Hearing is Believing Teachings Podcast Timothy Brown

The Cross of christ is the good news we share to everyone as heralds proclaiming the message of salvation. Our message is the cross of Christ as the only remedy for sin. There is no pathway to heaven other than the cross.

Reconciliation is messy. Reconciliation looks at the deepest of depravity and says, God’s grace is sufficient. Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. Reconciliation says what Corrie Ten Boom famously quipped - “There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still."

One of the challenges our society faces is the myth of autonomy and the false sense of individualism. We are autonomous, we are individuals and as free individuals we face consequences of our actions. There are certain limits put in place by God that ensure freedom.

The Bible is specific. Our message is not simply Christ has set us free; he has done that. But, for freedom, Christ has set us free. He has set us free to enjoy freedom. He has not set us free to entrap or enslave us but to free us. In Christ, we are freed to be free.

The Law doesn’t build delight. It can’t! It can only build anxiousness. It can never satisfy.

Everyone knows someone with a story. What’s your story? I can tell you your story. Though I might not know the details, I can tell you enough of your story. I am able to tell you your story because I know the one story that touches every story. I know the story of Jesus. Amazingly, it’s a story that begins before the foundation of the world.