In this episode we discuss how the Gospel speaks to career planning. How does the Gospel inform our decision-making about job opportunities and earning potential? Often the Gospel is seen as directing us to more seemingly spiritual careers like ministry. But are there other considerations and a bigger picture that it offers?

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In this episode we contrast practicing religion with practicing the faith of Christ. Religion prescribes a set of beliefs and practices to bring us closer to God. According to that definition, is the true Christian faith a religion or not?

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In this episode we explore how the Gospel informs our relationships in church when we find that we hold different political views from one another. In our culture today churches divide over political ideology, but the Gospel unites people who are different if they’ll truly follow Jesus as Lord.

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In this episode we continue our discussion of marriage and explore how a Gospel ethic might apply to the challenging question of gay marriage inside the Church?

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Following on the previous episode about divorce and remarriage, in this episode we begin a discussion of the nature and historical development of marriage as it relates to the questions of gay marriage and the Bible’s condemnation of homosexual practice.

The post What is Marriage? – The Voice of the Shepherd #8 first appeared on Faith Recovery Podcast.

Today we discuss a question about Jesus’s teachings on divorce and remarriage, as it relates to our series on living under the law-free (but not lawless) ethic of the gospel.

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In this episode we examine the ethical implications of membership in the body of Christ.

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The gospel teaches that believers have experienced a death and resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit. Consequently, they are a new order of humankind remade through the indwelling Holy Spirit in the likeness of Christ, who is the exact representation of the Father. Ethically, we should express our new nature in our attitudes…

The post Holy Vessels – The Voice of the Shepherd #5 first appeared on Faith Recovery Podcast.

If you’re free in Christ, then does that freedom look like following your desires? Or were you set free from slavery to your desires, just as you were set free from slavery to rules and regulations?

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In our series we’re claiming that the Christian’s way of life is not determined by any written code. But does that mean we are lawless? Does it mean we have no defined ethic?

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