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Christians these days don't have much to say about the Ascension of Jesus Christ. I tend to think this is because they don't know what to do with the concept, since what we read in Luke's Gospel has Jesus literally flying up into the sky, right? But what if it means something else? The early Church knew what to think about the ascension of Jesus Christ... Music today: Tico Tico - Paco de Lucía, Into the Mirage - John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia

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In the last few weeks or so there's been a lot of discussion about what some people call "Sanctification". The debate has formed around two seemingly opposing viewpoints. Without belaboring these two viewpoints again, let's just suffice it to say that we really do think there's an obedience to the law that is of utmost importance. In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, you'll find advice on how to obey the law like you've never obeyed it before.

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How badly has the Church in our time mishandled the proclamation of the Gospel? Here's how badly. After decades and decades of preaching the Gospel through evangelistic programs that purport to tell people where they would be "if you died tonight", people still have serious doubts about whether they were saved or not. They still walk the isle and pray the pray repeatedly, recommitting their lives to Jesus in attempts to quell doubts in their minds. We're going to spend a lot of time in the future showing just how easy it is to mishandle the subject by, you guessed it, confusion of Law and Gospel.

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This edition of Radical Grace Radio is an encore from July of 2010. Radical Grace Radio will return with a new edition next week.

In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, Pastor Gary takes on a tour of the parable of the 10 virgins. Pastor took the month of June off from teaching Bible study because he wanted to take some time to go over the scriptures himself and see if there was something he was missing... and we think he found it. You may not think so at first, but this is a law and gospel moment in the making.

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To be assured that you are saved, you have to have assurance that your assurance is sure. There's only one way to achieve that assurance and that is by the long rabbit hole of works mixed with spirituality. If you want assurance that your assurance is sure, you have work hard for God and be as sincere as Jesus. Because that's what Jesus would do.

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How did we miss releasing this episode? I'll tell you why. In the flurry of releasing Lent related material, this one slipped through. So take a walk backwards through time with us to two weeks ago.

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And now, the last two of the series of lenten dramatic readings. The first is "2 covenants of the Kingdom", read by Pastor Bruce Rudolph, while the second is "1 atoning sacrifice".

1. 8 Souls in All
2. 7 Years of Famine
3. 6 Day until Sabbath
4. 5 Smooth Stones
5. 4 Large Jars
6. 3 Day and Nights in the Fish
7. 2 Covenants of the Kingdom
8. 1 Atoning Sacrifice

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It's Holy Week, which Means it's Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. But there's an argument made around certain parts that the beginning of Holy Week, Palm Sunday, should instead be called "the Sunday of the Passion", which I think is a stupid thing to do. My argument is simple. Is you have the Sunday before be all about the passion, people will begin to think Jesus was in the tomb a whole week.

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In this Countdown to Redemption edition of Radical Grace Radio, we present the next two readings of the lenten series written by Pastor Gary Held. This time we're bundling up two in one, and you can expect the last two for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday in the next couple of days.

The list so far is

1. 8 Souls in all
2. 7 Years of Famine
3. 6 Days until Sabbath
4. 5 Smooth Stones
5. 4 Large Jars
6. 3 Days and Nights in the Fish
7. ?
8. ?

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Another in the series "Countdown to Redemption", this reading is titled "5 Smooth Stones". Written by Pastor Gary Held for our Wednesday Lenten services, this one tells of the story and feelings of one of King David's more obscure sons. The readings so far are titled... 8 Souls In All 7 Years of Famine 6 Days until Sabbath

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