Our opinions... As much as we like 'em, sometimes they gotta go. Still Ramping up on the topic "thinking with the Mind of Christ", we learn how devastating it is to our understanding when we can't admit that we are interpretting the scriptures by our "learned" responses and natural ways of thinking.
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about how we as believers have a bunch of old habits that need to be broken when it comes to approaching the topic of "the Mind of Christ". The number one habit is this: not knowing we have bad habits of thinking in the first place. Habits like believing we have to contribute something to the finished work of Christ in order to recieve every blessing and benefit of Christ... or insisting on maintaining a Medevial world view rather than holding onto...
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we begin the topic of the year, thinking with the mind of Christ, by first setting up some ground rules. Number 1: Remember you're law and gospel distinction. Number 2: Remember that Jesus isn't just a cardboard cutout that people bend and mangle to make him fit their image of him. He's a real person, both man and God. He has a mind, just like you do, and he thinks with that mind and brain using synapses and neural pathways just like you do. Radical Grace ...
Being Angry at God. We've all had that experience, but so few Christians are willing to admit it. The reason they don't want to admit something so basic to the Christian experience is simple. They likely will be vilified by other Christians for even saying or thinking such a thing. But in an article on CNN's Blog "The Chart", Christians responding to a survey conducted by secular researchers admitted freely that they often are angry with God. In fact, it's more prevalent these days among young p...
It's a new year at Radical Grace Radio. A lot of things have happened over the last few years, not the least of which is discovering what the Christian Landscape looks like. But perhaps more important is what we discovered about ourselves. What we discovered was a couple of things in particular. One is that doing Radio and Podcasting is not as easy as it sounds. The other is that we discovered how we react to the situation. We found that we have sort of strength that comes out between us that we...
In this Boxing Day edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about the ongoing battles between Christians and the secular world regarding the terms "happy holiday", and whether there should be a better attempt by Christians abroad to show the world what a real Christmas celabration would like. This edition's bumps: Blackmore's Night - Good King Wenceslas, Jose Feciliano - Feliz Navidad http://www.RadicalGraceRadio.com Listener Comment line: (321) 252-4824 , Free from Google Call Join the Hosts on ...
On This edition of Radical Grace Radio, we Talk to Tyrel Bramwell about his new Book, the Gift and the Defender. As a gift to our Listeners, Tyrel has set up a coupon for 50 percent off of any eBook version of the book, which would include text versions, the Kindel version, the Nook version... pretty much any version you could imagine. We also read some of the responses we're getting about a question I posted on facebook and Christianity.com. "What are the minimum conditions a person must meet i...
Ok, you know me by now. I often listen to the radio Sunday Mornings, and this time I was listening to Dr. (sic) David Jeremiah... Who sent out advice about what to say to God at Judgement seat... And the advice was so bad that I totally retasked the show to address this. See, it's one thing to get the Gospel wrong and leave your congregation to wonder to themselves about what to do, but it's another thing entirely to give them what to say to God... WHEN IT MOST COUNTS... and get that SO wrong th...
Could it be that, along with Law and Gospel, a plain sense reading of the text is absolutely crucial? Pastor Gary explains to us that there is a devotional aspect to reading the Bible that is crucial, and we don't deny that way of interpreting the scriptures. But it's possible to learn, just like a lot of musicians might also learn, only one way of looking at the scriptures. We talk about a different way of reading the texts in this edition of Radical Grace Radio. Matthew Pancake on Facebook Pas...
Last week we identified the problem of hate among Christians with regards to those who don't measure up. This week, we're going to find out how Jesus handles hate, and how we should handle it from a law and gospel perspective. Rod Rosenbladt has been working on the problem of "Christians broken by the church" for many years now, and we agree with his assessment. The problem, however, runs deeper than we all realize. We hate. We really do. In fact, we hate MORE than the people of this world... Im...
Hate. We've heard this before. For all the talk that Christians make concerning holiness and self help, it appears that even after 2000 years the church still hasn't come to terms with this most perplexing problem. To this day, because the majority of Christians do not properly distinguish law and gospel, people are calling all the time at each other blindly to repent of this or that or there can be no unity... But with the Gospel, there is unity in Faith, in Baptism, in one Lord... How do we kn...
It's getting close to Advent folks. That time of year where we celebrate the first coming of Christ while looking forward to the first coming. Today, we're going to turn the end times on it's ear again by showing how that "terrible last day" will be the most joyous day of all times and ages. But first, more magical thinking, more annointing of doors and windows, and more sorcery in the name of God... yeah, it's still going on after thousands of years of being told not to. Oh, and be sure you don...
Today on Radical Grace Radio, we talked about what Christian Churches talked about last Sunday in lieu of Reformation day... Magic and witchcraft. More importanly, how Magic is incorporated by Christians when they get confused about what Magical thinking is and how dangerous it can be. It's not about Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It's about taking God's Holy Name and practicing magic and dark arts in his name...
How does the Gospel appear to effect reality? Most of the time, it looks like everything is being turned on it's ear. In this reformation day special, we talk about the effects of the Gospel, and what there needs to be done for real reformation to occur... He said, "what needs to be done" Hu-hu-hu... Rev 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. Rev 14:7 He said in a loud v...
This edition of Radical Grace Radio is brought to you by the new book, Humility and how I achieved it by the High Reverend Gary Held. Learn the finer points of achieving the most humble walk with God you will ever experience! Luther did say, in all seriousness, "those who think they are humble know the least about true humility". We also talk about a simple subject... one that is very difficult to master: Prayer
A lepers, all the time, on Radical Grace Radio. Ever wonder if we're getting it right when we read and interpret the passages where Jesus heals the lepers? Whether it's the 1 leper in Mark's Gospel or 10 in Luke's Gospel, there's more there than meets the eye.
I was mistaken when I said on the air that this episode of Radical Grace Radio is still on the feed. This was back in 2008 when the Pew Forum Report told us that Americans (this included Christians) believe that all faith and faith traditions lead to God and salvation. One term that was used by a respondent to the poll said that we have a "Pragmatic respect" for other religions. What on earth does that mean? An important show. Expect this past Sundays show soon.
First up, there's the pew forum report on General Knowledge of Religion in America. Atheists, Agnostics, Jews and Mormons scored the highest, while Bible belt Christians scored the Lowest. http://pewforum.org/Other-Beliefs-and-Practices/U-S-Religious-Knowledge-Survey.aspx Then, when asked what's the difference between the way Baptists baptise and how Lutherans baptise, we decided to take that on... no one called during the show, but someone did call imediately after the show... It just goes to s...
Anne Frank wrote: " It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart." We have to tackle this issue, because ultimately it's the biggest lie the world tells itself. "You good! You just need to find a better system of government or laws that will make the difference!" But if that were true, wouldn't we have found it by now? After a...
Here is a classic Radical Grace Radio, from the time when we were on WMEL, and topic flowed around the causes of some of the senseless Drama that goes on in our world. How often are we tempted to grow angry, outraged, dispondent, at the events of our time and lives when we should be remembering God and His promises in Jesus Christ, our Lord?
Ok, fair warning. I sound like crap in this episode. My voice was shot due to getting over some illness, and it frequently breaks apart. I basically spoke in a monotone the whole time. But still, we talked about the error of saying that 'Because Jesus is responsible for the whole world, and he's the one who created all of this, he takes responsibility for everything and takes the punishment"... I know, it sounds weird, but that's exactly what you'll hear. Remember, it's an error. We don't believ...
We're all about God's will, but the truth is, His will is often hard, and it's not recognizable as good for me. Like for instance, for this show, I was coming down with something, Pastor Greg was getting over something, and Pastor Gary was still suffereing from something. In fact, as I type this, I'm getting worse, but be that as it may. We also listen to some word/faithers teach us about Jesus being the first man to be born again, and how he suffered in hell in my place... yup, it's weird....
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about how the Spiritual Gifts are misapplied in such a way that Christians wind up broken and sorrowful. There was a woman at my old church, which was a Pentacostal Church, who was scheduled to recieve her "annointing" one night after many weeks of being taught about fruits of the spirit. All the people who attended classes came up front to be prayed over and begin speaking in tongues... but when it came to be her turn, she didn't start speaking in...
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we decided to go back to some basics for the benefit of our new listeners. It's not that we think they don't get it, but it's always good to go over the doctrine of Justification because this is the Gospel... It's a message worth fighting for and one worth dying for.
This is the Lost episode, where I was in Houston Texas for the convention back in July, and Pastor Gary was flying solo on live radio for the first time. He talked about the historicity of the Resurrection, that it wasn't just a matter a mass halucination. I called in from Houston, and we talked about the effects of the Gospel in history.
Our identity in Christ... That sounds like it's the most important thing we could learn about ourselves, but we're all carrying around too much baggage to get it, unless we learn something really simple: Power does not necessarily equal Good. Second thing is this: The world religions are lying to you. They have no power they can give you. Nothing. Only in Christ are you identified with power, and that power is Christ alone.
There's an entire generation that grew up thinking like a pagan, due to shows like He-Man and the masters of the universe... is there a lot of difference between "holding aloft your magic sword" and "hold aloft your Bible"? Not a lot if you expecting power to be given you from on high if you say the right words.
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we first answer the error that says that Jesus is not God with Colosians 2:9, "for all the fullness of the Diety dwells in him in bodily form"... Hmm... Sounds like God to me. But we have to pick up on this idea that we can have a "reckless confidence in Christ"... Listen as Tyrel Bramwell of Reformation Underground calls in to join the discussion.
In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, Pastor Gary takes on a tour of the parable of the 10 virgins. Pastor took the month of June off from teaching Bible study because he wanted to take some time to go over the scriptures himself and see if there was something he was missing... and we think he found it. You may not think so at first, but this is a law and gospel moment in the making.
So this Lay Delegate walks into a hotel room... and he's watching tv when suddenly an infomercial for "Body Gospel" comes on... So, for 3 easy payments of 39.95, I can get the complete set of work out dvds where I can sweat and praise God to the latest and greatest worship songs, the body Gospel stretch bands, and I don't know what else I can get! It's amazing if you ask me! Yeah, right. I may be about to start my own weightloss program, but I think I'll make mine totally faith free....
