Category: Freedom

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

How do I draw near to God? It starts with Him and seeing what He's done for us in Christ Jesus. "For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross." Colossians 1:19-22 We're holy and blameless, free from accusation because of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

• What does it mean to walk in the Spirit? Do I talk to the Holy Spirit the same way I talk to the Father and to Jesus?
• Freda asks about Hebrews 10:25. Do I need to go to a church building?
• Albert calls about our modern day church services and how we make them into rituals.

Categories: Freedom Holy Spirit Christian Living

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

One of the claims Jesus made about himself is in John 8:12 - "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life". There are a lot of implications to that statement. Jesus turned the light on for you; you saw your core problem (you were dead in sin), shined the light of forgiveness on you and took your sins away, and his light brought you righteousness. It's a beautiful thing to live in the light. You are no longer in darkness, you are in the light as a child of light.

• Col. 2 Our growth is from God
• Hear it, Believe it, Live it
• What do you say about cremation? Absent from the body, present with the Lord
• Am I praying right?
• Righteousness is real and made you real
• Is prayer the correct way to understand the Bible?
• Why does the Lords prayer tell us to ask for forgiveness?

Categories: Jesus Christ Freedom Prayer Righteousness/Justification Bible Forgiveness/Repentance

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Richard Peifer

Welcome to a very special Memorial Day broadcast as we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country and the families they've left behind. We know what the Bible has to say about this: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command."

• There are two sacraments we celebrate as the church. Those are baptism and the Lord's Supper. The first thing we realize is that both of these start with the memory of sacrifice - Jesus' death on the cross. It's a time of celebration because of the freedom found through His sacrifice. It is a joyous occasion to remember all that Christ's death accomplished for us. God remembers our sins no more. We have been set free from the law of sin and death. Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ we have been made holy. We have been set apart for God's use. Apart from Jesus' sacrifice that would not be possible.
• Today, as you remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, think about what Jesus has done for you by His death.
• All of us look for a sense of purpose. What is our purpose in life? It is to be used by God. That's what it means to be made holy - to be set apart by God for His use. Jesus made that possible. There is nothing more worthwhile than to make ourselves a "living sacrifice" for God's work.
• Philippians 2:12, 13 "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."

Categories: Freedom

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Richard Peifer

Freedom is the deepest need of the human heart and it is found in Christ Jesus. In Philippians 3:14, Paul encourages us to press on in knowing Christ. "I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly calling in Christ Jesus." The world had suppressed the knowledge of Christ in order to keep us pressed down in bondage. Through Christ, we are freed from that bondage and can press on to the prize - freedom. Don't look back. Keep your eyes on Jesus and, in doing so, you will experience freedom to the full.

• Experiencing and moving into freedom
• Can you explain 1 John 3:20-21?
• How to witness to a person about salvation
• Jesus is the answer to your heart needs
• 1 Corinthians 3:8-15 Will we be rewarded for our ministry work?

Categories: Freedom Hard Passages Jesus Christ

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Richard Peifer, Andrew Farley

Alice Johnson was released from prison yesterday after receiving a pardon from President Trump. To see her reaction to being set free is a reminder of the release from bondage we experience as believers. As Jesus said, "when the Son sets you free, you are free indeed". Just as Alice Johnson will not show up at the prison doors next week asking to be put back under bondage, we believers should live free, never returning to the bondage of the law. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1

• Cindy calls concerning satanic attacks and the comfort she's received from Basic Gospel.
• What do people mean when they say, "Jesus Christ"?
• I know the Holy Spirit hasn't changed (just as God the Father and God the Son haven't). But did the Holy Spirit have a different "function" before Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension?

Categories: Freedom Faith Jesus Christ Holy Spirit