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The Grace Message with Dr. Andrew Farley
Hosted by Dr. Andrew Farley · EN
Pastor and bestselling author Andrew Farley's weekly messages and radio shows.
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Saved Without Good Theology?
4d ago00:26:54Tap to summarizeIs it sinful to follow company policy and use a colleague's preferred pronouns? Did God listen to my prayers before I was saved? If you don't believe in "once saved, always saved," you're not saved at all?
Transcribe →Chose or Chosen? Science or Faith? Taken or Left Behind?*
6d ago00:54:01Tap to summarizeHow do we start conversations with strangers about salvation? Why do Christians say they "chose" to believe in Christ? Aren't we just "persuaded" by God? I don't know how to read well and often don't understand the Bible. Does God still hear me? How can I show someone they must get counseling to fix their marriage? I know someone who doesn't believe in God, because she wants to be a "woman of science." How can I reach her? What does it mean to be at peace with all men (Romans 12:18)? What is really happening in Matthew 24? Who is taken and who is left behind? *Previously aired
Transcribe →Better Than Religion - Part 8
6d ago00:36:50Tap to summarizeIs Moses Fired If Jesus Is Hired? Discussion Questions for Hebrews 7: Is Hebrews 7:8–10 really about tithing, or is the writer making a deeper point? React to this statement: A change of priesthood means a change of law. How does Jesus' tribe, lineage, or "passport" factor into the Law-versus-grace argument? How do phrases like "setting aside," "weakness," and "uselessness" clarify our relationship to the Law as believers? React to this statement: Jesus is my guarantee of a better covenant. React to this statement: You'll be saved as long as Jesus lives. Why is it so important to understand the "daily" sacrifices versus Jesus' "once-for-all" sacrifice in verse 27?
Transcribe →Filled with the Spirit? Struck dead?
1w ago00:26:53Tap to summarizeWhat does it really mean to be filled with the Spirit? I'm getting married next week: Do you have any advice? Why were Ananias and Sapphira struck dead by God? Should I teach my children to be terrified of Hell?
Transcribe →Predestination? Foreknowledge? Suffering?
1w ago00:26:20Tap to summarizeShould we expect a review of all our sins? What is predestination? What about foreknowledge? How can there be a God if children die of leukemia?
Transcribe →Sabbath? Alcohol? Remarriage?
1w ago00:25:01Tap to summarizeAre we obligated to keep the Sabbath? What does it mean to rest in Christ? Should I sign a petition allowing the sale of alcohol in my area? Exactly how much faith is necessary at the moment of salvation? What if there was also some doubt? Would a second marriage mean living in perpetual adultery?
Transcribe →License to sin? License plate from God?
1w ago00:26:20Tap to summarizeDoes too much grace make people sin more? I think I'm getting a sign from God that I should move to Texas. Am I correct? Is it ever biblical to reduce or cut contact with a friend?
Transcribe →How Do Righteous People Still Sin?
2w ago00:26:54Tap to summarizeWhat was the work Jesus had "finished" in John 17:4 if He hadn't even died yet? How can we no longer be "sinful" (instead, righteous) if we still commit sins? I've had nagging doubts about my salvation for many years. What can I do?
Transcribe →Chose or Chosen? Science or Faith? Taken or Left Behind?
2w ago00:55:19Tap to summarizeHow do we start conversations with strangers about salvation? Why do Christians say they "chose" to believe in Christ? Aren't we just "persuaded" by God? I don't know how to read well and often don't understand the Bible. Does God still hear me? How can I show someone they must get counseling to fix their marriage? I know someone who doesn't believe in God, because she wants to be a "woman of science." How can I reach her? What does it mean to be at peace with all men (Romans 12:18)? What is really happening in Matthew 24? Who is taken and who is left behind?
Transcribe →Better Than Religion - Part 7
2w ago00:33:50Tap to summarizeIs God's promise to Himself anchoring your salvation? Hebrews 6 is about anchoring your confidence in God's promise, not your consistency. Andrew Farley reveals why you're not inching closer to God through quiet times, church attendance, or spiritual effort. In Christ, you are already near, already secure, already anchored. Discussion Questions for Hebrews 6-7: Hebrews 6:11 speaks of "the full assurance of hope." Why is assurance so important in the Christian life? How does confidence in Christ produce diligence, while fear and uncertainty often produce burnout? God swore by Himself because "He could swear by no one greater" (6:13). What does it mean that our hope is anchored in God's promise to Himself, not our promise to God? How does that expose the exhausting lie that "it all depends on me"? Hebrews 6:18 says it is "impossible for God to lie." When you doubt your security, forgiveness, or closeness to God, what are you really being tempted to question about Him? How does God's character become the foundation of your confidence? Verse 19 calls this hope "an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast." What are some false anchors people trust in: performance, feelings, church attendance, spiritual disciplines, personal promises? How is Jesus a better anchor than all of them? Hebrews 6:19–20 says our hope enters "within the veil," where Jesus has gone as our forerunner. What does it mean that Jesus did not merely point toward God's presence but actually brought us in? How does this confront the idea that believers are still distant from God? Melchizedek is called "king of righteousness" and "king of peace" (7:2). How does knowing you've been made right with God produce real peace instead of religious striving? Abraham gave a gift to Melchizedek before the Levitical priesthood even existed (7:6). What does this show about a priesthood greater than the Levitical system? How does Jesus, our forever High Priest, free us from living under an old religious system and invite us into something better?
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