Talking About the Atonement
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A new video … Fact
Well, I’m back home from Texas, which I believe is the last thing I blogged about. Oh my, was I sick. Came home early and I’m glad I did. Meanwhile, I also know it’s been a while since I’ve made any new videos. Video is time consuming. But, I fired up the webcam and posted this short comment.
Quick Questions about the state of the current church
These light afflictions
This past Sunday, Elder Gregg Wren preached at GCA. Sadly, we had a problem with the lavalier microphone that usually is the direct feed for our recordings. However, we did have a room mic in place and it recorded Greg’s message. The recording is ambient, Greg sounds a little distant, and the room noise is sometimes as loud and clear as he is. But, Greg’s message is worth hearing and worth the extra effort to listen to. He talked about why the Apostle Paul could refer to the suffering of this life as merely “light affliction.” It was encouraging, uplifting, and soaked in the gospel of God’s free and sovereign grace. So, after much audio processing to make it as listenable as possible, here is the recording of Elder Wren preaching to the congregation of GCA.
Also, for those of you who would like to hear about (and from) Elder Wren, he is the pastor of Saint’s Chapel in Mesquite, TX. You’ll find their website here:
The Saint’s Chapel
A Quick Story About Freewill and Election
GCA is now on Amazon Music
In our ongoing efforts to reach more people and expand our listening audience, GCA is now on Amazon Music, as well as Apple Music and other RSS feeds. Here is the direct link to our new Amazon page: GCA on Amazon
And, of course, you can find our Apple podcast messages here.
Once again, thanks to all the folk who make this possible. Your love and support is what has kept us going for these 21+ years.
Seedology
For the last several years I have attended and lectured at the Texas meeting of the Sovereign Grace Bible Conference. But, this year I was prevented from traveling, due to some ongoing (and very annoying) back troubles. Nevertheless, Elder Gregg Wren from The Saint’s Chapel in Mesquite, TX asked if I would record and submit teaching for this year’s conference, which I was happy to do. This year, he left it up to the lecturers to choose their own topic. Over the years, I have touched on various aspects of “tracing the seed” here at GCA. But here, for the first time, I was able to set it out in a more organized systematic way. I have titled this teaching “Seedology,” after a suggestion from David Morris. It’s in four parts. The first three sections lay out the Old Testament evidence and the fourth segment pulls it all together.
Once again, I’m so very grateful for the friendship and encouragement I have received from the Sovereign Grace Bible Conference through these many years. And here, for your dining and dancing pleasure, is Seedology —-
Latest Teaching Videos
I am still making videos, I’m just not very good at updating my blog. 🙂
Theology Shorts
I am always looking for ways to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ. I started making YouTube videos 11 years ago. As the online video landscape has grown, and knowing that in this day of “cancel culture” it’s probably a good idea to have back-ups, I’ve also created channels on Lbry/Odysee:
SalvationByGraceOrg (odysee.com)
And on Rumble:
PastorJimMc (rumble.com)
Lately, YouTube has been promoting “short” videos, sixty seconds or less, apparently to compete with sites like TikTok. So, in my continual desire to experiment with various formats and ways to grab people’s attention, I made a handful of “short” videos in the hope that algorithms-that-be might catch on to them. Here they are (so far) —-