Adventures In Grace

"Classic Christianity" by Bob George is a book that presents a profound exploration of the essential principles of the Christian faith. In this book, Bob George seeks to distill Christianity to its purest form, free from religious legalism and misconceptions. The book challenges readers to reexamine their beliefs, emphasizing the transformative power of God's grace and the simplicity of the gospel...

This week, we review the entirety of the "Art of Resting in the Covenant" series by Malcolm Smith.  We review the ideas of covenant, and I provide recommendations for future study.  In addition, Malcolm has recently been in the hospital and I talk about that in this show.

We conclude our series with Malcolm Smith on the "Art of Resting in the Covenant".  This week, we cover the topic of the Holy Spirit.  Please note, this recording of Malcolm was not very good quality with a variety of extra noise.  I have done my best to clean it to listen, but the recording is still not optimal.

This week, we continue on with our rare Malcolm Smith series on "The Art of Resting in the Covenant".  This week we are on Hour 4 which is titled "Covenant: Personal Experience".

This week we continue working our way through the rare Malcolm Smith series on "The Art of Resting in the Covenant".  This week, we listen to Hour 3 called "I Am Your God, You are My People".

We continue our rare Malcolm Smith series on Resting in the Covenant. This week is Hour 2 "Day of Atonement".

I recently found a RARE Malcolm Smith teaching series that you cannot find anywhere.  We are working through this series on "The Art of Resting in the Covenant".  This week, Hour 1 on the Making of Covenant.

In this episode, I summarize the last two episodes on Innerancy and give my own views of the topic.  Be forwarned ... I do not in any way think my view is the "last word" on the topic. I might leave you with more questions than answers.  But I feel this view checks off most of the boxes where I still see the Scripture as inerrant and inspired, but helps me see consistency with the love of God, Tri...

We continue our look at inerrancy of Scripture this week by listening to a talk by Dr Jeannie Constantinou, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Theology, and Religious Studies, University of San Diego and AFR podcaster ( Search The Scriptures ).  I hope to interview Dr. Constantinou in the future, but for now, we will listen to an Eastern Orthodox perspective of this issue (although Brad Jersak is Easte...

After our recent study, I had various questions about inerrancy of the Bible.  I decided to break this into three sections, the last of which I plan to talk through how I currently see this issue.  This week, I thought we would benefit from listening to an interview with Brad Jersak talking about this issue.  You can watch the full interview here .

In this episode, we conclude our study of a "More Christlike God".  We discuss again a new way to read the Old Testament, and dealing with the fear we are abandoning the inerrancy of Scripture in doing so.

In "A More Christlike God," Bradley Jersak uses the "Gospel in Chairs" illustration to effectively communicate the difference between a traditional, punitive understanding of the Gospel and a more Christlike, relational approach. This powerful analogy involves two chairs representing different views of the Gospel. In the first chair, labeled the "Traditional Gospel," a person represents humanity,...

In Chapter 13 of A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel, titled "Unwrathing the Cross Part II: The Pauline Metaphors," author Bradley Jersak addresses the Apostle Paul's metaphors used to describe the crucifixion of Christ. These metaphors serve to highlight the self-giving love and grace of God through the cross. Jersak begins by emphasizing that Paul's metaphors are not meant to be taken...

In Chapter 12 of "A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel," Bradley Jersak tackles the traditional understanding of the crucifixion of Jesus and the implications of divine wrath in relation to the cross. He aims to dispel misconceptions about the crucifixion, primarily the idea that it represents God's wrath being poured out upon Jesus in place of humanity. Instead, Jersak offers alternativ...

In Chapter 11 of "A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel," author Bradley Jersak examines the concept of divine wrath and how it is often misunderstood. He argues that this misunderstanding has led to a distorted perception of God, characterized by anger, punishment, and vengeance. Jersak challenges this image by offering an alternative understanding of divine wrath as "giving over" or all...

In this episode, we begin to tackle the issue of the "wrath of God".  We can't deny that "wrath" is all over the Bible.  Even more, there are times in the Old Testament when it seems that God is asking people to do horrific things.  How do we attempt to understand all of this in the light of Jesus?  We begin looking at this issue in this episode.

In this episode we return to Brad Jersak's book and cover Chp 9.  Chp 9 deal with the issue of evil and why God allows bad things to happen.  How do we process bad things in life in light of the revelation of Jesus?  We talk about that today.

Before we look into Chp 9 of Brad Jersak's book (which deals with the problem of evil), I thought we would first step back and hear a preliminary reframing of the question. So on today's show, we listen to N.T. Wright discuss this issue and then next week we will discuss this along with Brad Jersak's chapter on the topic.

Brad Jersak explores the meaning of the cross and its significance for Christian faith. Jersak argues that the cross is not only a demonstration of God's love for humanity, but it is also a revelation of God's nature and character. Jersak explains that on the cross, God enters into the depths of human suffering and participates fully in the human experience. Through Jesus, God experiences the pain...

We FINALLY continue our study of Brad Jersak's book "A More Christlike God".  In this episode we talk through Chapter 7 on "The Cross as Divine Consent".

In this episode, we listen to Malcolm Smith talk about imagination in the life of a believer.  This is a RARE sermon by Malcolm that was originally broadcast back in Episode #42.

At the end of the Malcolm Smith interview, I referenced a rare sermon of Malcolm's at the James Robison Bible conference (I think back in the late 80's). I had previously played this many years ago.  For convenience, here it is again for your enjoyment!

In this episode of Adventures in Grace, we conclude our (initial) interview with Malcolm Smith.  In this epsiode we talk through some of Malcolm's most famous teachings.

In this episode, we continue our interview with Malcolm Smith.  We finish up Malcolm's history, and begin talking about some of Malcolm's most famous teachings.

In this episode, we continue our interview with Malcolm Smith.  In this part of the interview, we pick up Malcolm's life in 1960 to modern times.  Malcolm's wife, Cheryl, also discusses some of her life during this time.