Observing Reformation day this year has me thinking about a couple of things. One, doctrines of men wind up flaying the consciences of the faithful wide open and abusing them for work in man's agenda. But also, over and against that we have to thinking about Grace alone through Faith alone on account of Christ alone, which we at Radical Grace Radio call having a "reckless confidence in Christ". "So when the devil throws your sins in your face and tells you that you deserve death and hell, tell h...
Nov 01, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 81
Why do Christians Worship on Sunday instead of the Sabbath? You'd be surprised, but there is still discussion on this topic after 2000 years. We talk about the what and the so what, and we also talk about Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban because she wants to go to school. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
Oct 25, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 80
In the 16th Century Pope Leo X wanted to build a Basilica to house the bones of the Apostles, but to do so he needed money, and lots of it. So, this Roman Pope hit upon a plan to sell indulgences, or get out of purgatory free certificates, to fund this project. Why does this matter? After all, it's ancient history, right? Well, it matters because today we have preachers telling their people that tithing serves a similar purpose, which is getting connected to God's promises via the "covenant". No...
Oct 18, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 79
"There is nothing more dangerous than an isolated individual with a Bible". ~ Pastor William Cwirla - The God Whisperers A listener sent us a message asking about a conversation we had in the show titled "Rage Be Unto You", that got us to talking about how there are so many Christians basically making up their faith and then blaming the Holy Spirit for it, er... I mean attributing it to the Holy Spirit. Find out why you should avoid this trap in this edition of Radical Grace Radio. Visit Matthew...
Oct 11, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Are you ready for Radical Law Radio? For a good segment of the back half of this show we took one commandment. Just one. And Pastor Gary, in his usual gregarious way, describes all the way in which people break this commandment. Turns out there are lots of them. I mean a lot. That and a jab or two at 'greasy grace' and 'easy believism'. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www...
Oct 04, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 77
And Jesus said unto them, "My Wife"... This little scrap of Papyrus set the world on fire with a promise to "turn the Christian world upside down"... Haven't we been here before? Doesn't pretty much every new "discovery" promise to shatter everything Christians believe? That and we go off on "Pulpit freedom day" for Pastors preaching something other than Christ from their pulpits. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://ww...
Sep 27, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 76
Muslims in some foreign countries become enraged and attack some US Embassies, killing some people. Why? Because of a movie. No, not even a movie. A trailer for a movie... that didn't actually get made. Let us help you next time someone asks you what is the difference between Christianity and Islam. In Islam, Allah calls for the deaths of his enemies at the hands of his people for even so much as insulting the prophet. In Christianity, when the people crucified the son of the Most High God, the ...
Sep 20, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 75
Why do so many Christians think that to "lukewarm" means to be living an immoral life? Has it ever occurred to any of them that it could instead be that "lukewarm" means to live in denial of your wretchedness and go on merrily believing your a good person? It's a serious problem, and one that makes me sometimes want to change the name of our show to "Radical Law Radio". Maybe we need to preach God's law to some of these blind and naked Christians so they'll realize their true situation. Visit Ma...
Sep 13, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 74
To today's teachers of Christian Lifestyles who are throwing God's children into confusion. You want to be teachers of the law, but you don't know what you're talking about. You who advocate for the law, have you not read the law? You're constant admonition to those in your care to put on the yoke of slavery again after having begun in the spirit and by hearing through faith is doing nothing for them other than making them more a child of the devil than they were before. So Please Stop. Visit Ma...
Sep 06, 2012•58 min•Season 4Ep. 73
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio we talk about Neil Armstrong, who passed away at age 82 this past weekend. Don't know what else to say about it that we didn't already say. We also talk about Lance Armstrong, and that Akin guy, the "legitimate rape" guy, you know him... Yeah. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
Aug 30, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 72
Brothers and Sisters, are you obsessed with end times? Does ever prophecy that comes out of the mouths of today's would be prophets keep you glued to the edge of your seat? Does Harold Camping make you salivate? Does Global Warming and the prediction of future destruction by the likes of Al Gore make you giddy? Does news of dwindling resources and Martial Law make your stomach quiver? Well, you my friend, are likely an "Apocoholic". In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we turn our problem ove...
Aug 23, 2012•54 min•Season 4Ep. 71
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, We talk about Math. Yup, you read that right. It's a simple formula, one that can easily destroy a Christian. A = God's will for your life. B = God's blessings. If performing A Leads to B, then performing A squared leads to B squared, right? But B hasn't been worked out properly and like Pi hasn't been fully expressed nor can it be fully expressed. So in response, we give a framework for understanding the Gospel. You read that correctly too. Listen to find...
Aug 16, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 70
This edition of Radical Grace Radio is contagious. Literally, if you were in the studio with me that is. Pastor makes fun of me and my voice. Admittedly I sound terrible. So today's show was a stream of consciousness show about the Image of God, the Olympics, the Curiosity Rover, Life on other planets, what would happen to theology if life were to be discovered on other planets. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www....
Aug 09, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 69
On this week's Radical Grace Radio we talked about an article by Brian Housman on the Christian Messenger website titled "Reasons why teenagers abandon Christianity!" It was an insightful article with some rather damning conclusions, and since nearly all the church everywhere is deeply concerned about this issue, we thought it was important. Click here to read the article. Pastor also has a few things to say to everyone about "getting filled with the Spirit"... Another topic that in the last one...
Aug 02, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 68
In this week's Radical Grace Radio, we would be remiss if we didn't talk about the shooting in Aurora Colorado, and address the topic of Making Sense out of Suffering. Again, the talk is "how could God allow this to happen?" We give our answer, but more importantly we offer help for coping with this and other tragedies in our lives. For those touched by the events in Aurora, our hearts and prayers are tuned to lift up your situation to God in this difficult time. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook...
Jul 26, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 67
Is the so called "Sinner's Prayer" Biblically valid? Is there really a way to know that you are saved? Did you know that the way to know that is connected to your baptism? This edition of Radical Grace Radio investigates the Southern Baptist Convention, the Sinner's Prayer, Decision theology, and more. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
Jul 19, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 66
Does our lack of faith have any effect on Jesus' ability to do what he promised? Is our sinfulness something that can stop God from doing all the good things he wants to do in this life for his children? More trouble has been caused in the last 20 years by this teaching that just about anything else, so Pastor Gary is intent on destroying this stronghold, for good. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/g...
Jul 12, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 65
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio we analyze an incident that occurred in Dearborne Mich, where a group of Christians were stoned by Muslims... or so the story goes. But more importantly we examine a situation where a Synagogue leader named Jairus has a problem: His daughter is dying and Jesus is standing around listening to a long drawn out story about blood and doctors. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.fa...
Jul 05, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 64
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about Seeds... You know, Mustard Seeds, Abraham's Seed, stuff about the Reign of God. Powerful seeds in fact, powerful enough to take over the garden... and the fact that those seeds are carried by highly breakable jars of clay. People just like us. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
Jun 28, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 63
The church at large has always been rife with those who would manipulate people, and these days are no exception. In this edition of Radical Grace Radio we talk about some of the stupid things that happen in our own church body along with the stupid things going on in Evangelicalism. Just to be fair, because there's been plenty of stupid to go around of late. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyhel...
Jun 21, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 62
Reverend Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach in Florida has decided to hang Barack Obama in Effigy outside his church... Is it just us, or as time goes by is there more and more just stupid stuff going on in the name of Christ? Pastor Gary and I have challenged Terry Jones and his best pick to a Cage Match that will be on pay per view live streamed on Youtube. Because? STUPID SELLS! Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://w...
Jun 14, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 61
"For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1 It's easy to abuse Christian Freedom, no so easy to use it wisely. Again, anyone's ability or inability to live a proper Christian life has no bearing on their adoption as Children of God. However it can have a lot of bearing upon our neighbors, which is why we're taking on this topic. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary He...
Jun 07, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 60
Who could be on the radio the day before Memorial Day and not talk about Memorial Day? So that's what we did, but we also talked about the Valley of Dry Bones from Ezekiel 37, and how that which Ezekiel saw was a beautiful vision of what Jesus did for us. There's just no way of getting tired of this stuff! Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
May 31, 2012•55 min•Season 4Ep. 59
Someone objects to "Radical Grace" because it sounds too much like "Gnarly Grace". So in response, we get Gnarly with Christian living by telling you how to just stop sinning because that will apparently make everyone feel better and whatever... So stop sinning! Stop it! Just stop! That's how you stop. Now, when you have found that even that simple advice doesn't work, Let's talk again about why God's grace is so important, not as a power source, but rather as God's divine mercy towards you. Tha...
May 24, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 58
How can the Christian life be about abiding the love of Jesus today, and how is it relevant to giving meaning for a Christian life? Seriously folks, there's a Doctrine for everything in the Christian's life, and all of them have something do with what Jesus has done, is doing or will do. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
May 17, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 57
People are so worried that their Christian life is Mediocre that they'll do anything to improve it. So Christian Self Help books are all the rage, iPods and iPhones are filled to the last bit of ram with Sermons and teaching Mp3s, and everyone goes here and there searching for that magic ingredient that will make the Christian life really take off. What if it's more simple than that? What if it's as simple as joining a local Congregation? Where else are you going to find the Christ if not with h...
May 10, 2012•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 56
Bill Marallo of Adoptions Services joins us to talk about "re-parenting", and we of course talk about in terms of God re-parenting us. A lot of people think of "sanctification" in a lot of weird ways, but try listening to this program for a better perspective. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
May 03, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 55
So the person you're witnessing to doesn't believe in God or Hell. What do you do? You could try to make him feel guilty under the law, but he doesn't believe in any of that. Now what? On Radical Grace Radio we talk about what you could do besides just give up. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com...
Apr 26, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 54
The most common way of evangelizing these days is to ask this question of people: If you were to die tonight, where would spend eternity. In this show we submit to you that this is categorically the wrong method of persuasion. In fact, I personally think that the approach of asking "where will you spend eternity" does nothing but appeal to our narcisim. But this is exactly the problem. We've been trained by the world to think of things in terms of how it benefits us, how it impacts our lives, so...
Apr 19, 2012•54 min•Season 4Ep. 53
Do those words bore you? "He is Risen!" I was reading an article that was Newsweek Magazine and in the Huffington Post where the Author (More about him next week) keeps referring to Jesus as though he's not around anymore. "He was" and "If he were here"... even though this guy swears he believes in Jesus' divinity and the Resurrection he keeps talking about Jesus as though he were dead. No. HE... IS... Risen! Three important words. Let's talk about the Gospel. Let's talk about Christ raised from...
Apr 12, 2012•54 min•Season 4Ep. 52
