1. The document discusses an alternative understanding of the gospel that focuses on God identifying with human suffering rather than punishing sin.
2. It argues that God did not kill his son, but that evil humans killed Jesus, who was both fully God and fully human. God experienced abandonment and suffering along with Jesus.
3. The conclusion is that many Christians are rediscovering that the original gospel portrayed a loving God, not an angry punisher, and that God understands human pain, having endured extreme suffering himself through the crucifixion.
18 “Born Again” Fathered By God 1 John 5:1-5Rick Peterson
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Experience the love, compassion, grace, and truth of the Lord’s heart in a new way through these daily readings. This 21-day reading plan is built from the NIV Discover God’s Heart Devotional Bible by Zondervan.
18 “Born Again” Fathered By God 1 John 5:1-5Rick Peterson
“Born Again” Fathered By God 1 John 5:1-5 Adapted from a Steve Shepherd sermon http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/born-of-god-steve-shepherd-sermon-on-born-again-150324.asp
Experience the love, compassion, grace, and truth of the Lord’s heart in a new way through these daily readings. This 21-day reading plan is built from the NIV Discover God’s Heart Devotional Bible by Zondervan.
A brief answer to the question, "Why is the Old Testament so violent?" (because I'm tired of trying to give a super-super-brief answer to the complex question in ten seconds or less).
Christians will face persecution until Jesus, the Messiah, returns. But, we don't have to endure this evil alone. There is hope & God is still on the Throne!
When we hear the phrase "Life After Death", we mediately get the idea of a cosmic heaven. What if Jesus was impressing on us the cycle of life and death and the power of an eternal creation?
A brief answer to the question, "Why is the Old Testament so violent?" (because I'm tired of trying to give a super-super-brief answer to the complex question in ten seconds or less).
Christians will face persecution until Jesus, the Messiah, returns. But, we don't have to endure this evil alone. There is hope & God is still on the Throne!
When we hear the phrase "Life After Death", we mediately get the idea of a cosmic heaven. What if Jesus was impressing on us the cycle of life and death and the power of an eternal creation?
How do we live wisely and in tune with the One who knows the future? From a talk by Russ Fochler at Blazing Fire Church on October 13, 2012. See www.blazingfire.org for the podcast.
It’s not the birth of Christ –The only reason we celebrate his birth is His death and resurrection!
It’s not the life he lived on earth, his life would have not been a big deal if he didn’t live to die, and die to live again.
The women of Proverbs 31 Ministries understand what it means to search for encouragement and perspective during the everyday moments in life.
Now you can uncover God’s truth on good days or hard days, in the car pool line or the doctor’s office with devotions designed to meet you where you are.
This 14 day reading plan is built from the NIV Real-Life Devotional Bible for Women by Zondervan.
MISSIONS isn't just a church program and missionaries aren't spiritual elites. Missions is more than evangelism in other countries.
Presented by: Mark Tsujimoto at WCCCC 2017
Hebrews opens with two very important chapters that take Jesus out of the religious box, lifting him to the Maker of the Universe. From that lofty position, Apollos makes his biggest move and uses Psalm 8 to put humanity right there beside Jesus - ruling the cosmos. Through his explorations, Tony will translate these rich theological themes into language that speaks to our world today.
1-888-958-5813 NATIONAL PRAYER LINE 24/7 (Brotherhood of the Cross and Star) "LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS CHRIST LOVED US." We can also give free gospels at no cost to you. The everlasting teachings of Christ are always for the sake of salvation. Therefore, they must always remain free.
First in an Eight Part series for a class on step-parenting. Best taken BEFORE you ruch into a situation where you will be a Step-parent, or have to get along with someone step-parenting your children!
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
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What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
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The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
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MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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HANUMAN STORIES: TIMELESS TEACHINGS FOR TODAY’S WORLDLearnyoga
Hanuman Stories: Timeless Teachings for Today’s World" delves into the inspiring tales of Hanuman, highlighting lessons of devotion, strength, and selfless service that resonate in modern life. These stories illustrate how Hanuman's unwavering faith and courage can guide us through challenges and foster resilience. Through these timeless narratives, readers can find profound wisdom to apply in their daily lives.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
2. Introduction
We have all heard the standard Sunday school explanation of the Gospel.
1. People were so wicked that God could have nothing to do with them.
2. God was holy and he hated sin so much that he had to punish the sinner.
3. Instead of punishing us for what we deserve, he decided to punish his own son
instead.
4. Once Jesus "took the rap" God could forgive us,
5. Believe that and the problem is solved: the gulf between me and God now had a
bridge.
My divorce
Not much.
a God who would kill his own son?
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3. For 25 years professional life,
addiction issues,
abused children,
battered wives,
shattered men.
lost their marriages children.
Victims lost property, health dignity.
no idea how to apply the Gospel
tangled web of evil forces: controlled by outside forces.
ask pastors for advice. –uncomfortable--“I don’t know how you can do that work.”
pity.
people who had it all together?
I thought Jesus came to save the lost! --The sick who needed a physician.
25 years in the CJS, shortcomings
punishing people makes worse!
GOD was Just and merciful, why punish?
Restorative Justice, power of forgiveness change lives
CJS is too awkward and clumsy
effective in serious cases like murder.
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4. Then I discovered that
B.C.'s attorney-general $102.8-million since April 2001
Robert Picton, the Port Coquitlam farmer, pictured, behind bars.
Picton admitted 49 murders
An additional 20 murder charges stayed.
Additional RCMP services, which is about $30-million.
Taxpayers ¾ million Picton in jail.
Something is seriously wrong with what we call justice in Canada.
magistrates governed the Church as representatives of Divinely appointed kings.
Prespect for the Law Courts
But today, disillusioned with Justice
There has to be a better way.
forgive people seventy times seven
I have to turn the other cheek when they slap me around,
then why does there have to be torture and murder before God can forgive me?
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5. Prodigal son was
the Father rejoices at the return of wayward sinners,
Desn’t seem to fit
why didn’t the old man sacrifice the grumpy older brother?
I searched for answers and rediscovered an old way of understanding the gospel
My conclusions may sound novel to you, but believe me:
1. They are taken directly from the Bible
2. I began to learn a this original understanding of the gospel from a Professor at the
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Sem
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6. 3. Early Church fathers understood the Gospel. For the first 1000 years of Christianity,
this is what all Christians believed and what many Christians still believe, so it is
nothing new.
1000s Martyrs Were they totally wrong?
4. It is going back to the ROOTS of the Early church
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7. The Listener's Question
If God is a God of love, why would he arrange to have his own son murdered?
Why does he have to punish?
take responsibility for my actions,
forced and tricked bad choices.
I am an unmarried single parent and I am a divorced parent.
Is that a bad sin? I
s that so bad that God had to allow his son to be tortured and crucified so I could be
forgiven?
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8. 1. The WORD is Jesus and Jesus is GOD.
It was NOT GOD who killed his son.
It was GOD HIMSELF on the cross.
GOD did not kill himself,
Evil, wicked humans killed Jesus Christ, GOD Almighty.
So why did Jesus say when he died:
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so
far from the words of my groaning?
David’s Psalm 22
READ THE REST OF THE CHAPTER.
NOT take the verse out of context.
The Jews knew their scriptures so well that I am SURE they understood he was
starting to quote PSALM 22.
LET’s read the whole chapter together:
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9. 1-2God, God...my God! Why did you dump me
miles from nowhere?
Doubled up with pain, I call to God
all the day long. No answer. Nothing.
I keep at it all night, tossing and turning.
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And you! Are you indifferent, above it all,
leaning back on the cushions of Israel's praise?
We know you were there for our parents:
they cried for your help and you gave it;
they trusted and lived a good life.
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10. 6-8 Andhere I am, a nothing—an earthworm,
something to step on, to squash.
Everyone pokes fun at me;
they make faces at me, they shake their heads:
"Let's see how God handles this one;
since God likes him so much, let him help him!"
9-11And to think you were midwife at my birth,
setting me at my mother's breasts!
When I left the womb you cradled me;
since the moment of birth you've been my God.
Then you moved far away
and trouble moved in next door.
I need a neighbor.
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11. 12-13 Herdsof bulls come at me,
the raging bulls stampede,
Horns lowered, nostrils flaring,
like a herd of buffalo on the move.
14-15 I'ma bucket kicked over and spilled,
every joint in my body has been pulled apart.
My heart is a blob
of melted wax in my gut.
I'm dry as a bone,
my tongue black and swollen.
They have laid me out for burial
in the dirt.
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12. 16-18 Now packs of wild dogs come at me;
thugs gang up on me.
They pin me down hand and foot,
and lock me in a cage—a bag
Of bones in a cage, stared at
by every passerby.
They take my wallet and the shirt off my back,
and then throw dice for my clothes.
19-21 You, GOD—don't put off my rescue!
Hurry and help me!
Don't let them cut my throat;
don't let those mongrels devour me.
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13. If you don't show up soon,
I'm done for—gored by the bulls, meat for the lions.
22-24 Here's the story I'll tell my friends when they come to worship, and punctuate it
with Hallelujahs:
Shout Hallelujah, you God-worshipers;
give glory, you sons of Jacob;
adore him, you daughters of Israel.
He has never let you down,
never looked the other way
when you were being kicked around.
He has never wandered off to do his own thing;
he has been right there, listening.
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14. 25-26 Here in this great gathering for worship
I have discovered this praise-life.
And I'll do what I promised right here
in front of the God-worshipers.
Down-and-outers sit at GOD's table
and eat their fill.
Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him.
"Live it up, from head to toe. Don't ever quit!"
27-28 From the four corners of the earth
people are coming to their senses,
are running back to GOD.
Long-lost families
are falling on their faces before him.
GOD has taken charge;
from now on he has the last word.
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15. 29All the power-mongers are before him
—worshiping!
All the poor and powerless, too
—worshiping!
Along with those who never got it together
—worshiping!
30-31 Ourchildren and their children
will get in on this
As the word is passed along
from parent to child.
Babies not yet conceived
will hear the good news—
that God does what he says.
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16. 2. Jesus was there in the beginning of time
Jesus is both DIVINE and human.
there in the beginning in two ways:
GOD ALMIGHTY,
"Seed of David"
Romans 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of
David according to the flesh;
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17. 3. Jesus was with GOD
No contrary purposes here between GOD and Jesus.
Jesus united GOD when the world began:
Creator.
Jesus was still with GOD
he died
rose again.
John 1:1-4 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God Himself. He was present originally with God. All
things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not
even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the
Light of men. (Amplified Bible)
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18. 4. Humans did not recognize that Jesus was GOD
not recognize
didn’t want him to be GOD,
so uncomfortable.
John 1:10 He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the
world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].
11He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own--His domain, creation, things,
world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him.
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19. Answer to the Listener's Question
NOT abandon his SON on the cross.
HE was on the Cross
Proof HE was experiencing what we all feel
hard times ---abandoned by friends --- troubled by enemies.
GOD fully identified
squished out a very tight birth canal bones bent out of shape..
fear of child abuse? kill them and their family?
Herod -- wise men --- soldiers Bethlehem murder innocent babies.
flee to Egypt for safety. YOU? Criticize?.
GOD incarnate – weariness – hunger -- loneliness --faithless friends.
…DEATH Everyone experience death. Not looking looking forward
family or friends approach death. Not experience No idea
BUT GOD did. ALL of human life
final chapter writing
celebration ceremony all planned.
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20. Application of Insights Gained
Abandoned -- spouse or lover
Challenge -- a single parent, -- weekend parent, -- devastating.
gossiped -- Christians: David Psalm 22.
"Everyone pokes fun at me; they make faces at me, they shake their heads: "Let’s see how God
handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!"
Have you ever felt that way?
GOD did!
GOD abandoned friends, -- tortured by his enemies.
GOD understands: He said on the cross: I’ve been there, done that.
We --had it rough – no one understands victims.
Gut GOD went all the way:
give me your best shot, your hardest blow: I can take it
Crucifixion – cruelest But GOD endured --didn’t stop -- triumphed -- came back.
Fixed death: destroyed forever – captain -- winning team.
big party celebrate.
Read to the end of the chapter! Verse 27-28:
From the four corners of the earth people are coming to their senses, are running back to God. Long-
lost families are falling on their faces before him. God has taken charge; from now on he has the last
word. (Msg)
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21. 27-28 From the four corners of the earth
people are coming to their senses,
are running back to GOD.
Long-lost families
are falling on their faces before him.
GOD has taken charge;
from now on he has the last word.
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22. Conclusion
Many Christians are rediscovering the original way of looking at Gospel.
God the Father in a different light.
a diamond under a different angle of light. --dazzled by new images of beauty.
Instead of angry and punishment , -- Loving father prodigal son.
Ultimate victim – human cruelty.
excruciating pain and the dizziness of loss of blood. to your pain.
He understand you — He identifies with you.
GOD has abandoned us? He understands
Friends have deserted us. Jesus was deserted too.
Some times we feel like dying, not sure what happens afterward.
By taking the worst GOD destroyed power of death forever.
He rose again and that resurrection power is now available to you. Because of Jesus, you too
will conquer death and live forever.
GOD never abandoned his SON and he won’t abandon you.
So why delay? Turn to him now.
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23. Psalm 22 declares: When people really begin to grasp how faithful and dependable
God is , they will turn to Him.
No place theme of punishment by GOD.
Jesus was innocent:
It was just senseless cruelty.
self righteous Jews and the power hungry Romans who killed GOD’s own son.
If anyone is still holding a "smoking gun" at Calvary it is me, not God.
I am so like Jews and Romans.
GOD wants you to be at the victory celebration at the end of time:
"He has never let you down, never looked the other way when you were being kicked
around. He has never wandered off to do his own thing; he has been right there,
listening to you."
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