This podcast previews the upcoming series titled: Foundational Faith. It’s called Foundational Faith because it seems more and more that we all need a sure footing in navigating our lives upon what seems to be an unsure and crumbling terrain. Part of the eroding landscape of our time is because we live in a post-modern world. And if postmodernism itself wasn’t confusing enough, (thanks to it being purposefully obscured and given to subjectivism) some say we live in post, post modern world. I don’t know what to think of that - Needless to say no matter what era of time we find ourselves in, there remains a need to see something clear and true in an ever-changing landscape. We all need a Foundational Faith
What does it mean to be a Christian? Who was Jesus and how are we saved? What is the Bible? How should we understand it and is it a reliable source of truth?
In this five part series of Foundational Faith, we’ll seek to answer these basic fundamental questions that are clearly revealed in the Scriptures and the words of Jesus.
1st We’ll examine our Theological House - The Foundation
2nd Who Jesus claimed to be,
3rd What he did, namely his resurrection
4th How the nature of salvation
5th What the bible is and how to understand it.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by life or at the complexity of what some have made Christianity to be or just simply don't know what to think about placing faith in Jesus, may I suggest that we simply humble ourselves and approach God as a child. Needy and dependent - almost like a baby.
1 Peter 2:2-3 NIV - “Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,”
The “pure spiritual milk” Peter refers to is the Word of God - it is the Bible. The connection between growing in our salvation from beginning to end and the essential teachings of Christianity in the scriptures is clear. You cannot have one without the other.
Concerning the divine yet very practical relationship between spiritual life and the Scriptures, C.H. Spugeon (One of the most renowned preachers of all time) wrote, “It is true that in the Scriptures there are great mysteries … but the knowledge of these deep things is not essential to salvation, or else few of us would be saved. The things that are essential to salvation are so exceedingly simple that no child need sit down in despair of understanding the things which make for his peace. Christ crucified is not a riddle for sages, but a plain truth for plain people. True, it is meat for men, but it is also milk for babes.”
So whether you want milk or meat, I hope these first 5 episodes of Salvation and Stuff will be Foundational to your Faith. They will be launched January 1st and I’d be honored to have you listen.
If your interested in more info please go to https://salvationandstuff.simplecast.com
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