Radical Grace/The Lutheran Difference

In this edition of Radical Grace we ask the question:  Why is Worshiping in the Church necessary?  From the many excuses that people make, whether they're too busy, or whether they don't like being around hypocrites, or whether they just think the church is "after my money", we still have to remind the people of Hebrews 10:25,"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing,...

In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, Pastor Gary Held talks about how the idea of Christians being at war is misused by some Christians, for instance, how the idea of us being Christian Soldiers fighting against the culture is bolstered by the misapplication of certain Scripture.  We also begin what we hope will be a weekly segment, "You have heard it said", where we take some statements of pop...

Actually, what's going on is we're fighting for the doctrine of the Trinity.  It's Trinity Sunday, and we have the Athanasian Creed in mind, and it's time to set the record straight again before the full blown Modalists get their chance to mess things up...  Happily, most Modalists don't celebrate Trinity Sunday.  Strange...

In this edition of Radical Grace Radio Pastor Greg does a mean Sean Connery impersonation as he makes a great point about the love of God, and we answer an emailer who wanted to know... There's something which confuses me about Sola Fide.  If we're saved by grace alone through faith alone by Christ alone on the authority of scripture alone, why are sacraments necessary?  I'm not necessarily doubti...

Sandra, a listener in Melbourne Florida, called the show...  but she didn't realize exactly which show she was calling.  We're not making fun of her, it was just a funny situation.

In this Edition of Radical Grace Radio we go over some listener emails, and Pastor Greg LeSeiur Tells about his days at ELCA Seminary in Gettysburg...  Where apparently he learned the Jesus is reduced to being a condiment on the burger of World Religion.  Apparently other religions are just fine, but they are better if you add Jesus...  We know, it's bad. Larry in KY Writes Something Matt mentione...

In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about literalism applied to the Revelation of Jesus Christ, we look at how Jesus interprets his Revelation, and we get a chance to talk about the consequences of believing messed up versions of End Times Teachings and how it leads us to false Gospels. Question of the week:  Can you get a right faith from wrong doctrines?  Email us at RadicalGrace@ li...

In this edition of Radical Grace we take time to clarify the historic position that Lutherans have confessed concerning who or what the Anti Christ is.  We talk about what our confessions say, and about how this same spirit of Anti Christ exists not just in Rome in the form of the Holy See, but also in Evangelicalism, obscuring the Gospel just as much as Rome does. Also, a caller challenges us on...

In this third part in a series about the End Times, we get specific about the Anti Christ, and Pastor Gary Held has a very interesting (and chilling) theory about who or what the Beast of Revelation 13 really is.  This is a must hear episode.

In this re-release edition of Radical Grace Pastor Gary and I talk about the parable from Matthew 13:44, "The treasure hidden in a field".  In the discussion we talk about applying Law and Gospel to this to discover what Jesus was really telling about the kingdom.  If you've never heard of a law and Gospel interpretation before, don't miss this discussion.

This week on Radical Grace Pastor Greg LeSeiur joins us again to talk about end times.  This time we struggle to find Biblical reference to a 7 year tribulation...  Aaaaaand we think we found it.  Plus the doomsday clock!  Time is running out!

The beginning of a series on popular eschatology, Hal Lindsey, Left Behind, and Darby and his dispensationalistic end times dance. In this edition we talk about being left behind and how Jesus seems to think about this differently than popular teachers of today.

Why do people have such a tough time accepting a free gift? Very difficult question but we believe there is a simple answer.

Once saved always saved. On the one people want to us to stop putting God in a box with all this talk of doctrine. But on the other hand they put God in a box by trying to hold some doctrine over God. As though God can be held accountable to a doctrine. Also Rick Warren and his own words about how Jesus makes up the difference between my good works and the perfection I need to stand before God and...

TULIP is a the acronym that embodies much of Calvinistic theology. In this edition of Radical Grace we talk about Calvinism and the inherent problems the believer faces when contemplating these doctrines.

Believe or not sometimes Christians want to be persecuted. They do. Seriously. Also Pastor Gary tells us what he thinks is the real problem with the culture today.

In this Edition of Radical Grace we read some listener emails and we talk about that age old method Christians use to shut down talk of discernment. "Judge Not Lest Ye be Judged". We will be getting to more of your emails in the future.

Considering how often it is that people misunderstand what "church" is when compared businesses and corporations. On this edition of Radical Grace we talk about clarifying doctrine, what a church is, and my favorite whipping boy. The idea of the Amazing Grace of God will somehow make Christians lazy and more sinful. John Newton, the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace", understood Radical Grace.

This week on Radical Grace Pastor Greg LeSieur of Christ Lutheran in Cape Canaveral joins us as we talk about "the Force of Faith" as the Word of Faith preachers have called it. It is amazing to think that people will play so fast and loose with Holy Scripture that they can actively re write the particulars of our faith and create what amounts to a Folk Religion.

We at Radical Grace Radio believe that the reason there are so many Christian self help books is because Christians know deep down inside themselves that they are failing in their Christian walk. In the spirit of helping people out in this time of economic uncertainty we have compiled the best and most perfect advice available on the subject of repentance and are now offering them free of charge t...

This Program originally aired in 2007 shortly before lent. Listen for special guest Anna Held (then age eleven) in the second half.

In this edition of Radical Grace we talk about dividing Law and Gospel. We also talk about a question that was asked by one of our listeners. Did Jesus die for the sin of unbelief?

There is a tendency of Christians today to use the law of God like a whip. Any time they catch someone in a quote sin unquote, they pull out that whip and begin lashing that someone relentlessly, beating down anyone who disagrees with them, using phrases like "you are religious" and "you are not saved" all the while. It is a game of Gotcha, the exact same game that the opponents of Christ played w...

In this edition of Radical Grace we talk about being spiritually crippled and how God revealing that to us is just as much a radical move of grace as is His mercy and love.

In this edition of Radical Grace we talk about NOT taking a stand.