Radical Grace/The Lutheran Difference

Pastor Greg LeSieur serves as an interviewee for a segment on growing up in liberal protestant churches. Pastor Greg has had an interesting life that took him from growing up in a liberal Episcopal church, three Seminaries and lots of heartache, and his experience in this regard is very important. ~Matthew

First up, we talked to Pastor Bruce Rudolf, who works with Food for the Poor, and got an update of how things are going for Haiti relief efforts.

Then we talked about a question that was asked me that morning, that tied into what we were going to talk about. The question, "How do I know if I'm reprobate"? Now, the only reason I can think of why someone would ask that question is if they are genuinely concerned that they themselves are reprobate.

What does all of this have to do with Tall Ships? Pastor Greg gives the low down on that, and Martin Jack from the UK brings us to think about people who have left churches who may also have been called Reprobate. This and "Can you lose your salvation?", in this edition of Radical Grace Radio.

Have you ever considered False Doctrine to be like Raw Sewage? Have you ever considered twisting your spouse's words to make them say what you want them to say? Have you ever had a girl friend or boyfriend that you didn't know anything about?

Have you ever heard a radio show you didn't listen to? Do you have a Savior who you haven't heard? The implication is enormous when you consider how it is that Christians treat the faith once delivered to the saints.

Imagine for a second... A person hears the Gospel, and find themselves wanting to do something... Like contact a radio ministry in Florida and offer to translate the messages and sermons they do into other languages for them. No one asked them to do it. We're they prompted by the Law to do this? Or was it the Gospel working in them?

Pastor Gary Held flies solo for this special edition of Radical Grace, which is a response to the criticism that Lutherans discourage good works, and that sanctification and good works are "hot buttons" for us.

On this week's show, Pastor Matt Harrision of LCMS World Relief joins us to talk about Haiti, from Haiti. We also pick up on Christians broken by the church and talk about the parable of Pharisee and the Tax collector, and the implications of Jesus' teaching on Justification.

A caller asked us about Pope's comments concerning Muslims getting to heaven. The Pope had said, "Whoever seeks peace and the good of the community with a pure conscience, and keeps alive the desire for the transcendent, will be saved even if he lacks biblical faith". I know we're beating the horse on this, but imagine for a second a person who can't live up to this statement. Do I have a pure conscience? Do I always seek peace? Do I seek the good of the community?

Also, more Pat Robertson stuff. We always thought that the defacto leaders of evangelicalism were the likes of Rick Warren and Franklin Grahm, but it appears we were mistaken. Most people in this world believe that Pat Robertson Speaks for all of us Christians! But then again, after some extensive googling, I find no big name evangelicals challenging brother Pat on his statements about Haiti.

I wonder what that means?