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The Master’s Voice – by Greg Albrecht
by Greg Albrecht
"I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice." Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 21, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“It’s amazing what we humans find impressive. Thinking back to religious places I have been, religious displays I have witnessed and religious rituals I have personally performed, I remember many times when I have been impressed by dead men and women walking. Thinking back throughout my years spent deceived by the devices of institutionalized religion, I have taken plenty of tours in what amounted to spiritually whitewashed tombs. When I was a dead man living within what was actually a spiritual tomb, I thought I was vibrant and alive. I thought anyone not in my tomb was dead! ...
CWR Video – Grace – Free Refills! – Greg Albrecht
Short video by Greg Albrecht on free and continuing refills of God’s grace.
https://vimeo.com/119404656
Will God Forget Me if I Forget Him? – Greg Albrecht
Question:
I am worried that I might find myself with diminished cognitive capacities – and in some way I might not remember God just like I may not remember other important realities. What if I forget God – surely he won’t forget me?
Response:
Thanks for your comment and thoughts. In brief, as I see God’s love in our lives:
God loves the whole world
God thus loves people even though they don’t seem to know he loves them.
God thus loves people who once seemed to know God loved them and tried to love him back but now they don’t care or remember him anymore.
God thus loves people even though they ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 19, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“As Christ-followers, we run the race marked out for us (Hebrews 12:1) and are united with all our fellow runners in Jesus, a great cloud of witnesses, both dead in Christ and alive… we need not all pray the same memorized prayers someone else wrote, we need not sing the same hymns or participate in the same traditions, rituals or ceremonies… We are not united because we wear the same uniform or have precisely the same doctrinal answers. As we run our race, our unity in Christ is not a set of humanly produced theological propositions.”
Originally published in:
Christianity ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 17, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“In this image, there is no more sea. In ancient times, the ocean was viewed as a realm of mythical monsters, a mysterious and frightening force that regularly took human lives. In apocalyptic imagery, the sea is the source of the satanic beast. The absence of the sea is therefore symbolic of the absence of evil from the earth.
As we read symbolic literature, we are always tempted to try to reduce it to our world of reality; to take abstract, profound truth that is so overwhelming we cannot possibly embrace all that it means and whittle it down to our size. Thus, we see ...
Worries and Fears – by Greg Albrecht
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. – Arthur Somers Roche A study conducted about why people worry revealed:
40% of the things people worry about never happen.
30% of the things people worry about already happened.
12% of the things people worry about concern their health.
10% of the topics that people worry about are somewhat trivial.
8% of the worries that people have are legitimate.
One man summed up his philosophy of worry like this:
“I only worry about two things. The two worries I have right now are ...
I Want to See (Mark 10:46-52) – by Greg Albrecht
By Greg Albrecht—
For the last time during his earthly ministry, Jesus was en route to Jerusalem. He had only a few days left in his earthly life—with every step he took toward Jerusalem he knew he was that much closer to the awful pain and suffering that awaited him. The road took him through Jericho, a city located about 17 miles northeast of Jerusalem. It was just before Passover—one of the three times in the year when pilgrims traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate the feasts of the old covenant. So the road was crowded with travelers, and as a result there were many others alongside the road—small businessmen and entrepreneurs, as well as ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 14, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“The deception of legalism is this: The greater we denounce and declare war upon external sinful actions, the closer we are to God. The truth of the gospel is this: The greater the emphasis on humans earning God’s favor by avoiding external sinful deeds the greater our distance from God’s amazing grace.”
Originally published in:
Bad News Religion
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Q & R with Greg Albrecht – Growing pains as we receive new insights
Question:
Dear Greg,I'm writing because I feel you are one of the few people I can talk to about these matters. My wife and I have been reading and learning so much about the love of God. But, we do so with two realities in mind: 1) As you know, we came out of an authoritarian and legalistic church, and of course what we learned about God at that religious address was so very wrong. Since that time we have found fellowship with a far more spiritually healthy group, but now we are once again learning more … when we left that authoritarian and legalistic church, we went through much pain and the loss of many ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 12, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“Try convincing and persuading someone who believes in an angry God filled with wrath that God loves everyone. You will quickly discover that people get angry with anyone who tries to take away their angry God. Many believe in an angry God because they need an angry God. Ironically, they need a God of hate to help them feel better! Christ-less religion and polarizing political perspectives (sometimes coexisting in one very toxic mix!) are quick to accommodate such a desire.”
Originally published in:
Christianity Without the Religion magazine, February 2020
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Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 10, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“I’m reminded of the story of two brothers – both of whom were rich, but they were rich because they were lying, corrupting, cheating businessmen. They made sure to attend the right church in town – the one that all the bankers and town leaders attended. Their pastor, however, could see right through the brothers’ deceptive ways.
One day one of the brothers died. The other brother went to see the pastor about the funeral. He said, ‘Pastor, I know you don’t think much of my brother – or me for that matter. Here’s what I am going to do. I will write ...
Listening To God – Greg Albrecht
Many believe God makes himself known primarily through catastrophic events—like hurricanes and earthquakes and floods. During such times, the “accepted wisdom” is that God is expressing his displeasure with someone or some group of people.
God, some say, is actively sending a message when the land is dry and parched by drought or when fires rage, destroying homes, crops, animal and human life.
Does God communicate in what insurance companies call “acts of God”? If he does, are “acts of God” the only way he has of communicating (presumably only his displeasure)? Are there other ways God “speaks” to us?
Some would say (I ...
Does God Forgive and Forget? Q&R with Greg Albrecht
Q: While attending a Bible study one night in a church I used to attend the pastor stated, "when we ask forgiveness of God, he does forgive us but he never really does forget." He was "clarifying" Hebrews 10:17. The pastor said, "After all, he is God, he knows everything, it would be impossible for him to forget." I find myself angry at this minister even today and I haven't seen him in years. I believe God does forget—however in the back of my mind this minister's comments still haunt me. Please, tell me, does God forget or not?
A: I think I know what the minister may have meant. Part of what he may have been trying to say might be true, ...
Reflections Along the Jesus Way
September 7, 2023 - Quote for the Day:
“For most people, God is confined to heaven – sitting on his throne, with angels constantly coming up giving him reports. Some people picture God as leaning over, peering down at this earth, and at them in particular, and just shaking his head in disappointment. Their God is a disappointed God – a God who is distant, removed and ashamed of them and their conduct. Their God is too small.”
Originally published in:
Spiritual Soup for the Hungry Soul, Volume 1
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