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Show Notes for Grains from Gutteridge Podcast Episode #16:
Gethsemane—The Olive Press
Summary:
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (woodcut by Gustav Doré)
The name Gethsemane means olive press. King David had his Gethsemane, and “great David’s greater Son,” the Lord Jesus, had His. It came on a pleasant night in spring under a full moon. From Christ’s Gethsemane, by way of Calvary, the gift of the golden oil of the Spirit comes to us. But it is only if we will allow Him to take us through our own personal Gethsemanes, by the way of the Cross, that we shall be like Him, and share His power and exaltation. When He returns, He will abolish Gethsemane, says Zechariah; then there will be no more sorrow for His children.
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 61:1-11; Matthew 26:30-46
Other Scriptures Cited:
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2 Samuel 15,
2 Samuel 16,
2 Samuel 17,
Acts 27,
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John 6,
Joseph Hart,
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Introducing and Reporting:
Roy & Melania Olsen
It’s my great privilege and delight to share with you an interview I did with Rev. Roy Olsen of Apa Vie Ministries in Pestere, Caras-Severin, Romania. I spent over half a month with Roy and his godly and sweet Romanian wife, Melania, last October. Apa Vie (“Living Water” in Romanian) and the work the Olsens are doing deserve to be better known. And this gives me a chance to report back to you who prayed and gave and made that ministry trip possible and so successful. Consider this an audio “thank you!”
Concise Overview of My Ministry Time in Romania:
- Led a day-long pastor’s conference at the Ape Vie retreat center in Pestere on the subject of mentoring.
- Taught on two successive Friday mornings at the Baptist Bible Institute in Timisoara.
- Preached and taught at churches in Maciova Colonie, Carasebes, Alba Iulia, Resita, and Bocso.
- Spent numerous hours with pastors in their homes and apartments, listening to their challenges, asking them questions, answering their questions, and growing rich in our fellowship together.
- Such was the blessing of God on the teaching, preaching, and personal interaction that [click to continue…]
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Pastor Edwin’s bookcase
It’s easiest to write when inspired—by the Holy Spirit, by an event, by illumination from the Scriptures, by something. And what moved me last month was a set of photos from Guatemala (you’ll see the slideshow when you click through to read the full article), especially a very ordinary photo of a simple bookcase.
Rewind to 2008: “They have no study materials.”
Back in 2008 (was it that long ago?), I was invited to be part of a team of teachers going to Guatemala to teach pastors. My topic was hermeneutics (translation: “reading, teaching, and preaching the Scriptures in context”), and I spent a lot of time before the Lord preparing. One day as I was sitting in my small, but book-lined, study, the Holy Spirit whispered to me, “They have no study materials.” I haven’t learned nearly enough over the years, but I have learned not to respond by asking the Omniscient One, “Are You sure?” And He was right, of course. At the two different seminar locations in Guatemala that March, I asked for a show of hands from the pastors and leaders. How many had a Bible commentary? Only a scattering of hands went up. How many concordances? Few hands. Bible dictionary? Fewer hands. I brought that report back to our small fellowship, where we prayed. One member, Al Strickland, couldn’t get it out of his mind. He shared his burden with some men on a church-building missions trip about six months later, and the thousands of dollars needed for the pastors’ study books were pledged before that team returned home. The books were Click here to read on and see the slideshow…
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Show Notes for Grains from Gutteridge Podcast Episode #15:
The Seamless Garment of Christ
Summary:
“…now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.”
Have you ever clearly understood how Jesus Christ is God and Man, perfectly, at the same time?
Here’s a seemingly unrelated question: Have you ever given thought to Jesus’ seamless garment, for which the soldiers gambled during the Crucifixion (John 19:23)?
Why did Jesus wear a seamless garment, and why does the Holy Spirit bring that point out in the Gospel of John? Why is it significant that the garment is like the ephod of the high priest, “woven from the top throughout?” Pastor Percy Gutteridge unfolds the [click to continue…]
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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 024 – Antichrist: In the Pew Next to You?
In the pew next to you?
Review of Last Episode
- Evolution of teaching about antichrist, from the Apostle John and Polycarp up through modern dispensationalism
- A brief overview of some of the more famous people “conclusively proven” to be antichrist
- Hints and highlights from passages of 1 John so far
- A look at the page from Strong’s Concordance which shows that all five references to antichrist appear only in three verses in 1 John and one verse in 2 John — never in a prophetic passage.
- According to Greek scholars, the preposition and prefix anti- never has the meaning of against in New Testament writings; it always means in the place of, instead of.
Going Through the Relevant Details about Antichrist in [click to continue…]
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2 John,
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anointing,
antichrist,
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Show Notes for Grains from Gutteridge Podcast Episode #14: The Vine and the Branches
Summary:
“I am the Vine, you are the branches.”
Of this message, Pastor Gutteridge wrote:
God is the Husbandman, the great Vine-Dresser. He intends that His children should be fruitful with ever-increasing fruitfulness, so He purges them, that they may bring forth more fruit.
But they must abide in the Vine as living branches in the Vine; and the Vine is His own well-beloved Son. This abiding means complete obedience to the Son’s commandments, and in their loving obedience, God’s children bring forth much fruit.
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1 Thessalonians 5,
Genesis 41,
Hebrews 13,
Hugh Latimer,
hymns,
Job 5,
John 10,
John 15,
John 8,
John 9,
Luke 15,
Luke 3,
Matthew 5,
Nicholas Ridley,
Percy Gutteridge,
Powerful Poetry,
Romans 5
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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast Episode 023 – Will the Real Antichrist(s) Please Stand Up?
A Short History of Antichrist
The entry for
antichrist in
Strong’s Concordance. These five entries–four verses–are the
only places where the word ever occurs in the entire Bible. Note the
plural in 1 John 2:18. Click on the image for a larger view.
Intro: In the old TV game show, To Tell the Truth, several panelists asked questions of three mystery guests. One guest had a unique story or occupation or claim to fame; but the other guests were decoys, whose presence and answers were meant to deceive the panelists. The panelists were allowed to ask questions of all three guests, and in the end had to guess which one had told the truth. After they had guessed, the moderator would say, “Will the real [mystery guest] please stand up?” and the truth would be revealed. Seeing the truth “stand up” in 1 John is our goal, with the help of the Holy Spirit. In this episode, we will be looking for history and the Scriptures “To Tell the Truth” about what has — and should be — taught about the subject of antichrists. “Will the real antichrists please stand up?”
Review of 1 John 2:18-29
- Anointing
- Abiding
- Antichrist (this episode and next)
Speculation Started with the Early Church Fathers (a sampling)
- Polycarp (A.D. 69-155); bishop of Smyrna; knew the Apostle John and Irenæus.
- …being zealous as touching that which is good, abstaining from offenses and from the false brethren and from them that bear the name of the Lord in hypocrisy, who lead foolish men astray. For every one who shall not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is [click to continue…]
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Revelation 13,
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Thomas Cranmer,
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Show Notes for Grains from Gutteridge Podcast Episode #13: Melchizedek
Summary:
Melchizedek Blessing Abram
Pastor Percy Gutteridge prepared this message at the request of a number of people who wanted to know more about this great king-priest, Melchizedek, one of the greatest types of the Lord Jesus Christ revealed in the Scriptures. The purpose of this message is to unfold more of the perfection of the Lord Jesus Christ in His Kingly and High-Priestly character as the greater Melchizedek.
Scriptures Quoted Include:
- Genesis 14:17-24—15:1
- Psalm 110
- Hebrews 5:1-10
- Hebrews 6:16-20
- Hebrews 7:1-17
- Genesis 47:7-10
- 1 Corinthians 11:3; 15:22-28
- Hebrews 7:26-28
- Psalm 72:1-15
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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
Episode 022 – We Lend a Hand with LendAHand in Costa Rica, Including an Interview with Bobby Hoyle
Pastors and LendAHand team members gathered at the Monte Getsemaní retreat center in Costa Rica. The three people at the extreme right of the group are (left to right) Kathryn Hoyle, Bobby Hoyle, and Pastor Jorge Fernández.
Late on Friday, August 3, I returned from another teaching trip, this time to Costa Rica. In this podcast, I share for about fifteen minutes on my small part in teaching a group of pastors associated with Iglesia Centro Misionero in Los Guido, San José, Costa Rica. I cover some of the highlights of the trip, but I encourage you to read these three related blog posts also:
What you may find even more interesting is this episode’s interview with [click to continue…]
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Costa Rica,
Jim Kerwin,
Kathryn Hoyle,
Kingsway Charities,
LendAHand Mission Teams,
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Ray Rempt
Roy Olsen and Jim Kerwin with some students at the Baptist Bible Institute in Timisoara (Click on the image for a larger version of the photo.)
