1785 results for tag: Greg Albrecht
The House of the Rising Sun
We can all identify with mournful, blues-like lyrics that speak of addiction and slavery, for we have all been prisoners. We’ll carefully study the glorious significance of “redemption in Jesus Christ.”
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR493.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 3, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Many sources contribute to what we know and what we think we know about God. If you’re like me, you were taught what to think about God from sources you trusted as unimpeachable, like religious authorities and their churches. Sadly, in some cases we found out later we had been bamboozled. Don’t you just hate it when you have been bamboozled?
So when you want to know more about God, as that great line from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters plaintively asked, ‘Who you gonna’ call?’
After reviewing the spiritual adventures, detours and wild goose chases I have taken thus far in life, I have ...
True Confessions
The Bible instructs us to “confess our sins” — but to whom and how?
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR492.mp3
Children and Parents
The lessons we learn as parents and children illuminates the supreme and matchless love of our heavenly Father and the relationship he so freely gives us.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR491.mp3
Women and Children First by Greg Albrecht
Survivors Of The Rms Titanic In One Of Her Collapsible Lifeboats, Just Before Being Picked Up By The Carpathia. Woman Are Sharing In The Rowing.
Most of us, thankfully, have not experienced the trauma of climbing into a lifeboat in order to escape a sinking ship. However, thanks to Hollywood, the vast majority of us have witnessed cinematic scenes when, in the aftermaths of disasters, women and children are given priority.
When thinking of a nautical catastrophe, many would immediately recall the classic 1997 film, Titanic, and the heart-rending historical, fictional story of Rose (Kate Winslett) and Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio). ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
August 1, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Should we do good things? Of course. Should we exhort and encourage one another to do the right things? Yes. Should we browbeat and threaten one another about the consequences of not doing the right things? No. Should we imply that doing right things gains us some standing with God that we would otherwise not have enjoyed? No. Do many in Christendom promise that our reward, our standing with God and God’s opinion of us will increase if we do more of the right things? Yes. Should they, according to the gospel? No.”
Originally published in:
Between Religious Rocks and Life’s Hard ...
Where God Lives
We can never say it too often or too dogmatically: all that we are and all that we will ever be is a product of God’s grace!
We’ve Always Done It This Way
Join us as we explore facing change and living a new life in Jesus Christ.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR488.mp3
Forbearing, Bearing and Pouring Oneself Out – by Greg Albrecht
Friend and Partner Letter from August 2023
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love (Ephesians 4:2, KJV)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:2, NIV)
… pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing difference and quick at mending fences (Ephesians 4:2, The Message, by Eugene Peterson)
When we “forbear” or “bear with” or pour ourselves out” for others, among other things it means we do not act or react against someone, or say something negative about them, when we have the right (or think we have the ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
July 30, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“As Luther studied the book of Romans, God enlightened him, and Martin Luther came to see that the Cross of Christ had set him free from trying to make himself worthy and acceptable to God. Luther came to see that Jesus made him worthy and acceptable, and that he, Martin Luther, was free to rest in the mercy, favor and grace of God – because of the work of Jesus on the Cross.
In the aftermath of religion, Martin Luther discovered Jesus, and as it turned out, so did tens of millions of others who followed him. Martin Luther and so many others, by God’s grace have discovered the good news ...
Your Money Is No Good Here
No humanly derived resources are accepted as valid currency in the kingdom of heaven. Religious currency is counterfeit money!
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR487.mp3
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
July 27, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Legalism infects every human being. We default to legalism. We resist grace, and, like iron filings to a magnet or moths to a light bulb we find ourselves fatally attracted to religious pills, potions and prescriptions. Legalism is a virus. It is a particular weakness of anyone who has been previously weakened by its relentless attacks – like an alcoholic or malaria survivor. Legalism leaves scar tissue.”
Originally published in:
Bad News Religion
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Married to Jesus
Being one in and with Jesus is not a quick-fix relationship - it's a long-term commitment.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR485.mp3
Browbeaten and Bullied at Church – by Greg Albrecht
One of the most gratifying experiences we have at PTM is when we hear from someone for whom God has "turned on the light." By God's grace they realize their primary allegiance is not to a human religious authority. They realize that churches and church leadership are fellow-servants and laborers for the gospel—and that such organizations and authorities lose their credibility the moment they allow the gospel to be subverted by religion and its legalisms.
The following letter is a wonderful example:
I recently wrote an article about tithing for our church newspaper. My conclusion is the same as that of PTM—"tithing" is an old ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
July 25, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“The dressing room door opens, and Karen walks out. She is just as beautiful as she was when I waited for her to walk down the aisle on a summer day in England just over 41 years ago. But, now, the summer of 2010, she is wearing a hospital-provided blue smock. As our eyes meet, the technicians say they are ready.
We walk through a massive, one-foot-thick steel door into the radiation chamber. It’s a large room, about the size of a handball or squash court, dominated by the overwhelming presence of a Trilogy Linear Accelerator. The Trilogy is a state-of-the-art machine used by radiation oncolog...
You Are Unsnatchable!
We consider the bold, audacious words of Jesus as he said, "No one will snatch them (his sheep) out of my hand."
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR484.mp3
Last Words
The last words of Jesus on his cross are a condensed sermon-like summary of his gospel.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/RCWR483.mp3
The Walking Dead and the Unclean – Greg Albrecht
While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man
came along who was covered with leprosy.
When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him,
“Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the
man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left
him (Luke
5:12-13, my emphasis).
During the first century A.D. leprosy was a generic
term for a variety of disfiguring and fatal skin diseases. Lepers were forbidden to be around
others. They were forbidden to enter
cities. They could not earn a living and
had to ...
What Role Does God Have in Tempting Us? – Greg Albrecht
Question:
I have two comments/queries about the Lord’s Prayer. In Matthew 6::7 it states that "gentiles" prayed. Would that have been to "greek” gods? My understanding is this would mean Pharisees way of self promotion.
Also Matthew 6:13 would appear to suggest that God has the option of "leading us to or into temptation" similar to Matthew 4:1 where Jesus was led to be tempted. Your consideration and insight would be appreciated.
Response:
Matthew 6:7 speaks of vain repetitions in prayer, and then has Jesus saying that the “heathen” (Authorized King James and others) or the “pagans” (New International Version) or ...
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