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Timeless Treasures from the Psalms
It's just a little pocket Bible, small enough so my father could carry it with him as he served in the U.S. Navy during World War 2. My father was killed when I was only fifteen months old, and while I don't have memories of him, I do have mementos that have been given to me. I have some faded photographs, his old cigarette lighter, the flag that draped his casket when he was buried, some copies of the newspaper describing the tragedy of his death—and I have that little New Testament Bible, which also includes the Old Testament book of Psalms.
I don't know how much he read that little pocket Bible, but when I hold it I somehow feel ...
Q & R with Greg Albrecht – “Are Catholics Christians?”
QUESTION
Is there a difference between a Christian and a Catholic?
RESPONSE
No, there isn’t necessarily any difference between a Christian and a Catholic, or a Christian and a Lutheran, or a Christian and a Baptist. On the other hand, not all Catholics, Lutherans or Baptists are Christians simply because of their membership in a specific denomination. Christianity is a personal relationship between God and humans, and no human organization has the exclusive right to represent God on earth.
Some doubt that there are any Christians at all in certain churches, and some Protestants typically have this view toward Catholics. This issue goes back to the ...
October 2019
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Monte Wolverton: Making Change– pg. 3
Brad Jersak: The Truth About Condemnation– pg. 6
Brian Zahnd: Trying Hard Not to Be Ugly – pg. 8
Laura Urista: What Are We Really Singing? – pg. 10
Blair Baker: Music Ministry: Beyond Manipulation – pg. 12
Richard Rohr: God Is Good – pg. 14
Greg Albrecht: But What About Works -pg. 15
September 2019
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Articles:
Creating God in Our Own Image – pg. 1
Heart and Soul – pg. 2
Blessings and Curses? – pg. 5
My Cousin Valerie – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
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July 2019
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Articles:
Let's Make a Deal – pg. 1
Who Is God and What Is He Like? – pg. 2
Healing Weary Words – pg. 5
Reflections in Pools – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
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June 2019
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Brad Jersak: Only God Is Good– pg. 1
Steve Brown: Don't Miss Out on Your Real Father– pg. 6
Felicia Murrell: Magic Genie or Heavenly Father? – pg. 8
Stephen Crosby: Praying Into the Abyss of Despair – pg. 9
Brian Zahnd: God's Love in Granite – pg. 11
Greg Albrecht: Can I Do This Faith Journey... -pg. 14
What Do You Mean … The Narrow Gate? – Greg Albrecht
By Greg Albrecht—
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.—Matthew 7:13-14
This passage is often preached from the perspective of how hard it is to obey God and keep his laws—how hard it is to "make the grade" to get into heaven—how relatively few souls will be counted worthy of heaven while the broad majority will end up in hell.
Matthew 7:13-14 is one of those passages that is regularly preached to mean something altogether different than the meaning that God intends. ...
May 2019
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Articles:
Religion: Where Is the Love? – pg. 1
Not That Kind of Christian – pg. 2
The Power of God's Love – pg. 5
Happy 100th Birthday – pg. 6
Crowned with Tender Mercies – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
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April 2019
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Brad Jersak: Bury the Hatchet– pg. 3
Greg Albrecht: The Blood Curse Lie– pg. 7
Brian Zahnd: The Sign that Saves – pg. 9
Wm. Paul Young: The Killing House – pg. 11
Felicia Murrell: No Shadow of Turning – pg. 14
Greg Albrecht: More than a Watchmaker -pg. 15
February 2019
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Brad Jersak: Trending: Deconstruction– pg. 3
Greg Albrecht: Aroma of Love, Stench of Greed– pg. 6
Rachel Ramer: Heirs to Religious Angst – pg. 8
Stephen Crosby: Confessions of a Christian Idiot – pg. 11
Peter Enns: No Contradictions in the Bible! You Heard Me! – pg. 13
Brad Jersak: “According to the Scriptures” -pg. 15
Q&R follow-up with Greg Albrecht – Would Jesus Attend a Gay Wedding?
This Q & A is a response to Greg Albrecht's "Pastoral Perspective" column in the October edition of CWRm. To view the original Q & A, entitled, "Should I attend my gay daughter's wedding?" CLICK HERE and go to page 14. A CWRm read wrote in with this follow-up question and Greg responds.
QUESTION
I read your Pastoral Perspective in the October 2017, CWRm and what I get from your answer is, “It's your decision there is no right or wrong answer.” You even claim Jesus attended “sinful and spiritually toxic places.” I would like you to elaborate on that, because I don't know what your are referring to. I'm sure if he ...
November 2018
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Articles:
Enslaved by Religion...Or Free in Christ? – pg. 1
Success by Excess Is Not True Greatness – pg. 2
Thanksgiving Banquets and the Kingdom of Heaven – pg. 5
When Life Downsizes – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
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See How He Loves You – Greg Albrecht
There's a great story about a little boy who was trying to learn the Lord's Prayer. One night he was kneeling down by his bed, and he prayed: "Our Father who are in heaven, how do you know my name?"
St. Augustine, revered as one of the great theologians of the Christian faith, once said that Jesus loves each of us as if there was no one else to love.
Time after time we read in the four Gospels about people Jesus met who felt and experienced his radically personalized, individual affection—no one they had ever known had talked to them, treated them and spent time with them the way Jesus did.
The eyes out of which Jesus saw and ...
October 2018
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Blair Baker: The Power of Imagination– pg. 3
Richard Rohr: Your Imaginarium – pg. 6
Greg Albrecht: The End of Guilt & Shame – pg. 8
Jared Brock: Bearded Gospel Men – pg. 10
Paul Young & Brad Jersak: Big God, Big Love, Big Cross – pg. 13
Brad Jersak: “Are Jesus' Warnings to Be Taken as Threats?” -pg. 15
Grace Alone – Greg Albrecht
But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who ...
When Towers Fell – Remembering 9-11 – Greg Albrecht
The images are etched in our minds—a commercial airplane, in slow motion, on a collision course with, and then finally crashing into the World Trade Center in New York. Then in what may have seemed at first to be a replay, a second plane. Glued to our televisions, we saw smoke and explosions and people jumping, out of desperation, from inconceivable heights.
Many of us remember exactly where we were when we first heard and saw the unspeakable and unbelievable events of 9-11-01. As Christ-followers how shall we remember and observe the anniversary of the horrific, abominable events of 9-11-01?
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“Back-to-Church Sunday” – Greg Albrecht
by Greg Albrecht
Many of the letters I receive are like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates—"you never know what you're gonna get." Recently I received a clever promotional message urging PTM and CWR to participate in "Back-to-Church Sunday."
The letter explained that Back-to-Church Sunday is a great way to get the "unchurched" and the "de-churched" back to church. The coalition responsible for the letter explained that Back-to-Church Sunday is held annually in early to mid September, taking advantage of the time when students are going "back to school." The message implored me to help this new initiative, because, as the message claimed, people's ...
September 2018
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Articles:
What Do You Expect from Jesus? – pg. 1
Information Is Not Knowledge – pg. 2
Religion or Love? – pg. 5
Bricks or Stones? – pg. 6
Broken Bridge – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
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