Christians these days don't have much to say about the Ascension of Jesus Christ. I tend to think this is because they don't know what to do with the concept, since what we read in Luke's Gospel has Jesus literally flying up into the sky, right? But what if it means something else? The early Church knew what to think about the ascension of Jesus Christ... Music today: Tico Tico - Paco de Lucía, Into the Mirage - John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://...
May 10, 2013•57 min•Season 4Ep. 111
In the last few weeks or so there's been a lot of discussion about what some people call "Sanctification". The debate has formed around two seemingly opposing viewpoints. Without belaboring these two viewpoints again, let's just suffice it to say that we really do think there's an obedience to the law that is of utmost importance. In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, you'll find advice on how to obey the law like you've never obeyed it before. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.faceb...
May 03, 2013•56 min•Season 4Ep. 110
How badly has the Church in our time mishandled the proclamation of the Gospel? Here's how badly. After decades and decades of preaching the Gospel through evangelistic programs that purport to tell people where they would be "if you died tonight", people still have serious doubts about whether they were saved or not. They still walk the isle and pray the pray repeatedly, recommitting their lives to Jesus in attempts to quell doubts in their minds. We're going to spend a lot of time in the futur...
Apr 26, 2013•55 min•Season 4Ep. 109
This edition of Radical Grace Radio is an encore from July of 2010. Radical Grace Radio will return with a new edition next week. 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 mom...
Apr 19, 2013•57 min•Season 4Ep. 108
To be assured that you are saved, you have to have assurance that your assurance is sure. There's only one way to achieve that assurance and that is by the long rabbit hole of works mixed with spirituality. If you want assurance that your assurance is sure, you have work hard for God and be as sincere as Jesus. Because that's what Jesus would 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 W...
Apr 12, 2013•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 107
How did we miss releasing this episode? I'll tell you why. In the flurry of releasing Lent related material, this one slipped through. So take a walk backwards through time with us to two weeks ago. 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 05, 2013•55 min•Season 4Ep. 106
And now, the last two of the series of lenten dramatic readings. The first is "2 covenants of the Kingdom", read by Pastor Bruce Rudolph, while the second is "1 atoning sacrifice". 8 Souls in All 7 Years of Famine 6 Day until Sabbath 5 Smooth Stones 4 Large Jars 3 Day and Nights in the Fish 2 Covenants of the Kingdom 1 Atoning Sacrifice 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...
Mar 31, 2013•39 min•Season 4Ep. 105
It's Holy Week, which Means it's Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. But there's an argument made around certain parts that the beginning of Holy Week, Palm Sunday, should instead be called "the Sunday of the Passion", which I think is a stupid thing to do. My argument is simple. Is you have the Sunday before be all about the passion, people will begin to think Jesus was in the tomb a whole week. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Faceb...
Mar 28, 2013•54 min•Season 4Ep. 104
In this Countdown to Redemption edition of Radical Grace Radio, we present the next two readings of the lenten series written by Pastor Gary Held. This time we're bundling up two in one, and you can expect the last two for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday in the next couple of days. The list so far is 8 Souls in all 7 Years of Famine 6 Days until Sabbath 5 Smooth Stones 4 Large Jars 3 Days and Nights in the Fish ? ? Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pa...
Mar 28, 2013•39 min•Season 4Ep. 103
Another in the series "Countdown to Redemption", this reading is titled "5 Smooth Stones". Written by Pastor Gary Held for our Wednesday Lenten services, this one tells of the story and feelings of one of King David's more obscure sons. The readings so far are titled... 8 Souls In All 7 Years of Famine 6 Days until Sabbath 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.RadicalGraceR...
Mar 21, 2013•21 min•Season 4Ep. 102
Lenten Readings for this season, this one based on the Story of Deborah in the Book of Judges, part of a series written by Pastor Gary Held for Lenten services. The readings so far are titled... 8 Souls In All 7 Years of Famine 6 Days until Sabbath 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...
Mar 15, 2013•56 min•Season 4Ep. 101
On the way back to Jerusalem after the triumphal Entry, Jesus encounters a fig tree that has no fruit on it, and he promptly curses it. Therefore, Jesus must hate fig trees. No wait, Jesus is teaching you how to curse fig trees, yeah that's it. No, wait, Jesus is teaching you about having faith and speaking to fig trees and mountains so you can overcome these obstacles. There has been so much bad teaching on this one incident that whole versions of Christianity have grown up around the strange i...
Mar 08, 2013•56 min•Season 4Ep. 100
Pastor Gary contends that in Jesus' day, the biggest headache the average Israelite had didn't come from the Roman occupation, but rather the Temple itself. If you lived during that time in Judea, you likely owed money to the temple, one way or another and the religious leaders of the time weren't interested in "forgiving debts". First up on the show however is Bill Marello of Child Services updating us on the current plight of children in the Foster car system in Central Florida. Visit Matthew ...
Feb 28, 2013•56 min•Season 4Ep. 99
The second Lenten service featured a monolog written by Pastor Gary, and is written from the point of view of an accountant who delivers a report to governor over Egypt and second to Pharaoh, Joseph. Pastor Gary loves the Joseph narrative (as I do) and for more than a little while we got excited about this one. If we drone on too long in the first part of this show, sorry about that... Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http...
Feb 27, 2013•34 min•Season 4Ep. 98
Due to some of our listeners asking about Pastor Gary's Lenten "Dramatic Monologs", we decided to take some time to release one or two of these in the show. The first one from Ash Wednesday was called "8 souls in all", and is one of a countdown to Good Friday. We hope you enjoy it. 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...
Feb 22, 2013•30 min•Season 4Ep. 97
It's Ash Wednesday, and it's the beginning of the Season of Lent. So what better topic to talk about than Pope Benedict XVI Abdicating the Holy See? Upon hearing this, I thought to myself how much of a shame that was because of all the good things this pope had to say about Martin Luther... So we speculate, "what would have happened if this pope had vacated Martin Luther's Excommunication?" We did also talk about Lent, and repentance, and doing good works. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http:/...
Feb 14, 2013•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 96
Warning: This program is too hot to handle. The contents of this program have been know to shake up legalists, crush pietists, burn the innards of sinners and salve the consciences of the faithful. We also talk about the hottest, most evil chili ever... DANGER! If you're satisfied with your Christianity, DO NOT LISTEN!!! 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.RadicalGraceRad...
Feb 07, 2013•57 min•Season 4Ep. 95
Have we crossed over to the darkside? In this episode of Radical Grace Radio, Joel Osteen get's front and center stage to make his case before he gets slapped by Nikolaos of Myra. We also talk about Supernatural Debt Relief. Yup, darksided... 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...
Jan 31, 2013•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 94
So Pastor Gary wants to be in a "back to basics" mode, and we wound up talking about the Faithfulness of God. Did you know, for instance, that God faithfully shows up everywhere He's promised He'll be? If that's so, then where has He promised to be? Also, huge water jars, the impossibility of having grape juice in the ancient world, and servants who'll do anything Jesus' mom tells them to do. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebo...
Jan 24, 2013•56 min•Season 4Ep. 93
Historic Jesus. By that we mean the Christ as we find him in scripture. Problem is because so many people read their Bibles for moral principles and tips to have your best life now, too many people miss the Jesus that matters. Also it's about time to get back to basics again. The mind of Christ first up, which we've talked about before and are about to hammer on again. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.c...
Jan 17, 2013•55 min•Season 4Ep. 92
On this edition of Radical Grace Radio we talk about Blasphemy Laws. They don't exist in the US pretty much, but in several European countries there are still blasphemy laws on the books... I forgot to mention, those are in Christian countries. We talk about specific instances in Greece and how if we were in Greece right now much of what we would preach would be considered blasphemy. And with another word that ends in "y", since the season of Epiphany started on a Sunday this year, we took some ...
Jan 10, 2013•57 min•Season 4Ep. 91
We share out thoughts on what has to be the best movie of 2012, and likely the best movie of 2013, Les Miserables. Not only are the themes of the film striking, but the story of redemption told of Jean ValJean is one that every Christian should pay attention to. One can clearly hear strains of law and gospel and how living under the law can lead to spiritual death... as well as physical death. We also, once again, take up the topic of doomsday, in this case self made doomsays, like the so called...
Jan 03, 2013•57 min•Season 4Ep. 90
After a really tough year in a lot of ways, it's a good thing that Christmas comes this time of year. We all need some good news. But here's something about the Good news that we usually don't think about. Where did Jesus learn it? You can say, if you want, that He's God and he therefore knows everything, but in his human nature, growing up from a baby to a young man, where did Jesus hear this good news? You'll be surprised at the answer. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/...
Dec 27, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 89
It's Doomsday at Radical Grace Radio! Yes, it's the end of the Mayan Calendar, and this is it. It's over. Again. Oh wait, we've been here before, haven't we? But all is not lost because Christ has won. Also, we talk about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, which isn't an easy topic because it's so difficult to make sense out it. However, we may not be able to make sense out of it, but we can try to move forward and find meaning for ourselves and lost loved ones. As pastor Gary say, out mind...
Dec 20, 2012•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 88
When John The Baptist came and was calling the people of Israel to repent and be baptized, he wasn't having them do it because they needed to get holy really fast. He was calling them to repent, or to "defect" because something was about to shake this world. The one whose advent was foretold was coming to dispense his blessing on his people, and to lay an axe at the foot of the root of the tree as well. Something was about to shake the world... Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.faceboo...
Dec 13, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 87
Keeping the Holidays pure, or at least not getting them mixed up... Look up! For your redemption draw near. It's Advent Folks, and that's important because the church at large is living in what can be described as a long, long wait for Jesus to return. It was a long wait the first time, and since he came the first time we have assurance he will come again. So Look up! Your redemption draws near. Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Fac...
Dec 06, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 86
Is it ever right to ignore the things that God has put in your lap to do? Now there's a loaded question, especially in a Christian culture that is constantly asking people find "God's will for your life". Well, the problem is that too many people think that God's will basically stops at conquering sin in your life. This is where Martin Luther in his Small Catechism, when talking about the commandments, shows that not only is there a prohibition in each commandment, but also a prescription. In ot...
Nov 30, 2012•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 85
So We're exploring Repentance lately, mainly because we think people's understanding of Repentance is off base, again... So we looked at the passage from Luke Chapter 3 verses 1 through 14... "John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children f...
Nov 23, 2012•57 min•Season 4Ep. 84
So the elections are over, and Barack Obama won. So what's a Christian to do? Fret over the coming Gloom and Doom, that's what. Or at least that's what the buzz has been ever since. In fact, there's been such a loud call to repent from various corners of Christendom that you'd think God's about to go off on the United States for not voting Obama out. But here's a game, if you will, consisting of some questions, and you have to answer them in order. 1. What criteria would you use to show that the...
Nov 15, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 83
It's Election Day folks! And what better topic for a Christian Radio Show than to talk about Voting and Politics! Yes! All your electioneering needs are met in this one episode. Yes! Then it's 7 principles for measuring your Christian Walk. Or is it 70 times 7, I keep forgetting. 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...
Nov 05, 2012•56 min•Season 4Ep. 82
