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by Will Reitz
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- Yesterday24 min
Sermon: Three Reasons that Blessed People Are Blessed (Psalm 119:1-3)
This week I expanded my nursing home outreach to a second nursing home in our small town. That is why I introduce myself at the beginning of this episode. In this sermon we see that the author of Psalm 119 gives us 3 reasons that blessed people are blessed: (1) The blessed are blessed because they follow Biblical commands. (2) The blessed are blessed because of the blameless way they carry out their lives. And (3) the blessed are blessed because they seek God.
- 2 days ago50 min
History in My Lifetime, episode 11: Newsmaker Events
This history series that chronicles the major historical events within living memory is arranged by topic. So it was inevitable that there would be a variety of historical events that don't fit neatly into one of the categories. Ergo, this lecture is simply titled "Newsmaker Events," and it is a smorgasbord of newsmaker events in living memory. This episode discusses mass shootings, celebrity deaths, high-profile trials, famous rescues, celebrity weddings, various science-based news, concerts, and even boats. Yes, boats.
- 3 days ago1h 49m
New Testament, episode 12 - The Other Books: The Early Church Fathers & the Gnostic Gospels
It took several generations of the early Church to develop a consensus about which books belong in the New Testament. This episode is about those books that did not make the cut. The Early Church Fathers produced many texts that were generally accepted by the early Church (to varying degrees), but since the books lacked apostolic authority, they weren't deemed worthy of inclusion into the New Testament. More dramatically, a series of documents purported to be stories about Jesus, but these "Gnostic Gospels" give us a Jesus who teaches things that are not in line with His own teachings in the New Testament, but rather support the distinctive religious teachings of Gnosticism.
- 1 weeks ago29 min
Sermon: A Halloween Sermon
Happy Halloween! Christians may disagree about whether to celebrate Halloween, and how to do so. The celebration of holidays seems to fall into a "freedom of the believer" issue. But Christians should still be on guard against the Devil, not only on Halloween, but always. This episode wrestles with these arguments, and ultimately encourages us to keep our eyes fixed on God.
- 1 weeks ago46 min
History in My Lifetime, episode 10: End-of-the-World Hysteria
As Halloween approaches, I figured that End-of-the-World predictions might be an appropriate topic for the History in My Lifetime class. Whether it was Y2K, the end of the Mayan long-form calendar in 2012, or any of the dozens of religious teachers and groups predicting dates for the end of the world, ... we are still here. ... Jesus Christ said in Matthew 24:36 that "no one knows that day or hour," but way too many of His followers think they know better than He does and played the game of predicting the Rapture, Judgment Day, the Second Coming, or some other End-of-the-World scenario.
- 1 weeks ago1h 58m
New Testament, episode 11: The Books of John
The books of the New Testament that are believed the be the newest are also the 5 books that are traditionally believed to be written by the Apostle John. It goes without saying that most secular scholars (and even some Christian scholars) dispute Johannine authorship of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, & Revelation. However, there are some arguments for genuine Johannine authorship of each book. In this episode we dig into each of these books, looking at authorship, structure, genre analysis, and a brief survey of each book's main points.
- 2 weeks ago22 min
Sermon: A Humble Spirit of Teachability & Self-Evaluation
The New Testament tells us 2 facts that are in tension with one another: (1) If you give your heart to Jesus Christ, you are saved (see Romans 10:9). And (2) there is such a thing as false salvation (see Matthew 7:21-23). So what missing ingredient separates the true Christian from the wayward or the false Christian? I contend that it is a humble spirit of teachability & self-evaluation. This sermon analyzes each of those key terms: (1) humility/humble, (2) teachability, & (3) self-evaluation.
- 2 weeks ago59 min
History in My Lifetime, episode 9: Manmade Disasters
From Chernobyl to Bhopal to East Palestine (Ohio) to the Port of Beirut explosion, manmade disasters have been a frequent driver of the news cycle, and have shaped our memory of history that we have lived through.
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