This edition of Radical Grace Radio was recorded in 2007, and hasn't been available online for over two years. In fact, this show predates the cancelation of issues etc! It was our first time on WWBC, we had just met Jerry, who is still our board op to this day, and pastor Gary and I sat down to practice some "necessary roughness" upon Oprah Winfrey and her psuedo gnostic flavors of Christianity. The program has been updated to the sound that we have today. If you'd like a copy of the original, ...
Jul 19, 2010•55 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love John MacArchur. Notes about Rome and Prostestantism in the 21st century. Rome: Sins, Confession, Absolution, Penance Protestantism: Sins, confess before God, give Jesus your heart, get right with God
Jul 08, 2010•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Does that sound weird? You bet it does! Almost as weird as the guys on Radical Grace Radio talking about Stem Cell Research and the dangers of Embryonic stem cell implantation... Also we've offered yet another corrective for those who insist on Lordship Salvation. This program was recorded before I recorded the John MacArthur Sermon Review.
Jul 01, 2010•56 min•Season 3Ep. 6
You know how the old hymn goes. My hope is built on nothing less than Me and my obedience Cause John MacArthur told me so I know the path that I must go On works the solid rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand "Now to the one who does not work, but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness". The Letter the Romans, the fourth chapter.
Jun 29, 2010•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, John MacArthur find his way into the "error and reboot" segment of the show with some strange comments he makes from a sermon where he asserts that people can understand and even believe the Gospel and still go to hell. As a result of all this nonsense we have no choice but to talk about "lordship Salvation" and it's damaging effects on faith. How many of you remember this line? "If Jesus isn't Lord of all, he isn't really Lord at all"... I grew up with th...
Jun 24, 2010•55 min•Season 3Ep. 4
This program was deleted from the feed due to it being defective. The file came out corrupted, but this one has been fixed. An Emailer wants to know, "am I unregenerate because I don't love like I should?" The answer to that question isn't as intuitive as you might think.
Jun 20, 2010•51 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Paul Washer makes his debut in the "Fatal Error" segment, and the thrust of his comments nearly slipped by at least one of the Pastors. Unfortunately, Paul Washer is a Lordship Salvationist, who preaches that the Gospel is merely a trust and obey proposal, rather than in it's proper sense of the preaching Christ and him Crucified. On the second half, we talk about a sign outside a Catholic Parish that says something utterly rediculous for Roman Catholics. You'll have to listen to find out what i...
Jun 17, 2010•57 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Oh the things the Word of Faithers will say to make their followers think so highly of themselves. Pastor Fred Price provides this edition's "fatal error". But on this edition of Radical Grace Radio we revisit the "Lukewarm Christian Test" and divide Law and Gospel this way: which is more important? The law of piety? Or the law of love? Visit Radical Grace Radio
Jun 10, 2010•59 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Get ready to cry folks. You don't know it yet, but by the time a true Christian gets done reading this test and taking it earnestly, they'll be on their knees begging for mercy. http://so4j.com/lukewarm-christian-test.php 10 Questions To See If You Are a Lukewarm Christian - LINKS 1 - Do Cares & Worries of This Life Dominate Most of Your Thoughts & Conversations? 2 - Do You Practice Sin on a Regular Basis? 3 - Do You "Love" The Things of This World More Than God's Word? 4 - Are You Too B...
Jun 03, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 51
On this edition of Radical Grace radio, we talk in the first half hour about a listener email that asks: "At what point is my sin deliberate? I know I will commit tomorrow, the same sin(s)I committed today. I recite the Lord's prayer every night. I have guilt, but that doesn't matter. I know it's a sin, but yet I keep doing it. Is this not deliberately sinning against God, thus losing my salvation?" Then on the second half of the hour we talk about Judgment day, and why it seems that scripture i...
May 20, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 50
There are two edges to God's word. One is the law, the other is the gospel. Not hard to distinguish one from the other but... When do you use them? How do you apply law and gospel? Listen to this episode to find out.
May 13, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Have you ever had an infection, then had a doctor mis-prescribe the wrong medicine for your infection? This is exactly what it's like when preachers presribe too much law to you and no Gospel, or too much Gospel with no law.
May 06, 2010•52 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Listen up people! Do you have faith? A strong faith? How about a "reckless confidence" in Jesus as your Savior? Do we really need to test that? I mean, seriously, most of us do wish we had a reckless confidence in Jesus, so here's the thing: How many promises does God have to make to you before you trust him?
Apr 29, 2010•57 min•Season 2Ep. 47
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about the Big if, or the words "if you" that get used way to often in a sermon these days. Examples of "the big if"... "If you just smile more and have a positive attitude, God will bless you mightyly"... "God is prepared to save you by the shed blood of Jesus Christ, IF YOU repent and believe"... I could go on and on, but I think I'll let the blog post stand. http://lutherandifference.blogspot.com/2010/04/big-if.html...
Apr 22, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 46
In this edition of Radical Grace; what happens when people try to make the law something that's doable and the gospel is what help you do it? You get a dumbed down law and the dumbed down gospel. You know what you get when you read Psalm 119? Some say law. Pastor Gary doesn't think so. Listen.
Apr 15, 2010•55 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Internet Monk Michael Spencer died Monday, April 5th, after a long bout with Cancer. In this espisode of Radical Grace Radio, we pay tribute not by talking about him, but by talking about the things HE talked about during his time as a Post Evangelical commentator.
Apr 07, 2010•59 min•Season 2Ep. 44
In this edition for Easter 2010, we talk about Jesus being risen from the dead and the importance of his resurrection, and we talk about how Christians bash each other over the head with the word "apostate" to the point that no one listens to each other.
Apr 01, 2010•58 min•Season 2Ep. 43
We were live at Faith Viera Lutheran Church in Viera, with an open mike taking questions. The topic moved into "what should the Message of the Church be". Some people think it should be a law message. Some think it should be the Gospel (Yours truly thinks so). So we wound up talking about deception and how the law can't set those who are decieved free from lies and bondage.
Mar 25, 2010•57 min•Season 2Ep. 42
We were live at Christ Lutheran in Cape Canaveral, Pastor Greg LeSieur's Church, where Pastor Gary preached to services and we did the radio show in between. A nice crowd turned out, and listened to us talk about Angels and Demons, which got good when we talked about the Angel of the Lord... Jesus Christ!
Mar 17, 2010•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 41
There are people who lose thier minds over our message of Radical Grace. Here's one. "Lots of unbiblical stuff & personally I think your missing the mark in regards to how God said He would write the law on our hearts vs them being written on tablets of stone OT vs NT." Confused... St. Paul says the law is written on the hearts of all men, not just believers. Oh well. So today, we decided to tackle a scripture that makes people crazy by itself. The parable of the sheep and goats. And then we...
Mar 11, 2010•53 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Pastor Greg LeSieur serves as an interviewee for a segment on growing up in liberal protestant churches. Pastor Greg has had an interesting life that took him from growing up in a liberal Episcopal church, three Seminaries and lots of heartache, and his experience in this regard is very important. ~Matthew
Mar 04, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 39
First up, we talked to Pastor Bruce Rudolf, who works with Food for the Poor, and got an update of how things are going for Haiti relief efforts. Then we talked about a question that was asked me that morning, that tied into what we were going to talk about. The question, "How do I know if I'm reprobate"? Now, the only reason I can think of why someone would ask that question is if they are genuinely concerned that they themselves are reprobate. What does all of this have to do with Tall Ships? ...
Feb 25, 2010•53 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Have you ever considered False Doctrine to be like Raw Sewage? Have you ever considered twisting your spouse's words to make them say what you want them to say? Have you ever had a girl friend or boyfriend that you didn't know anything about? Have you ever heard a radio show you didn't listen to? Do you have a Savior who you haven't heard? The implication is enormous when you consider how it is that Christians treat the faith once delivered to the saints.
Feb 19, 2010•52 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Imagine for a second... A person hears the Gospel, and find themselves wanting to do something... Like contact a radio ministry in Florida and offer to translate the messages and sermons they do into other languages for them. No one asked them to do it. We're they prompted by the Law to do this? Or was it the Gospel working in them?
Feb 11, 2010•53 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Pastor Gary Held flies solo for this special edition of Radical Grace, which is a response to the criticism that Lutherans discourage good works, and that sanctification and good works are "hot buttons" for us.
Feb 08, 2010•38 min•Season 2Ep. 35
On this week's show, Pastor Matt Harrision of LCMS World Relief joins us to talk about Haiti, from Haiti. We also pick up on Christians broken by the church and talk about the parable of Pharisee and the Tax collector, and the implications of Jesus' teaching on Justification.
Feb 02, 2010•52 min•Season 2Ep. 34
A caller asked us about Pope's comments concerning Muslims getting to heaven. The Pope had said, "Whoever seeks peace and the good of the community with a pure conscience, and keeps alive the desire for the transcendent, will be saved even if he lacks biblical faith". I know we're beating the horse on this, but imagine for a second a person who can't live up to this statement. Do I have a pure conscience? Do I always seek peace? Do I seek the good of the community? Also, more Pat Robertson stuff...
Jan 28, 2010•53 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Pat Robertson, wordsmith extraordinaire, purveyor of prognostication and prophet of the ages... Hold on a second. Don't play the ridicule game quite yet. Each and every one of us has done something similar or said something stupid we wish we could take back. We just don't have a nationally syndicated television program tied to Tivos around the world in which to pontificate on such things as why Haiti has such terrible things happen to it's population.... However, this is a lesson to be learned h...
Jan 20, 2010•54 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Continuing the topic, "The ex-Christian: Broken by the Church?", we talk about the new atheists, who unlike the previous generation of atheists aren't so much arguing for the non existence of Jesus or God, are instead making the argument that Christianity is an immoral religion. Christian Churches in Koala Lampur, Malaysia, firebombed for their use of the word "Allah" in their evangelistic literature 3000 year old pottery shows ancient Biblical inscription Brit Hume suggests to Tiger Woods that ...
Jan 13, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 31
In "the Gospel for Those Broken By the Church", Dr. Rod Rosenbladt draws a good profile of those people we meet who have, for whatever reason, fallen out of belief in Jesus Christ as their sin bearing Savior. In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we dig into that profile with some testimony from me and how I used to fit that profile, and to the ex-Christian out there who is still either sad or angry about what happened to them in their Christian walk... Contact us: Click here to leave an email...
Jan 06, 2010•56 min•Season 2Ep. 30
