I used to think the Holy Spirit was convicting me of my sins. When I would leave a church service feeling bad about myself, I assigned that bad feeling to the Holy Spirit. The worse I felt after a Sunday sermon, the better I thought the sermon was because I thought the Holy Spirit was convicting me of my sin. 

But is that how the Holy Spirit treats a believer? Does he treat us like guilty convicts? Let's take a closer look in this episode of Take Five.

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What qualifies as a false gospel? According to Paul, any mixture of law and grace. Mixing law and grace isn't neutral. It's toxic. It's deadly. Righteousness and the forgiveness of sins is by faith from first to last. It doesn't rely on me to add anything. In fact, adding my own works or contributions to grace, nullifies grace and I'm left without hope. Let's look at a few verses in Galatians.

Link to the video version: https://youtu.be/HrBnyEWVJrA

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In this episode of Take Five, let's talk about what God requires. At the end of Matthew chapter five, Jesus tells those listening that what God requires is perfection. So let's talk about that today.

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Today I am introducing you to a group of shorter episodes that I’m going to start dropping in between the regular longer episodes that I do. I’m calling these shorter episodes Take Five. In this first Take Five, Let's talk about what it means that Christ is the end of the law for all who believe.

Enjoy!

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This episode is available in video on the UnSunday YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/bFNtpuVi5Mg

Mike Kapler joins me today as we talk about the Sermon on the Mount. Were Jesus' words in Matthew 5–7 directed to believers today as behavior goals — or were they intended for Old Covenant Jews still living under the law?

Before the cross, before the church existed, before the New Covenant was established — who was Jesus addressing, and why? In this conversation, we explore the covenant setting of the Sermon on the Mount and ask whether we’ve been reading church doctrine into a message that was never intended for the church. This isn’t about dismissing Jesus’ words. It’s about understanding them in context. If context helps to determine meaning, this conversation matters.

Recommended book, Clash of the Covenants: https://a.co/d/0gXLYyuW

You'll find Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke at the Growing in Grace podcast at https://www.growingingrace.org/ or on any podcast app.

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Is Hebrews 10:25 about modern church attendance or membership? Does it mean I need to be involved in church and conforming to church rules and expectations or is it referencing something else? Is it a call to belong to a religious organization or is it a call to leave religion and find true freedom in Jesus in this New Covenant? Let's put it in context and see what we can glean from it.

This episode was originally recorded as a video. You can find it here:

https://youtu.be/hTbHHH1Nxs4?si=cukvq6lhqa64uvO9

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In this episode I take a look at the Lord's Prayer in response to a listener's question about the forgiveness of sins. Do we have to forgive others in order to be forgiven? And how does that fit in to what I said in a previous video about 1 John 1:9 and the forgiveness of sins? Let's put the Lord's Prayer and the Sermon on the Mount in context and see what we can conclude.

This episode was recorded as a video. You can view the full video at https://youtu.be/iA4aKQi5NW8

• Link to the 1 John 1:9 video: https://youtu.be/VEdrjSOGlpA?si=zpWivJ279aVaDrmw
• Link to Mike Kapler's book, Clash of the Covenants: https://a.co/d/8oGmxLs

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What is the New Covenant? What is the Old Covenant? Why does it matter? In this episode I take a high-level overview of the Old and New Covenants and why knowing the difference between the two is important when we read the Bible. This is a topic that I'm going to weave into future videos in much more detail as I answer questions that have come up in many of your comments. 

Understanding the Old Covenant/New Covenant distinction is essential to understanding much of what is written in our Bibles and is useful in clearing up the confusion caused by not understanding that distinction. This video is an introduction to the Old and New Covenants in scripture. It's a starting point - a beginning - in the event you've had little or no exposure to either of them. 

This episode is available as a video at: https://youtu.be/hjPEKVp_Yko

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Age doesn’t diminish faith or make it less relevant—it clarifies it. This is the gospel after decades of life experiences, needing to be right, letting go, listening, and learning that the only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love.

This episode is available as a video on the UnSunday Show YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/Fjx1F5Y57w8

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Joel Brueseke joins me as we talk about tithing. What is tithing? Where did it come from? Are we supposed to tithe? Is it a sin not to tithe? Does God want us to tithe to the local church? Hint: You can keep your money. Let's talk.

The video version of this episode is available at: https://youtu.be/Yw8Q4f5LSuM

You can find Joel, along with Mike Kapler on the Growing in Grace podcast on your favorite podcast and these locations:
- Website: https://www.growingingrace.org
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCM6fwDuXI932ewooQ9qW8iA

Here's the link to Michael C. Kapler's book, Clash of the Covenants. Highly recommended: https://a.co/d/8nYNnVh

#tithe #tithing #churchtithe #religion #church 

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