Radical Grace/the Lutheran Difference

Pew Says that Christianity is in Decline, Prolife bill passes the house, Hezbollah and Christian Militias Join forces, And The Lord’s Prayer Builds, on itself?   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

Boxers get into a Bible Study Smack down, Obama threatens to Veto Korker, Hit and Run Bishop gets defrocked, and the Lord’s Prayer.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

Pastor Charles Stanley turns down award from Jewish Group, The IRS Hides it’s Atheist ties, The top 100 Christian leaders list is out, and later on we’ll talk about the “Discipline of Prayer”, in this edition of Radical Grace Radio.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

Under God is Good in New Jersey, Islamic Extremists kidnap more and more kids while Nigerians want their children back, Isis demands 30 million dollars for Assyrians, and no more saying d******* on this episode.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

The President doesn’t love less than loving Christians, Richard Dawkins hates on Islam, Franklin Graham gets down and dirty, and Pastor Gary wonders if after all the attempts by Churches to "disciple" their people, if anyone can tell him why?  All this and more and Radical Grace Radio.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

What would you attempt if you knew that it wouldn't fail?  To Pastor Gary, that is a live question in light of the Gospel and the Easter event.  In the case of Jesus' Resurrection, it seems that the "failures" of the day were infinitely irreducible, and yet each failure amounted to a triumph, one after the other.  Listen now for more...   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

Creflow Needs Dollars to buy him a Jet!  Human Trafficking and Americans loosing their religion, plus, maybe, just maybe a new way of looking at Christian Discipleship.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

What do you do when everyone's definition of a word is always different but in practice it always winds up in the same place?  This edition of RGR features Pastor Gary further rehearsing the concept of discipleship and what it means in 2015.    Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

It's all my fault.  I asked pastor to rehearse some more the topic of what does discipleship mean in 2015 because I think it's an important topic.  Think about it.  What did it mean to be a disciple of Moses?  Think about how that's different from being a disciple in Samuel's time.  Or even David's time!  So what does it mean to be a disciple, Lutheran in fact, in 2015?   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

In This Edition, we determine that you can probably sell a lot of books on Discipleship if you name it something like "50 shades of Fail".  Pastor Gary starts trying to rehearse the subject of Discipleship from a Lutheran Perspective.  And yes, Knights of Sidonia IS a better love story than Twilight and 50 Shades combined!   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

How has the way Theology is done been affected by Social Media?  In a log of ways what has happened is that the depth of the work itself has suffered along with our way of interacting with others who do theology.  In this edition, Social Media.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

How should a Pastor handle the Funeral of a suicide?  What do you say to those left behind?  Although he did not officiate, Pastor Gary attended a funeral for someone who had taken his own life, and found how the Pastor at that funeral handled it.  Pastor Gary has some insights on this edition of RGR.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

God calls Jonah to go this way, but instead Jonah goes that way.  But even when Jonah goes the wrong way it still winds up being a blessing.  In fact, it was a blessing to the sailors when he physically went the wrong way, but also a blessing to Nineveh when he went the wrong way spiritually.    Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

What do Climate Change Scientists and most Christian Scholars have in common?  Their interpretation of the data they work with is driven by an agenda of one sort or another.  But since Florida Flash And Flicker (also known as FPL) had my power off for some time I was unable to work my own agenda to get the news roll done.  Shame on me, I think.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

ISIS wants to kill more hostages, and maybe the terrorists want to destroy the Vatican, while a Baptist Pastor sucker punches a kid for the purpose of "Saving his Soul".  Thankfully God hears us even without the Sucker Punch, as Pastor Gary explains.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

What it's like to actually be poor in the US, Islamic Terrorist kill Twelve at French Newspaper, Pastor goes to see the Exodus Movie, and 1 Corinthians Chapter 10.  What does it mean to be "Baptized into Moses"?  And what does that mean for us?   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

Merry Christmas!  Here's an episode about the Birth of Christ, and about Mary, and the significance of the Message in the Song of Mary, also known as the Magnificat.  See you see for another episode of RGR.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

David Platt tells Christians to give God a Blank Check, ISIS deals in Black Market Organs, Lecrae gets hassled by the Police, and what does it mean when the Son Sets you free. On this week's Radical Grace Radio   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

Rob Bell has a new show on the the Oprah Network, The Pope Versus the Anti Pope, David Jeremiah brings us some new End Times Porn, all while the tectonic paradigm shifts.  Also, Pastor Gary shows us that there's more than one way to talk about redemption and what it means to be set free.   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com    

This verse from Psalm 23, "thou preparest a table for me in the presence of mine enemies", comes to life in this news roll story of the Iraqi town of Telskuf, just 20 miles from Mosul, a stronghold of ISIS. Mass was held in the Saint Georges Chaldean church in spite of the fact that the town is surrounded by Isis militants. That's a powerful, true story that Christians everywhere could share. Also, a preview of Advent, and the Pope raffles a Fiat!   Visit Matthew Pancake's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/matthew.pancake Visit Pastor Gary Held's Facebook http://www.facebook.com/garyheld Visit our Website www.RadicalGraceRadio.com