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Outrageous Grace

September 19, 2021 by Sandra

Friend, I wanted to pass along my most recent message from last Sunday that I shared at my church, Living Word Church. I pray you’re super encouraged as you watch […]

Outrageous Grace

September 19, 2021 by Sandra

Friend, I wanted to pass along my most recent message from last Sunday that I shared at my church, Living Word Church. I pray you’re super encouraged as you watch […]

Outrageous Grace

September 19, 2021 by Sandra

Friend, I wanted to pass along my most recent message from last Sunday that I shared at my church, Living Word Church. I pray you’re super encouraged as you watch […]

Outrageous Grace

September 19, 2021 by Sandra

Friend, I wanted to pass along my most recent message from last Sunday that I shared at my church, Living Word Church. I pray you’re super encouraged as you watch […]

Outrageous Grace

September 19, 2021 by Sandra

Friend, I wanted to pass along my most recent message from last Sunday that I shared at my church, Living Word Church. I pray you’re super encouraged as you watch […]

825. Listener: “Why Don’t They Teach Us Right?” A Conversation About Church Inc.

September 19, 2021 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

This week we have a spontaneous heart to heart about church denominations and the wide variety of different perspectives and teaching available. How did we get to this place where elements of both law and grace seem to be the norm?

This is a bit of a foundational introduction into upcoming podcasts where we’ll talk about some things that are seldom heard or taught in most churches—but should be.

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820. “How Can I Know That God Has Forgiven Me?”

August 15, 2021 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

Imagine realizing that God isn’t angry with you, is not disappointed with you, is not counting sins against you, and loves you perfectly and unconditionally. Finally, peace and rest, without fear of wondering if you’re okay with God or that God is okay with you. And then it happens. Religious, legalistic, and yes, even Bible-verse-quoting folks from the land of self-righteousness invade your territory, seeking to take away the seeds of grace God planted within you.

They’ll come up with all kinds of different ways to convince you (from the Bible!) that you’ll need to repeatedly keep seeking more forgiveness from God. They somehow think there are methods and formulas which are more effective than the blood of Jesus—which was shed one time. It’s time to stop and ask ourselves a question … why do you think Jesus’ blood only needed to be shed once, and not over and over again?

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818. Religious Bondage: Working to Become Who God Has Already Made You to Be

August 1, 2021 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

Telling believers they need to change will not be nearly as effective as helping them to understand they have already been changed. Trying to become somebody that you think you are not will become a frustrating, lifelong endeavor which never seems to find the end of the rainbow. On the other hand, once we grow in the understanding of our identity, we can begin to live from who God says we already are as believers “in Christ.”

In this race, we get to start at the finish line, which is a place of rest. Under the Old Covenant, the Jewish people were working at pursuing what they could never attain. Unfortunately, many believers who abide in a new and better covenant are chasing after what has already been given to them.