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 know this is too often driven by hate?
I present for your consideration, Westboro Baptist Church. Fred Phelps and his little congregation sound just like a lot of churches and church leaders. But ever since someone set of an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) outside his church, Fred Phelps has made it his single obsession to let the world know that his god would not let this aggregious act go unpunished. In fact, if you didn't already know, they don't randomly pick which funerals they want to picket, no. They always picket the funerals of soldiers who died from being killed by and IED. Now, I want you to imagine for a second. For all his theological bloviating, Fred Phelps' problem winds up being tit for tat. You tried to blow up my church, my god will blow you up.
Really? Is that what the Christian message is? You attack him, God will attack you back?
In Episode 6 of The Lutheran Difference, Pastor Gary tells us why Faith is not a good work you must meet in order to be saved.
This edition of the Lutheran Difference included Pastor Gary, Troy Curtis, and Myself talking for the first time in the show's history about "the radical nature of God's grace."
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The Lutheran Difference was the Original Name of Our Podcast. This was only the fourth episode. We talked about Superstitions, Satan, and man's tendency to offer rituals to reality in place of faith.
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In this second look at the Origins of Radical Grace Radio, the Panel discussed Satan through the ages and how his story ends.
Hint: It ends badly for him.
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On Monday, October 23rd of this year, Pastor Gary Held died suddenly at the young age of 61. Everyone will sorely miss him.
Soon, we will be releasing a farewell episode of RGR. But in the meantime, I've gone into the archives to find and release the original show, "The Lutheran Difference," that we started over 16 years ago. That small project led to hundreds of thousands of listens that affected many lives over the years.
Goodbye, Pastor. We all miss you already.
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Socialism Conference promotes abolishing the age of consent, Arkansas demands China give back their property, and AI News anchors are on the way. Next, we talk about Jesus' objection to the abuse of the Temple of God.
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Hamas Attacks Israel and the world is actually divided over it. There's a lot of victim-blaming going on, but there's also a lot of fake news. You all need to know about a disturbing trend on X.
Later, the Pastor takes on what Jesus is trying to get at when he's talking about remembering the Sabbath.
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Hamas Attacks Israel and the world is actually divided over it. There's a lot of victim-blaming going on, but there's also a lot of fake news. You all need to know about a disturbing trend on X.
Later, the Pastor takes on what Jesus is trying to get at when he's talking about remembering the Sabbath.
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An appeals court hands a victory to states protecting children, NYC does tele-abortions, and a famous person's baptism gets done right. Meanwhile, we're listening to Jesus talk about the Kingdom of God.
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In an extended discussion about the new revival movement that's happening in our colleges, Pastor Gary and I wonder where Evangelicalism is heading next. Later, we discuss seven biblical ideas Jesus talked about more than anyone else in the Bible.
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