ReDiscovering God

There are seven shocking ways that Jesus is superior to all other Prophets and writers of the Bible. Traditionally we tend to treat all writers of the Bible with equal weight and importance. However, when we discover who Jesus is and the ways in which He is superior to all of scripture and other prophets we need to listen very closely to what Jesus taught and let it take precedence own our lives....

There are seven shocking ways that Jesus is superior to all other Prophets and writers of the Bible. Traditionally we tend to treat all writers of the Bible with equal weight and importance. However, when we discover who Jesus is and the ways in which He is superior to all of scripture and other prophets we need to listen very closely to what Jesus taught and let it take precedence own our lives....

As we start out the New Year we are giving you a look at our personal lives. Who we are and how this journey has affected us. #Ian Hartley #Warre Kay #Sascha Steenbergen

It's true He wants to fulfill the desire of you heart to live happily ever after and He wants to do that with you. His love for us is absolutely amazing. He has abundant life to share with us. He is the alpha of life, the beginning of life, the creator of life. He generates life in himself. He wants you with Him for all eternity. It is the ultimate love story. All human stories are pieces of t...

This third part of the Mantra addresses what the Bible says about what God does with out sins. It is shocking to realize that God understands we did not choose to be born here on this planet with its mess of a situation. When we understand what is really going on and have the courage to believe what God has already done it transforms our lives. We are never the same again. The pdf is at www.redisc...

Jesus tells the story of the Prodigal Son to illustrate how God feels about each one of us, even if we have rebelliously left Him in our past as wanted Him to leave us alone. But this Father, who had been so shamed by his arrogant son excitedly welcomes him home and showers him with gifts to convince him that he is truly a son and not a slave. What a beautiful picture of how precious we are to the...

We begins a series that we call Ian's Mantra. In this first one we look at the people that were called by name by God. The conclusion is that if God knows them by name He also knows you and me by name. It is true. God know you by name. You are so important to Him I had to tell you. The pdf of this episode can be found at www.rediscoveringgod.ca #rediscoveringgo #Ian Hartley #Warren Kay #Sascha...

As we conclude this series on God and Evil we look closely at the cross to discover if there is anything revealed about the agency of evil. If there was ever a time for God to lash out at sinners that would have been the time. We were killing Jesus but in the process we made him suffer to the greatest extent possible. Instead God in Jesus asks them to be forgiven and excuses them for the didn'...

There he is hidden in plain sight. The destructive power attempting to destroy the Seven Churches, demonstrated in the Seven Seals, presented in the Seven Trumpets. His advocacy for violence and evil is presented in the Seven Battle scenes. He also engineers the Seven Last Plagues to destroy the planet. Join us to discover the hidden enemy in the book of Revelation. The pdf is available at www.red...

The clear teaching of Jesus is that there is only one that is responsible for the evil in this world. Clearly Jesus indicts Satan for human suffering and moral evil. He is the one that comes only to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus came to bring life, abundant life. Jesus exonerates God in every way of any complicity with evil. He is pure light, goodness and love. The pdf is available at www.redisco...

While sins causation is a mystery the Bible does identify the being in which it originated. This identification was not clear to the Old Testament writers. They simply attribute everything good and evil to God. It is clear in the Old Testament that evil and violence originated with God. We will look at the Old Testament evidence. But then in part 2 Jesus sets the record straight and unveils the tr...

Catastrophes and tragedies are not God's punishment or justice for wrongdoing. They are the consequences of living on this planet. The second meaning of justice is restorative justice. He knows that we did not choose to be born on this planet, into this world of sin. God's heart is to bring restoration to all that are affected by sin. Rather than punishment or revenge He wants to heal and...

Traditionally Christians have held that the "Justice of God" means punishment. This thought brings some people satisfaction to know that one day there will be a reckoning for the wicked who seem to get by so easily. We will explore the idea of punitive or retributive justice that is dependent on violence for its implementation. It is common to believe that the ultimate form of retributive punishme...

Listen to this episode BEFORE you read the Old Testament! It is essential to understand what was added to the book of Job to realize that there is a God that protects and a devil that brings strife. This is critical to understand as we read the Old Testament where they simply attribute everything that happened supernaturally to God. There was very little understanding of the devil until they came...

The Bible admonishes us to Fear God and yet we are supposed to Love Him? How on earth can you do both. I have discovered that I can't trust someone that I also fear? In this episode on the journey too Rediscover God we unpack the reality that the Bible is an ancient document written centuries ago. Words have different meaning than they used to and therefore they need to be understood in the co...

In this episode we talk about the nine things that God has done and the two things He can do. These are amazing insights that we all need to remember when we are tempted to question God's attitude toward us. Some things never change. While there are many things God cannot do there are many that He has areal done. Rest in the reality. The pdf is at www.rediscoveringgod.ca. #Ian Hartley #WARREN KAY...

We mistakenly think that God made us to serve Him, worship Him, and love Him and that He blames us and condemns us because of our faults. However the reality as revealed in scripture is vastly different. Join us to discover what Jesus has revealed about why God has made you. The pdf is available at www.rediscoveringgod.ca #Ian Hartley #Warren Kay #Sascha Steenbergen #rediscoveringgod

If God is omnipotent then he cannot be good because evil exists. If God is good then he cannot be omnipotent because evil exists. There is a solution at the end of the presentation. We will discuss 9 things that God cannot do in this episode and the in part two the things God has already done and the things He can do. The pdf is available at www.rediscoveringgod.ca #Ian Hartley #WARREN KAY #Sascha...

Join us on our journey to understand the God that Jesus knew. Today we consider questions like Does God Allow or permit Evil? Does God have Abusive Relationships? Where was God in the holocaust? Where was He in the genocide in Rwanda? Or on 911? There are no simple answers as some Christians would like to believe. Is God in Control? The answer is Yes and No. The answer depends what kind of control...

The picture of God in the Old Testament would suggest that God is very different than the way Jesus describes Him. But you say God does not change. So Jesus must have gotten it wrong. While it is true that God does not change there is something that is essential to see. It is the essence of God that does not change. Just like our instruction to our children changes as they growup so the way God re...

It is essential to understand these 8 aspects of the ancient writings of Scripture. Without this understanding we all run the risk of concluding with Richard Dawkins that God is an absolutely terrible being. The list of adjectives he uses to describe God is horrific. Join us on this journey today to understand the God that Jesus knew. Go to the website for the pdf document. www.rediscoveringgod.ca...

How can I believe in a God that is so angry and arbitrary? With a basic reading of the Bible people come away with a view of God that is apparently angry and arbitrary. For those who grow up in church we often have become immune to these stories and statements that describe God as destroying His enemies and wiping them off the face of the earth. We seldom question the Bible and simply accept it fo...

In this episode of ReDiscovering God we continue to look at the view that Moses has of God as described in the first five books of the Bible and the view of God that Jesus gave in the New Testament. When we look at them beside each other the contrast is amazing. Not that Moses' witness is invalid because he was able to move the view of people be more civilized and follow closer to the way God...

In this episode of ReDiscovering God we look at the view that Moses has of God as described in the first five books of the Bible and the view of God that Jesus gave in the New Testament. When we look at them beside each other the contrast is amazing. Not that Moses' witness is invalid because he was able to move the view of people be more civilized and follow closer to the way God was calling...

The Spirit within will determine our interpretation of any biblical passages we read. This became crucial as we discover how passages can be understood very differently. As we desire to understand the God that Jesus knew to becomes essential that we have the Holy Spirit within to teach us about Jesus who is God in the flesh. We discover how James and John could be so wrong in their understanding o...