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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
Episode 009 – That Uncomfortable Word
Very uncomfortable indeed...
Introduction
“Sinning Christians” (an oxymoron) aren’t entirely responsible for being careless about continuing in sin, since they came in under a “gutted Gospel,” one that omits not only taking up one’s cross to follow Jesus, but also omitting the key Gospel element the Holy Spirit uses to expose sin and convict of it.
Key Scripture from 1 John:
What is sin? 1 John 3:4 defines what sin is—”Sin is anomia” [click to continue…]
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Painting of Martin Luther (not to be confused with Glen Steinson)
Sometimes we think “out loud,” and I guess it happens sometimes when we write, too. I sent an e-mail to my friend Glen Steinson about a free software add-on from the American Bible Society that allows webmasters to have an entire Bible passage pop up over their page. (You can try it by clicking on this link — 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.) My friend and fellow ECA member Jerry Johnson of Christian Concourse Ministries had sent the information to me, and I found it so helpful that I wanted to share it with another Christian webmaster and podcaster; hence my e-mail to Glen.
But while writing the note to Glen (who interviewed me on his podcast a while back), another thought spilled out. Glen’s podcast, [click to continue…]
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Show Notes for Grains from Gutteridge 004: The Most High and the Elohim (a message by Pastor Percy Gutteridge)
Job and His Comforters (woodcut by Gustav Doré)
Main Scriptures quoted: Job 1; Job 2; Psalm 82
Background to the Book of Job
- Job didn’t belong to the tribes of Israel; he was “the greatest of the men of the East” (Arabia)
- Job wasn’t an Israelite; he was a Gentile.
- Looks beyond the narrow viewpoint of earth and opens
- God’s dealings with Job were not because he was self-righteous. God declared Job to be “perfect and upright.”
- Job was one of God’s faithful stewards.
- God wanted to enlarge Job spiritually through [click to continue…]
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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
Episode 008 – Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire! (1 John 1:6-2:6)
Recycled-Tin Artwork by Jenny Fillius at jennyfillius.com. (Click on image for full link.) Website image used by permission. Original is currently being used by the Seattle City Department of Cultural Affairs.
To get the most out of this ongoing Bible study:
Read through 1 John once a week.
National Prayer Chapel
I mentioned work on the National Prayer Chapel’s site. Visit NationalPrayerChapel.com to see what they’re doing there. (And don’t be surprised if you see the Kernels of Wheat podcast start appearing there soon.)
Review and Context:
- Walking with or before God = being pleasing to God
- “I write these things to you that you may not sin.” (1 John 2:1)
- The blood of Jesus Christ continually cleanses us from inward sin IF [click to continue…]
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Romans 10,
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Sunday morning, 9 October 2011
Flowers Along the Occoquan. (Part of worship is stopping to enjoy and give thanks for God's handiwork.)
Volunteering, as I have been, on the NationalPrayerChapel.com website over the weekend, has an unexpected perquisite—waking up each morning in Pastor Ray Greenley’s guest bedroom with a clear view of the thin golden hair of pre-dawn light silhouetting the horizon across the Occoquan River. After I’ve dressed in the dark and finished my hour of Scripture reading, I can steal off for a prayer walk along the Occoquan.
Two songs have been “singing me” me this morning. (Those of you who have read my blog post, A Song Singing Me, will understand.) The first song arose within my heart from the moment my eyelids popped open, and second one was triggered in my spirit by the sight of [click to continue…]
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Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Episode 007 – Walking in Freedom (1 John 1:6-7)
The Kernels of Wheat podcast
Teaching and Bible study notes by Jim Kerwin
Verse: 1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with Him
and yet walk in the darkness,
we lie and do not practice the truth;
- Lying about fellowship with God; poor excuses for Christians.
- If we say (or imply) that we are Christians – that is, that we live in close fellowship with God – but our lives and hearts say otherwise, that is a serious form of hypocrisy or lying.
- Walking in darkness is a description of the opposite of living in close communion with God.
- Walking in darkness is characterized by [click to continue…]
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Walk in the Light
