Reasoned Hope Ministry's Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rod Page
Please think seriously for a moment about what “frames” your thinking in regards to the gospel. If Satan is truly a scheming devil, doesn’t it make sense that he would even - and maybe especially - try to fool Christians into thinking that worldly ways and ideas are still consistent with the gospel of Jesus Christ? Think about whether or not you have adopted particular views that are more in line with non-believers, and their “worldly” wisdom than with the truths of Scripture.
Listen to the thoughts and the frustrations of this fine, young, Christian college student, and think about how we can continue to communicate with Christians of different ages and differing views on some of our current issues and yet come to actually hear and understand each other. You might not agree now with her on the social issues that she brings up but, who knows - we might just change our mind on some things if we examine them in the light of Scripture; things tha [...]
A great gospel testimony.
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Some great gospel verses to go along with this testimony:
Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
Romans 10:9-11 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
How to grow:
John 14:21 “He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who l [...]
Some Christians believe that a really full life in Jesus is only for the “super saint.” It must be for those in full-time work like missionaries or pastors or leaders. That is not true at all. It is for everyone! That is what the Apostle Paul teaches in Ephesians. (see especially Ephesians 1:23 “…the fullness of him who fills all in all.”)
That fullness leads to maturity - being complete in Christ, which leads to fruitfulness. If you are a parent would you ask your young people to listen to this podcast with you (thinking of teenagers here when I say “young people”) They and we - “all” need to stand in the evil day. I hope this will encourage you in this fight!
Amen
Rod
Hopefully, today’s podcast will simply stir you up to love and good works, and thereby help you as you obey the command the Scripture, to “examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. 6But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.” 2 Corinthians 13:5
This podcast is not any kind of a full examination of James’ letter, but hopfully an encapsulation of the main point - “to show our faith by our works” as James exhorts us to do. If faith without works is truly “dead” then we want the opposite - to show the life of Jesus in us by our good works.
All glory to God!
Pastor Rod
Some commentary on Psalm 4:2-8 in light of the tragedy in Las Vegas - October 1st 2017
How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood?
Selah
3 But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly;
The Lord will hear when I call to Him.
4 Be angry, and do not sin.
Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.
Selah
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And put your trust in the Lord.
6There are many who say,
“Who will show us any good?”
Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
7 You have put gladness in my heart,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
For You alone, O L [...]
Do you ever see verses in the Bible like in Colossians 1:10 that talk about “fully pleasing the Lord” and you gulp and think, “do I ever fully please Him?” It says we are to be fully pleasing Him. Truthfully we want to do that if we really belong to Jesus. Thankfully, the context of this verse gives us the help and relief we need in order to grow into being pleasing to Christ. Secondly we are to pray for each other in this regard. We need others to pray for us and we need to pray for others especially in the context of being in the same fellowship. This podcast has thoughts on these lines…
The Scripture in this podcast is from Colossians 1:9-14 though I am mainly sharing from vss. 9-11. I am including it here but encourage you to open your Bible and dig in yourself. I hope these few comments help!
Colossians 1:9-14
9For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you ma [...]
I recently got to share at the Berean Call conference in Bend Oregon. My message was a hard one to deliver as it deals with a large movement/ministry that is centered in Redding near where we live. It was hard because it brought back a lot of difficult memories from a church experience our family went through many years ago that was related to the problems in Redding. If you are not into discerning “all things” as we are told to do in Scripture then this podcast is not for you. As disciples of the Lord Jesus we are told to be like the Bereans in Acts 17:11 and check teaching out by the Scriptures. It is in this spirit that this heavy message that the Lord put on my heart was given. I pray you will receive it.
Here is a link to the talk from the Berean Call Conference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCpOK3A-nc
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This is a condensed version of the sermon from Ephesians 6:14 shared at Lewiston Community Church on Sunday 8-13-17.
A link to the slideshow for the message with illustrations and Bible references is below:
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This podcast contains some personal testimony of ways I have seen to make a difference on the issue of poverty. Would love further input from the Body of Christ.
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What the Bible says about the Poor Podcast Part Two -
Scriptures & a Few Thoughts
Podcast #4
Matthew 5 38“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 41And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 42Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. …43 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
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Poverty and Us and the Church
Podcast #3
2 Corinthians 5:21 - “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
What is so great about this is I can be free of sin’s penalty - through Jesus’s finished work and work with God towards being free of sin’s affects in my everyday life and “become” the righteousness of God in Him. It will always be ‘in Him.’ The in Him - Part - is My position of course - but the ability too - to over come and become righteous. The strength, the will to be righteous in a world where that is not rewarded.
Think about this a minute - do we really know what is righteous?
We can guess the easy things - don’t lie - don’t commit adultery or use God’s name in vain and honor your father and mother. The Ten Commandments.
But what bout the poor. Feeding and clothing and housing those who are in pov [...]
Thanks for lisening. Please send any correspondencew to rod.page@gmail.com.
Bible references from 1 Peter 3:15 and Peter 4:11