Leadership Formation For Christian Men

Leadership Formation For Christian Men

By Josh Price & Tim HollowayReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Leadership Formation For Christian Men episodes

  • Session 192 - What Is Christian Humanism

    If religion depends upon the inner strength of man then all religion is a form of humanism. Humanism is mankind proclaiming they have what it takes to fully obey. This brings us to the place of trusting in our own abilities, which leads us away from the life of faith; religion places us as the source of our life. The Father is the source of grace and peace but religion is the source wrath and enmity.

    HE GAVE HIMSELF

    In Paul’s letter to the Galatians he wrote, (Jesus) gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father.” I believe Paul is reminding believers that it is Christ who gave Himself. This thought is much different than that of religion. Religion requires us to give ourselves first before we can ever expect to receive anything from God. We go to church and hear how we must give our hearts and lives to God, when Christianity is about God giving a new heart and life to us. When we came to Christ we did not have a heart, we needed Him to give us one. When we came to Christ we didn’t have life either we needed Him to impart His to us.


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    17 min
  • Session 191: How To Find The Love and Acceptance of God

    “The law” (Jews religion) began the Day the Jewish nation said “I will” to God. It is recorded in the book of Exodus that when God gave the terms of the covenant, the Jewish nation became married to Jehovah. They proclaimed that everything that God had spoken they would do, and decided that day they would measure up to the agreement. What they failed to recognize, was that they did not have the ability to fully obey.

    Religion is mankind striving to please God by obeying requirements and restrictions. The favor of God was directly dependant on whether or not mankind could obey. The agreement could not be made without the shedding of blood. To seal an agreement in Bible days a person would slaughter an animal, split it in two, and have each party walk between it. This is symbolic in that each party is swearing on their lives to be faithful. If one person was unfaithful, the other party had the right to require their life as payment for the unfaithfulness.


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    15 min
  • Session 190 How To Have Greater Connection To God.

    To inquire about coaching [email protected] with God is the cornerstone of Christianity. Paul wrote, “Christ made peace through the blood of His cross.” The reason we can have a harmonious relationship with God is because of what Christ accomplished on the cross. The word peace means, “to join,” this means, we now can join God and be connected to Him. A relationship with God starts by understanding that God has made a way for us to come together and become one with Him.

    It’s important to notice that grace and peace come from God the Father and Jesus Christ is the embodiment of grace and peace. John wrote, “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” God is the agent of grace and peace and they cannot be found in a different source. Grace and peace cannot be obtained through any form of religious legalism.


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    16 min
  • Session 189 - Living Beyond Your Own Power

    The reason our Christianity is weak is that it lacks the required ingredients. The Christian life simply does not look or taste right without grace and peace. I love salsa and I like it hot, but I never get the flavor right the first time, because the peppers are always different. So I must repeat the taste test until it reaches my desired flavor. I believe God loves His people, but He likes them hot. The only way to burn with passion for our creator is to receive grace and peace from our Father.

    Jesus said, "salt is good but if the salt has lost its flavor what good is it.” Believers become useless and ineffective when we fail to receive grace and peace from God. Being Lukewarm is described by Christ as being distasteful to God. Why would Christ speak so harshly against such a condition? It might be due to the fact that you create lukewarm water by mixing hot with the cold. Even so grace and peace from God can not be mixed with law and legalism.
    Many believers, when they hear the word grace, think of God ability to see past our sins. But grace is God’s power that works in our soul, giving us the ability to live beyond our own human strength. For a believer to say that we have no need of grace is like saying that man has the ability to save himself, and we know that’s impossible. We are saved by God’s ability that operates inside of our hearts through faith.


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    15 min
  • Session 188 - Living In Grace and Peace

    Grace is not merely mercy during times of failure. Grace is the empowering love of Christ, giving us the ability not to sin if we don’t want to. Grace is empowerment, not just forgiveness.

    In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he wrote, “Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.” Grace and peace are the two ingredients for a healthy Christian life. It’s easy to read the Bible and pass up this little phrase. We can also simply dismiss it a common greeting of the day, but the fact still remains that all man really needs from God are grace and peace.
    Without Grace and peace, our lives become weak. The definition of weakness is to become dull in quality, and insufficient in strength. This signifies not having the ability to sustain or stand under much pressure. As Solomon wrote, “if you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.” Even so, without grace and peace operating in our hearts, we become something far less than we are.
    The reason our Christianity is weak is that it lacks the required ingredients. The Christian life simply does not look or taste right without grace and peace. I love salsa and I like it hot, but I never get the flavor right the first time, because the peppers are always different. So I must repeat the taste test until it reaches my desired flavor. I believe God loves His people, but He likes them hot. The only way to burn with passion for our creator is to receive grace and peace from our Father.


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    14 min

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LFCM (Leadership Formation for Christian Men) equips Christian men to grow in faith, character, purpose, and influence.