546 results for tag: Brad Jersak

We’re in ‘the Last Days’ (As Usual) – Brad Jersak

"Last Days" Lunacy: In 1973, I was an all-in "Last Days" aficionado. The "Yom Kippur War" or "Ramadan War" marked the fourth Arab-Israeli war (between Israel, Egypt and Syria) and threatened to turn the Cold War into a global nuclear conflict. Popular "theology" (hint: it wasn't theology) was ablaze with talk of World War 3, Armageddon, Gog and Magog (code for "the Commies"), the Great Tribulation and the identity of the Antichrist. I was well-read on the topic (for a nine-year-old) and knew my "Last Days" biblical-geopolitical timelines and symbols all too well. What can I say... I was a sucker for calculations and charts that made us feel ...

Prophecy Pays (but the Gospel Frees) – Brad Jersak

Prophecy pays but the only gospel frees us from fear.

What Makes Plain Truth Ministries Different? – CWR Video

In this CWR Video, Brad Jersak and Ed Dunn explore the mission, ministry and audience we serve at Plain Truth Ministries. https://vimeo.com/897931279 If this post has helped you, please subscribe and share it freely. We also invite you to help us continue to help others with a donation. Click here if you're able to partner with us

The Exclamation Point of God’s Love – Albrecht and Jersak

Greg Albrecht and Brad JersakGreg Albrecht: Hello everyone, this is Greg Albrecht. We’re going to remember and discuss our Lord’s ultimate sacrifice for us and reflect on his life, death, burial and of course the significance and meaning of his resurrection. Helping us with his insights and observations is Brad Jersak. Brad is Senior Editor of our magazines and a Christ-centered professor, speaker and author from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Brad, in one sense it seems to me that these two events, the crucifixion and the resurrection, are the crowning jewels in God’s demonstration and revelation of his love for us. When I think of the ...

CWR Video – by Brad Jersak – “The Nexus of Good and Evil”

Short video by Brad Jersak on good and evil.

Higher, Wider, Longer, Deeper Love – CWR Video – Brad Jersak

Brad Jersak discusses, at a recent PTM meeting, his experience and participation with Plain Truth Ministries and the boundless generosity of the love of God that we proclaim - a Higher, Wider, Longer, Deeper Love. https://vimeo.com/907575405 Brad Jersak - Higher, Wider, Longer, Deeper Love

March 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: New Birth Through the Resurrection – pg. 1 What's in an Anniversary? – pg. 2 Prophecy Pays: The Gospel Frees – pg. 5 Inside and Out – pg. 6 Sidewalk Wrinkles – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

Q&R: “And can it be?” & the blood of Jesus – Brad Jersak

Question: So many hymns speak of salvation coming from the shed blood of Jesus. But many deconstructed Christians find this view disturbing and disgusting that God required His Son to die ‘for us.’ I’m really struggling with this also. For example, how should we now regard a hymn like "And Can It Be?" which says, And can it be that I should gain An int'rest in the Savior's blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! how can it be That Thou, my God, should die for me? It does seem in Scripture that our sins needed atonement, and that we receive that through the ...

Waiting: the Golden Key to God’s Strength – Brad Jersak

We long for the coming of Jesus Christ to heal this broken world. BUT we are not waiting in his absence but in his presence.

God is not what Christ forbids – Brad Jersak

"Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you." Eph. 4:31-332

Using Up Our Inheritance – Brad Jersak

MY INHERITANCE: During the past year, I received a modest inheritance after my dad, Lloyd Jersak, graduated into the “great cloud of witnesses” (see Hebrews 12). By ‘modest,’ I mean the sum requires me to steward it well if it is to be spent in a meaningful way. Should I invest it in my grandchildren, renovate my study, or use it on a holiday? In any scenario, I was both grateful for the gift and mindful of too easily “using it up.” OUR INHERITANCE: Broadly speaking, Western civilization grossly underestimates the magnitude of the inheritance it received from Jesus and his apostolic progeny. We fail to recognize that many of ...

Q&A: “Does John 3:16 teach penal substitution?” – Brad Jersak

"God loved the world in this way: he gave us his only begotten Son." We read that God gave his Son to us to save us from perishing. Jesus Christ is the saving gift God the Father gave us."

Q&R: Living Peacefully in “Real Life” – Brad Jersak

Real life is precisely the situation Jesus is speaking to. Real life for so many is violent and oppressive. They despair of living in peace and pray for some way to rise above the malice in our hearts and in our world. Everyone I've ever met would love to see their children grow up without the threat of terror, war, bullies, or chaos. In that sense, the real world desperately needs a Savior. That Savior is the Way and showed us the Way… and he beckoned us, "Follow me!" on what we call the Jesus Way.

Life in Christ Jesus – CWR Video

In this CWR Video, Brad Jersak and Ed Dunn explore what it means to live our lives in Christ Jesus, as Christ Jesus lives his life in us. https://vimeo.com/897925995 If this post has helped you, please subscribe and share it freely. We also invite you to help us continue to help others with a donation. Click here if you're able to partner with us

Q&R: Doing All We Can To Stop Evil – Brad Jersak

We must do all we can to prevent evil. It is time for Christians (at least) to try taking the Jesus Way on a far grander scale. I can't foresee that, but until then, I must start with me.

“Who do you say that I am? No, really!” Brad Jersak

Tim Rice’s musical, Jesus Christ, Superstar, was composed over 50 years ago. Back then, conservative Christians of the brand I was raised in were deeply offended. His script didn’t follow our doctrinal prescriptions and it raised uncomfortable questions about who Jesus of Nazareth was and is. In my view, if faithfully portrayed characters like Judas Iscariot and Mary Magdalene and Simon the Zealot wrestling with whether this man was more than a teacher or healer… Was he more than a man or was that just the mob letting their hopes get out of control? And if he was their Messiah, why all the missteps that would lead to a cross rather than a ...

February 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak: Using Up Our Inheritance – pg. 2 Grant Corriveau: Science vs. God? – pg. 4 Steve Brown Life without Disclaimers – pg. 7    

Many Keys, Many Treasures, Many Rooms – Brad Jersak

Many Keys: During a discussion I was having about Matthew 16, a teacher-friend of mine in Aberdeen pointed out Jesus’ promise to give Peter the keys of the kingdom of heaven.  Jesus says, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven” (Matthew 16:19).  Notice: keys, plural—not key, singular. If the entry to the kingdom has just one narrow gate (Matthew 7:13-14) or Jesus himself is the singular Door (John 10:7-9), why not just give Peter the one key to the one ...

Q&R: Should we use Love as a name for God? Brad Jersak

Question: Should we use the word Love as a name for God? I started thinking about this after I recently read that "God is change." God certainly is IN change, and God is fluid. But is He change? Then, I was reading a suggestion to substitute the word 'love' for God. I haven't yet found where God describes Himself as love (although He uses many wonderful descriptions.) I know that the Apostle John says God is love. And, given our unceasing ability to make things up, do we go maybe a bit too far when we substitute the word 'love' for God?  Response: Thanks for this great question. I don't know that God ever uses "Love" as a proper ...

Q&R: Should followers of Jesus use the threat of deadly force in self-defense? Brad Jersak

Question: Thank you for your inspiring article, "The Day of Vengeance." What came to mind while reading it was the question of self-defense and the use of deadly force to protect others. My neighbor follows Jesus, is as wise as serpents, and intends no harm to others, yet ended up in a life-threatening situation. He would have used deadly force to stop harm intended for him and another. Thankfully, the violent man stopped threatening and was later arrested. Any comments? Response: My own intention (from personal experiences of violence) is to align with Jesus’ wisdom from the Sermon on the Mount. Some think Jesus’ call not to ...