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Christianity Isn’t Only about Obedience (Bad Theology Tuesday)

 

 

A lot of times folks fall into the trap of thinking that the Christian faith is all about your obedience, your life change, and your keeping the 10 Commandments. But that’s not only backwards, it completely misses the point. The Christian faith is all about saving you. It’s all about Jesus Christ and Him crucified, for you. His love for you, not your love for Him.

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Do Christians Have to Be Happy? (Fun Word Friday)

 

 

God made you the way that you are and put you in the place He put you because He loves you. He doesn’t need you to be someone else for Him to love you. Baptism doesn’t change your personality, it makes you a new creation. There’s plenty to repent of within us being us. But the only thing that saves us is not how happy we are, but Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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How Forgiving Should We Be? (Bible Study Thursday)

 

 

Jesus forgives every sin in His suffering and death. So, what about us? Being in Him, being loved by Him, being forgiven ourselves…we should gladly forgive those who sin against us too. If we forgive with Jesus’s forgiveness, then there’s no end of the mercy, grace, and forgiveness we have for others. Pray for your enemies and for help to forgive them.

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Links Mentioned:
How Forgiving Is Jesus? – https://youtu.be/FOpxnpORgfo
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit – https://youtu.be/AE6BLW1g3Cg

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How Forgiving is Jesus? (Fun Word Friday)

 

 

When reading Matthew 12:32 we worry about blaspheming the Holy Spirit and committing the “unforgivable sin.” But verse 31 says that Jesus forgives all sin! God forgives ALL sins in the suffering and death of His Son. Outside of Him, reject Him, if you don’t believe in Him…you pay the price for your sins. And in Him, every sin is forgiven.

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Links Included in today’s video:
HT Video Short: Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit – https://youtu.be/AE6BLW1g3Cg
HT LIVE Bible Study on Matthew 12:32 – https://youtu.be/osGE86c5gqc

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Jesus, Your Pastor, & Your Neighbor (Bible Study Thursday) – Gal. 6:16-18

 

 

This week Pastor Borghardt (finally) reaches the end of the book of Galatians. The point of all this is to remind you you’re not saved by something you do or don’t do. What matters is Christ’s suffering and death for you received by faith alone. He alone saves you. Join us next Thursday to see what book we read together next! Peace be with you.

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Scripture cited:
John 20:22-23
Matthew 16:19
Matthew 18:18
Luke 10:16

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The TRUE Glory of God (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

The glory and majesty of God is not found in the shekinah, not in the pillars of fire and smoke, not in the burning bush. It’s not found in that feeling that you have when you’re singing your favorite hymn. It’s not in the sky or the cosmos. The true glory and majesty of Almighty God is found in the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross for you.

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Dead Christians You Should Know About – Saint Patrick

Why exactly do we celebrate all of those feast days on the Church calendar? Who are all of these “saints” and why exactly should we care about them? And what does any of that have to do with ME?

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Why Do Plagues Happen? (Lectionary Monday)

Plague and sickness can drive us from our sins and put things in proper perspective. In the OT, God sent plagues to save His people from slavery. In the NT, God crucified His Son to save you from sin, death, and the devil. All that God does, He does to save His people. If you start with Christ, everything that happens might be seen as ultimately good, too, by faith.

 

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Ep. 10: The Numb Hand of God

Saying “God is everywhere” is not helpful or useful, when you think about it. It just confuses things, especially when God has chosen to locate Himself in specific places. In the Old Testament, His presence was visible, tangible, and interact-with-able. And in the New Testament, God became Man in the person of Jesus. And so the things that are true of the human Jesus are also true of God Jesus. When we try to describe the person and two natures of Christ and make sense of it, no matter how logical and rational we are being, we’re going to end up in heresy.

 

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Ep. 11: Jesus’s Killer Crossover and Descent into Hell

God has given us the image of Christ descending into hell, kicking open the doors, being victorious over the demons for our comfort. This doctrine doesn’t stand alone. It’s tied to His incarnation, life, death, and resurrection. When we try to make logical sense of Christ’s descent into hell, we end up putting victory right back into the Satan’s hands. Because when we describe it as Scripture does, it doesn’t necessarily make a lot of rational sense. But at least we still end up focusing on Christ, and Him preaching victory over sin, death, and the devil. And that’s right where we should end up: talking proclaiming Jesus, the Gospel for the comfort of troubled consciences.

 

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