Center Grace Church Podcast

This week Matt and Derek discuss the details of The Apostles Creed and whether Jesus, "descended into Hell." They talk in detail about what happened on the cross and whether Jesus was forsaken. They finish with a discussion on how we, "...see through a mirror dimly."
 
Know the Creeds and Councils - Justin S. Holcomb https://www.amazon.com/Know-Creeds-Councils-Justin-Holcomb/dp/0310515092

Text: John: 16:16-24Preacher: Nathaniel Lee

Text: Luke 1:26-38Preacher: Derek Baker

Today Matt, Derek and Nathaniel unpack the theme of the subtle presence of God that we see in each of these advent sermons. They explore the ironic difficulty that the societal rhythms of Christmas present in distorting our awareness of God’s presence and practical ways we can ask the Lord to make us more aware of His presence.

Text: Ruth 4:13-17
Preacher: Derek Baker

Today we sit down to discuss how Scripture gives us a covenantal framework and shows us that the people of God are one people under different ages. One age points toward Christ, and the other age is the fulfillment and points back and toward to his second coming. We then unpack the differences between dispensational and covenant theology and why we believe a covenantal framework is biblical and gives us a richer understanding of Scripture and following Jesus.
Seeing Christ in all of Scripture:http://files1.wts.edu/uploads/images/files/Seeing%20Christ%20ebook(1).pdf
Further Questions about Israel in Scripture:https://opc.org/qa.html?question_id=480
Book; The unfolding Mystery:https://www.amazon.com/Unfolding-Mystery-2d-ed-Discovering-ebook/dp/B00EVCALZM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DHDAE9SES2MA&keywords=the+unfolding+mystery&qid=1702484133&sprefix=The+unfolding+my%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1
Clowney's Triangle; A Framework for understanding and applying Christ in the OT:https://frame-poythress.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021ClowneysTriangle.pdf

Text: 1 Samuel 2:1-10Preacher: Nathaniel Lee

This week Matt and Nathaniel sit down to discuss how we can begin to discern with God’s wisdom what to do when when we face difficult or confusing decisions. They then discuss how everyone (believers and unbelievers) makes decisions primarily based on what they want (affections), not just what they believe (reason). They tease out implications for believers, unbelievers and evangelism. They then respond to a question about whether or not the three men in Genesis 18 were angels or a metaphor for the Trinity.

Text:  Genesis 17:15-19; 18:1-15
Preacher: Derek Baker

Today we discuss a variety of questions including:
1. Does God love Satan?
2. Is ‘love the sinner, hate the sin’ biblical?
3. Do our souls pre-exist our conception?
4. How can we be justified by Jesus’ work and also our own work on judgement day?
5. What does 1 Corinthians 6 mean by ‘revilers’?