Words of Grace
Words of Grace
Matt Raines
This podcast will share messages from God's word. Cover art photo provided by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@simonfromengland
Portfolio A glimpse of the beautiful land
Jesus has a platform, a picture of his preferred future. It comes with a new community, new values and new resources. 
Mar 8, 2020
46 min
Portfolio: The Hero vs a Dragon of self-reproach
The God shaped whole feels like "self-reproach."  We need Sabbath to remind us only God can be God.
Mar 3, 2020
38 min
Portfolio Jesus Holiness & Me
This text explores the holiness of Jesus and two ways to respond-standing in your own righteousness or His.
Feb 23, 2020
37 min
Portfolio-The call to action
There is no-one like Jesus anywhere! He alone uses his power to honor God and serve others. This is what make Jesus stand out above all else. Our only response is to worship. 
Feb 9, 2020
28 min
Portfolio: Collecting Portraits of Jesus
To know Him is to love Him. Using literary techniques used to develop Hero's within narratives, this series creates a portfolio filled with portraits of Jesus.  Do you feel you know Jesus? In this introductory lesson we explore backstory of Jesus life and the tension created between his identity and essence. 
Feb 9, 2020
41 min
Belonging: Small groups dynamic
This sermon we are looking at the early church for inspiration regarding small groups. Unfortunately the mic stopped working about 10min in the lesson. 
Feb 9, 2020
35 min
Fostering Belonging: A lesson from the leaves
Fostering belonging has a lot to with how we understand following  Jesus. This episode explores why Christianity doesn't have a reputation belonging, why Jesus does have a reputation for belonging, and why it's important to understand the difference between a bounded set and a closed set. The audio stops 20 minutes.  
Jan 13, 2020
21 min
Story of Redemption: Hope
The Hope movement in God's masterpiece is revolutionary, climatic and empowering.
Dec 15, 2019
47 min
The Story of Redemption Act 1 &2
This episode we being to talk about how to share the story of redemption with others. First everyone needs a story a code and a people to belong to. That is what is a biblical narrative delivers.  It illustrates a correspondence between life as it is and life as God has intended. We start with the purpose of the antediluvian world through the story of tower of Babble. We discover grace means God is interrupting our cycle of dysfunction and destruction. 
Dec 1, 2019
44 min
Thanksgiving
Ingratitude is cosmic plagiarism. It is good to have our hearts strengthened by grace. Worship Loyalty Mindfulness and Pleasing God. 
Nov 28, 2019
31 min
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