Ben Pasley is joined by Holly Morrell to talk through the first half (almost) of the latest article posted at Churchthink.com. It is an MP3 about 47 minutes long!
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Ben Pasley is joined by Holly Morrell to talk through the first half (almost) of the latest article posted at Churchthink.com. It is an MP3 about 47 minutes long!
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All About the Heart
In Matthew 16 Peter had a revelation of Jesus as the Son of God. At that moment Peter saw Jesus clearly and the truth fell right out of his mouth: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus enthusiastically commends Peter for his sudden burst of clarity then makes this promise , “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” This promise changed the atmosphere around the disciples. Keys to the Kingdom!? The promise of power excited the disciples so much that Jesus had to warn them to keep it on the down low. He knew they had the promise of power, but they didn’t quite have the heart to understand its use.
How about you?
A bit unusual for the Churchthink podcast, but we thought this was closely related to the theme of our last article post called Inviting the Apostle which we decided not to record in its present format. Enjoy!
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Introduction
This article is really a letter and response between myself and a friend who is a pastor at a local fellowship. Names and details are changed a bit, and some of the passages were shortened or modified a bit to make it more readable. This, unlike other Churchthink articles, is not an essay or a collection of carefully studied themes, but rather a real time look into some of my personal correspondence with another human being. This realtime letter exchanged originally via email and PDF document outlines the difficulties and excitement of putting the apostolic grace into play at a local fellowship…even one that has been around for a long time. Don’t expect every point to be made perfectly because when two friends talk some things are just assumed between them like trust, humor, and history. There will be other times to do a more formal treatment of this subject. Enjoy!
Ben Pasley
The Letter and Response
Dear Skip,
I have decided to put some important points down on paper for you. I have really enjoyed the conversational, relaxed format of our conversations over the last season related to the Kingdom, Church, leadership, apostles, and sonship, etc., but this is the season, I believe, to create a more exacting dialogue. Your recent email will serve as a helpful outline for many of my thoughts. I will highlight your email in red for visual fun.
A short recorded welcome to Churchthink from Ben Pasley. Want to know more about the purpose of this website? Want to get a grip on the schedule of articles and podcasts and what is coming up?
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Ben reads the first part of the new book, Tom and the Goldfish Bowl. It is an uninterrupted hour long podcast at 96K to make it a little smaller file. The rest of the book will feature more detailed teaching on the Kingdom, the Church, and the Traditions of Men.
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