Adventures In Grace

In this amazing one-of-a-kind interview, we sit down with Malcolm Smith.  We first begin talking about his early life and how being raised around bomb threats from Germany shaped the beginning of his understanding of the Gospel.

In today's episode, we talk about a passage in Mark 10 ... and how the Christian life is IMPOSSIBLE.  Only when we see this are we truly ready to live it.  We talk about what this means practically in this episode.

In this episode, I talk about the reason I became part of the Eastern Orthodox church.  And don't worry ... I'm not discussing who the "true Church" is and how everyone else is a heretic.  Rather, I talk about things that mattered to me in my journey ... like an emphasis on God is love and Trinity, and seeing sin as a disease than just breaking rules.

In this episode, we talk about how to know the Will of God ... and how this pursuit can literally paralyze your life if you are not careful.

I'm back at podcasting!  I talk about what I've been doing the last years and what we will be covering this year on the podcast.

In this episode, you will— Hear about my busy summer! :D Listen to an amazing Q&A session with Brad Jersak Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Hear God has chosen certain images of Himself to reveal Himself to us Discover how the Lion-ness of God is revealed as a Lamb, and that it is a Lamb that conquers Hear that Jesus is the beginning point of truly knowing God. Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Hear about what Incarnation means and why it is vital to understand Discover how the birth, life, and death of Jesus reveal God Hear that Jesus is the beginning point of truly knowing God. Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, I talk about the hectic last few weeks I've had ... and some of the lessons I've learned.  We will return to our previous study in the next podcast.

In this episode, you will— Hear about how the Western church seems at conflict seeing God as freedom vs love Discover how the issue of freedom is the center of the current Reformed understanding of theology Hear that Jesus is the beginning point of truly knowing God. Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Hear of 4 types of un-Christlike images of God that are prevalent in the Western Church: the doting grandfather the dead-beat dad the punitive judge the Santa Claus Discover the way we bring our bias into understanding God. Hear that Jesus is the beginning point of truly knowing God. Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet...

In this episode, you will— Look into how we constantly "box" God in, including theology Discover the way we bring our bias into understanding God. Hear that Jesus is the beginning point of truly knowing God. Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Hear details on our new series on "A More Christlike God" by Brad Jersak Understand the themes of the book. Hear my interview with Brad about the major topics of the book. Discover what we will be covering in the next weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Understand the various ways to interpret prophecy. Discover the symbolic nature of the book of Revelation and why this is vital to understanding its message. Hear some discussion about the various controversies around the issue of Revelation and prophecy. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Understand the various words used for "hell" in the Bible. Discover that some instances of "hell" might not reflect an "eternal torment" idea as originally thought. Hear some discussion about the various controversies around the issue of hell. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Understand that man was who killed Jesus. Learn that the Bible infallibly points us to the Father being in collaboration with Jesus. See that we must always start our understanding of God with Jesus. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study,  please click here .

In this episode, you will— Understand that man never fully understood who God is until Jesus. Learn that the Bible infallibly points us to Jesus. See that we must always start our understanding of God with Jesus. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study, please click here .

In this episode, you will— Hear about our new study on Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God. Listen to Brian Zahnd talk about the idea of who God is and details of his book. Be offered a free worksheet/guide on the topic of this month. Hear a preview of what will be covered in future weeks. To get a copy of the free worksheet for this study, please click here .

In this episode, you will— Understand why I quit podcasting. Learn why I decided to return to podcasting. Hear where we will be going with the podcast in the next year.

In this brief episode of Adventures in Grace, I talk about how I am returning to the world of podcasting.  I give you a brief update on this.

Hamartia … this is the original Greek word for "sin."  Last week we started discussing what this word really meant back in ancient times. We saw this didn't mean "breaking rules" but simply a mistake by which a person would tragically miss their purpose.  This was used by Aristotle in many of his stories. Of […] The post #078 – Christianese (Hamartia/Sin – Pt 2) – Pt 2 [Podcast] appeared first on...

One of my biggest pet-peeves in the modern church is how we pick up a language that we don't understand.  We use funny words that we never used before … words like sin, faith, prayer, holiness … and we really don't understand them at all. If you are like me, we are never really told […] The post #077 – Christianese (Sin – Pt 1) – Pt 1 [Podcast] appeared first on Adventures in Grace .

And now the ending … We have covered many interesting issues in our study on The Shack.  In this episode, we conclude our study by going through (quickly) through the last 5 chapters of the book. How will the story end?  How will Mack now approach his life after this amazing encounter with the Holy […] The post #076 – The Shack (The Ending) – Pt 12 [Podcast] appeared first on Adventures in Grace .

A Meeting of Hearts … Mack and Papa talked about his reunion with Missy through the waterfall and suddenly Mack thought of Missy's favorite legend of the Indian princess whose death over the waterfall saved her people – was it for him that Missy had to die? Papa said that his ability to work good […] The post #075 – The Shack (Chp. 13 – A Meeting of Hearts) – Pt 11 [Podcast] appeared first on Adve...

In the Belly of the Beasts … As Jesus and Mack head back across the water, Mack confides that he has always been troubled by the idea of Missy all alone with her abductor. Jesus explains that she wasn't alone; he was with her the whole time and that as they talked she gained great […] The post #074 – The Shack (Chp. 12 – In the Belly of the Beasts) – Pt 10 [Podcast] appeared first on Adventures in...