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The Suffocating Power of Self (part 4)

NRCC — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Last week, we made the outrageous claim that God’s judgment is a good thing. Who knew? This week, we go further by asking how we can invite this judgment upon ourselves. Not only are we claiming to want God’s good judgment, now we’re paying a pretty steep price to get it.

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Doug

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The Suffocating Power of Self (part 3)

NRCC — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:19:24 +0000

Ps. 98 says the the judgment of God is a good thing. Go figure! How could coming up short, and then hearing about it from God be good?

In this lesson, we see that we’ve really misunderstood the whole idea of “the judgment of God.” It’s a gift, it’s a treasure, and it’s something our natural human experience yearns for and needs. Really! Trust me!

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Doug

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Thinking About Thinking About Jesus (Appendix)

admin — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:32:06 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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In the lesson we did before the summer break, there were two Stories about how we think about Jesus “dying to save us,” that we couldn’t fit in. I thouht they were beautiful enough stories that they needed to be retold, so in this lesson I tell them both.

Thinking About Thinking About Jesus (conclusion)

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:41:49 +0000

We conclude our lesson on thinking about what the words “Jesus died for our sins” mean. Today we look at other stories that frame our understanding besides the “penal substitution” theory of salvation. We consider the Ransom Theory, the Christus Victor Theory, and the Perfect Penitent Theory. Each of these tells a story of Jesus dying for our sins without the feudal overlay of an angry, distant, or punitive God. Have a listen.

by Doug Hammack

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Thinking about Thinking about Jesus (part 4)

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:12:55 +0000

In this lesson, we look at some of the problems with the most common way Western Christians think about salvation. The “penal substitution” theory of salvation was advocated in the 11th century by a man named Anselm, and while it was an excellent way of seeing things for people who lived in a feudal society, it isn’t such a good way of understanding things in ours. Have a listen.

by Doug Hammack

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Thinking About Thinking About Jesus (part 3)

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:16:12 +0000

Having laid two weeks of foundational concepts, we turn in this lesson to some introductory remarks about what we think the words “Jesus saves us from our sins” mean. In this lesson, we begin looking at some other ways of thinking about this than the familiar “substitutionary atonement” theory of salvation. This kind of thinking makes some folks a bit uncomfortable. Have a listen.

by Doug Hammack

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Thinking About Thinking About Jesus (part 2)

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:15:20 +0000

In this continuation of last week’s variation on our “Two Views” series of lessons, we continue laying the ground work for how we think about Jesus.
by Doug Hammack

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Christians say that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus was about more than just a good man, standing up for the downtrodden, and being martyred for his efforts. We believe that Jesus fulfilled something of great historical significance, enacting God’s purposes to save humanity.

To be able to think clearly about what it means that Jesus saves people, in this lesson we think about what sin is (the stuff we believe Jesus saves us from).

Thinking About Thinking About Jesus (part 1)

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:48:15 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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This would be a continuation of the “Two Views” series of lessons, and we would call it “Two Views of Jesus.” However, over the course of this lesson, we’ll encounter at least five historical views of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

We could have called it “Five Views of Jesus,” but where’s the symmetry in that?

In this introductory message, we do some background thinking about God and love, and retell Jesus’ parable of the workers in the vineyard.

People of Mission: Understanding the Kingdom of God (Conclusion)

admin — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:13:49 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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People of Mission: Understanding the Kingdom of God – Salvation (part 5)

admin — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:51:30 +0000

by Doug Hammack

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