many blessings, but also distinct challenges. For example, I keep discovering things I can’t do anymore and things that used to go but now have just gone. Things like:
Vitality - I need a lot more naps now;
Health. It seems every time I visit the doctor, I come home with a new disease I didn’t even realize I had! Maybe I should stop visiting the doctor? Right? No?
Quality Sleep. - ...
Struggle Between Faith and Feelings
Does God get mad at us when we become frustrated with him in difficult times? One of the most perplexing questions people have about God is “Where is God when it hurts?” Or, put another way, “How can God, who is good, let bad stuff happen?”
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0061.mp3
Papa’s Love & Frightening Warnings – Brad Jersak
“Bradley, don’t touch. You’ll burn your little hanny [hand] right off.”—Irene Jersak
The Lord God commanded the man,“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”—Genesis 2:16
“If you’re right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off.”—Jesus Christ
“Hot!” – Mom’s Warning
I was perhaps 6-years-old. Maybe at Uncle Henry and Auntie Florence’s house. I remember fixating on Auntie’s red-hot stove element. I recall my ...
Finding a Hiding Place
What pressures and stresses would you like to hide from? What problem is tempting you to play hide and seek with the world?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0060.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 7, 2026 - Quote for the Day:
“The real Jesus, and the authentic Christianity he gives, are buried, like barnacles on a boat, by layers of religious rituals, rules and regulations.”
Originally published in:
Bad News Religion
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Life Lived, Lessons Learned, Following Jesus #3 – Ken Williams
Ken Williams
Learning from my father-in-law, Sally, a Christ follower: 09/10/1920 – 06/07/1995
Sally inherited one of his ancestor’s core values of caring for community neighbors. Early 19th century, Torgrim Anderson Strommen, Sally’s great-grandfather, was christened in a 1,200-year-old Norwegian, Lutheran, stave church of Valdres, Norway. August 2011, Nancy Jo, our oldest son David, and I visited this building and examined the solid marble baptismal font that Torgrim was christened in. We had stepped into a wormhole and appeared in early 19th century Norway, ...
Five Kinds of Prayer
How many ways are there to talk with God? For Christians, prayer is a vital link with God. Knowing a bit more about prayer can help enhance your relationship with God.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0048.mp3
“The Fall” Bugs the Heck Out of Me – Greg Albrecht
Question/Dilemma:
I have wrestled with what so many Christians believe about “The Fall” for decades. They say that Adam and Eve “fell” and because of that every human being has been separated from God, and God it seems, was and is the one who enforces the separation because Adam and Eve did not follow his instructions. But how does this interpretation of the early part of Genesis hold water when compared with the gospel of Jesus Christ?
After observing and thinking about how we individual humans eventually grow up into fully-formed, healthy adults ...
Learning to Pray
How much do you know about prayer? Prayer is something that most Americans say they do, yet many do not fully understand what prayer is all about. In this two part series Greg offers seven guidelines to help you in your prayer life.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0047.mp3
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"Learning to Pray"
The Bible says that God is always available, that he loves to listen to our prayers.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0047.mp3
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 5, 2026 - Quote for the Day:
“The Beatitudes are counter-cultural to an entrenched Christian culture that since the days of Constantine has been hell bent on ‘evangelizing’ through enforced conformity and ultimately subjugation rather than proclaiming the grace of God and the transformation he freely gives, through Christ, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). In a world dominated then and now by the lethal, oppressive combination of warfare and violence on the one hand with the tyranny of fear-based religion on the other, the Beatitudes are the ...
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