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Violence in the Hebrew Bible (part 1) – Brad Jersak with Matt Lynch
Dr. Lynch points out that the way words themselves can be weaponized is a significant theme in the Psalms and Proverbs, where insults are like arrows, and deceitful or boastful speech are considered violent.
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
March 22, 2025 - Quote for the Day:
“In The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis characterizes those in heaven as saying that they think nothing of religion, that they think only of Christ. Christians are called to come out of religiosity and churchianity that will forever keep them enslaved to the flesh. We are called to set our hearts and minds on things above. We are called to focus on Christ alone. Think of him and nothing of religion. Faith alone, grace alone, Christ alone.”
Originally published in:
Unplugging from ...
Disaster Cannot Destroy Hope – Part 2
Jeremiah has been called the weeping prophet as well as the prophet of consolation. Out of the tragedy and sorrow God used Jeremiah to convey faith and hope.
April 2025
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Greg Albrecht Two Arrivals: Dallas & Jerusalem – pg. 2
Brad Jersak The Last Scapegoat – pg. 4
Richard Rohr Perfect Love Casts Out Fear – pg. 7
Going to the Dogs – by Greg Albrecht
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly." Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." "Yes it ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
March 20, 2025 - Quote for the Day:
“It doesn’t matter who you are or what you have done. Your religious background and credentials, or lack thereof, are irrelevant. It doesn’t matter if you have been a petty criminal, an atheist, a cult member, a mass murderer, or even a goody-two-shoes self-righteous-better-than-everybody-else-holy-Joe.
It doesn’t matter if you have been baptized, or if you have been immersed rather than sprinkled. If you have never had a drop of alcohol touch your lips, God still loves you, but he doesn’t love you ...
Disaster Cannot Destroy Hope – Part 1
The life and times of Jeremiah were intricately interwoven into the mission God gave him. Though destruction, devastation and despair permeated his life Jeremiah's world is filled with hope.
The Great Grace Give-Away
It might be hard to get our tongues around the name of the Old Testament character "Mephibosheth" but David's kindness towards him is an incredible illustration of God's grace, and how he relentlessly searches for us.
CWR Video – You Don’t Belong Here – by Greg Albrecht
Short video by Greg Albrecht - You Don't Belong Here.
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Q&R with Brad: “Is reading the Bible through the Gospel ‘eisegesis'”?
Question:
Is reading the Bible through the Gospel 'eisegesis'?
"What I’m saying is that your criteria for judging a translation is not your linguistic ability or your academic credentials. It is your personal knowledge of who Jesus is, the nature of God as he revealed it, and the gospel he preached." Brad Jersak from "Gospel Before Translation"
Brad ... is that not getting a little close to eisegesis?
My personal growth is so much dependent on my openness to God revealing things to me about Himself and myself, that are sometimes very challenging of my ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
March 18, 2025 - Quote for the Day:
“Beginning in the second grade, I lived in constant apprehension and fear of an impending doomsday. My family and I believed that “the end” could come at any time; we were convinced that we always lived in a window of a “few short years” from the events surrounding the second coming, I did not treasure the message of Revelation, I feared it. The specific “end times” interpretation I was taught exercised enormous power over me and many others. Decades later God’s grace completely changed my ...
The Body of Christ – “A” Church or “The” Church?
Some estimates are that 10-15 million Christians in the United States do not regularly attend a building that calls itself a church. What and where, exactly, is the body of Christ?
Let God’s People Go!
Those trapped by Christ-less religion are in a legalistic form of slavery. Listen in as Greg teaches "Let God's People Go!"
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR004.mp3
CWR Video – Spiritual Warfare
In this CWR Video, Ed shares a perspective on and the dangers of an incorrect understanding of spiritual warfare.
https://vimeo.com/1015760066
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Lost and Alone – Looking for Home – Greg Albrecht
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?– John 14:3
Most of us have never been physically homeless, but all of us, at one time or another, find ourselves without a spiritual home. We all, at some point in life, are spiritually lost. Sometimes we enter the Father’s house but then we wander away. We may come and we may go. The door is always open. No coercion. No lock-downs.
Jesus says that the Father’s ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
March 15, 2025 - Quote for the Day:
“I believe that physical death is not the end of God’s pursuit of us, and I base that belief primarily on the full and complete (as I understand it) revelation of God within the pages of the Bible.”
Originally published in:
Christianity Without the Religion magazine, February 2022
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A Few Thoughts From A Real Diver……..Dumpster Diver That Is – by Stuart Segall
In my world, I do volunteer work with people who are in nursing, care homes and other residences. I visit people who simply lack company or get very little of it. When I do, I listen to their stories of days gone by. Seniors, like all of us, love to tell their old stories. Often, they like to be read to. There are far more people than hours in the day so when I need to exit, I leave them beautiful flowers. I grow all I can, lots of roses, forty-seven bushes and counting. In the winter I do janitor work for a long-time business ...
When Religion Gives God a Bad Name
Faith dies when the spiritually hungry do not receive the Bread of Life, when those in desperate need are seduced by religious junk food and become convinced God can be gained or lost on the basis of human performance.
Giving Up Something for Lent? – by Greg Albrecht
During this time of the year, presuming that God will love them/love them more when they prove their love to him, many “give up” something for Lent. But the deeper question is beyond what we do to “give something up.” The question is, ultimately, who gives up what? When I think of God’s love I start at the cross of Christ, Jesus’ demonstration and revelation of God the Father’s own divine agape love – by willingly giving himself for you and me.
“Giving up something” for Lent is a twisted spiritual proposition – it’s just another ...
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