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Richard, Zwai and Ansune sit down for part 2 of these special episodes where we look at the central motivators of the Christian Faith.~~~Books/Resources mentionedKevin DeYoung - The Hole in our Holinesshttps://www.amazon.com/Hole-Our-Holiness-Paperback-Godliness/dp/1433541351Mark Jones - Antinomianismhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1596388153Sam Allberry - One with My Lordhttps://www.ama

Richard, Zwai and Ansune sit down for a special episode where we look at the central motivators of the Christian Faith.~~~Books/Resources mentionedKevin DeYoung - The Hole in our Holinesshttps://www.amazon.com/Hole-Our-Holiness-Paperback-Godliness/dp/1433541351Mark Jones - Antinomianismhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1596388153Sam Allberry - One with My Lordhttps://www.amazon.com/One-My-

In this special episode we discuss some of the 'do differentlies' for the Gospel Culture series, in part two we are joined by Zwai Zulu, Brett France and Dave Myburg.Show notesEP29 Gospel Culture Special Part 2Preaches:https://ruc.org.za/gospel-culture/Books mentioned:Other Links:The 'Your Not Crazy Podcast' - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/youre-not-crazy/youre-not-cr

In this special episode we discuss some of the 'do differentlies' for the Gospel Culture series, and in part one we are joined by Brett France and Dave Myburg.Show notesEP28 Gospel Culture Special Part 1Preaches:https://ruc.org.za/gospel-culture/Books mentioned:Other Links:The 'Your Not Crazy Podcast' - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/youre-not-crazy/youre-not-crazy-pas

In the final episode of this series, we take a deeper look at the topic of the Kingdom of God and what Jesus meant when He said it 'is near'Show notesEP27 Gospel of God 5Preach:https://subspla.sh/kwp38c9Books mentionedNone this week, but here is the link to the video on Jesus the true and better version of every old testament hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNa6tLWrqk

Concretely, we intend to live in the kingdom of God by intending to obey the precise example and teachings of Jesus. This is the form that trust in him takes. It does not take the form of merely believing things about him, however true they may be. Indeed, no one can actually believe the truth about him without trusting him by intending to obey him.”― Dallas Willard, Renovation

John said "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" and Jesus said "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."Today we take a look at repentance.~~~Show notesEP25 Gospel of God 3Preach:https://subspla.sh/kd8z8msBooks mentionedImages of Salvation in the New Testament by Brenda Colijnhttps://www.logos.com/product/188190/images-of-sa

We could summarise the main topic of Jesus's teachings as the Kingdom of God. We take a look at some of the numbers and discuss some of the ideas about what some of the authors of the new testament say about the Kingdom.~~~Show notesEP23 Gospel of God 1Preach:https://subspla.sh/kd8z8msBooks mentionedImages of Salvation in the New Testament by Brenda Colijnhttps://www.logos.com/prod

We're kicking of the 3rd season of the Scratchpad Podcast, taking a look at the bits that didn't quite make it into the sermon. Tim Keller says: "The gospel has been described as a pool in which a toddler can wade and yet an elephant can swim. It is both simple enough to tell to a child and profound enough for the greatest minds to explore." We swim a little deeper into the Gospel

In a special bonus mini-series we take a look at the topic of Spiritual Gifts. In this final episode we tackle the gifts of prophecy and tongues!