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Our opinions... As much as we like 'em, sometimes they gotta go. Still Ramping up on the topic "thinking with the Mind of Christ", we learn how devastating it is to our understanding when we can't admit that we are interpretting the scriptures by our "learned" responses and natural ways of thinking.

In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about how we as believers have a bunch of old habits that need to be broken when it comes to approaching the topic of "the Mind of Christ". The number one habit is this: not knowing we have bad habits of thinking in the first place. Habits like believing we have to contribute something to the finished work of Christ in order to recieve every blessing and benefit of Christ... or insisting on maintaining a Medevial world view rather than holding onto a Biblical world view.

Over the course of the next few weeks, we'll be talking about each of the habits that we have problems with, starting with this problem of upholding a Medevial world view without realizing what that means. We can't keep doing this to ourselves and those who are young in Christ...

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In this edition of Radical Grace Radio, we begin the topic of the year, thinking with the mind of Christ, by first setting up some ground rules. Number 1: Remember you're law and gospel distinction. Number 2: Remember that Jesus isn't just a cardboard cutout that people bend and mangle to make him fit their image of him. He's a real person, both man and God. He has a mind, just like you do, and he thinks with that mind and brain using synapses and neural pathways just like you do.

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Being Angry at God. We've all had that experience, but so few Christians are willing to admit it. The reason they don't want to admit something so basic to the Christian experience is simple. They likely will be vilified by other Christians for even saying or thinking such a thing. But in an article on CNN's Blog "The Chart", Christians responding to a survey conducted by secular researchers admitted freely that they often are angry with God. In fact, it's more prevalent these days among young people than every before.

The article can be found here.

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/01/anger-at-god-common-even-among-atheists/

We also talk more about "the Gospel of Mark" project.

It's a new year at Radical Grace Radio. A lot of things have happened over the last few years, not the least of which is discovering what the Christian Landscape looks like. But perhaps more important is what we discovered about ourselves.

What we discovered was a couple of things in particular. One is that doing Radio and Podcasting is not as easy as it sounds. The other is that we discovered how we react to the situation. We found that we have sort of strength that comes out between us that we didn't realize was there. We both attribute this work of God, and the next question is this: If God has worked this in the way that he has for everyone's benefit... Where is he taking us?

That is what this episode of Radical Grace Radio is all about.

In this Boxing Day edition of Radical Grace Radio, we talk about the ongoing battles between Christians and the secular world regarding the terms "happy holiday", and whether there should be a better attempt by Christians abroad to show the world what a real Christmas celabration would like.

This edition's bumps: Blackmore's Night - Good King Wenceslas, Jose Feciliano - Feliz Navidad

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On This edition of Radical Grace Radio, we Talk to Tyrel Bramwell about his new Book, the Gift and the Defender. As a gift to our Listeners, Tyrel has set up a coupon for 50 percent off of any eBook version of the book, which would include text versions, the Kindel version, the Nook version... pretty much any version you could imagine.

We also read some of the responses we're getting about a question I posted on facebook and Christianity.com. "What are the minimum conditions a person must meet in order to be saved?" We also Talk about a former Military Man who has been arrested for stalking members of Westboro Baptist Church. Ryan Newell lost his legs in Afghanistan to an IED, and members of Westboro Baptist now plan to picket the Elizabeth Edwards funeral, as well as the police station that Newell was set free from last week.

Ok, you know me by now. I often listen to the radio Sunday Mornings, and this time I was listening to Dr. (sic) David Jeremiah... Who sent out advice about what to say to God at Judgement seat... And the advice was so bad that I totally retasked the show to address this. See, it's one thing to get the Gospel wrong and leave your congregation to wonder to themselves about what to do, but it's another thing entirely to give them what to say to God... WHEN IT MOST COUNTS... and get that SO wrong that you're sure to hear the Claxons go off and the price is Right "awww" must play just before the Angels chuck you into the Lake of fire.

"BZZZZZZZZZ"... Wrong guess there dude. No Consolation prize.

Could it be that, along with Law and Gospel, a plain sense reading of the text is absolutely crucial?

Pastor Gary explains to us that there is a devotional aspect to reading the Bible that is crucial, and we don't deny that way of interpreting the scriptures. But it's possible to learn, just like a lot of musicians might also learn, only one way of looking at the scriptures. We talk about a different way of reading the texts in this edition of Radical Grace Radio.

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Last week we identified the problem of hate among Christians with regards to those who don't measure up. This week, we're going to find out how Jesus handles hate, and how we should handle it from a law and gospel perspective.

Rod Rosenbladt has been working on the problem of "Christians broken by the church" for many years now, and we agree with his assessment. The problem, however, runs deeper than we all realize. We hate. We really do. In fact, we hate MORE than the people of this world... Imagine, the people of the light, are some of the biggest haters on the planet.