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A Warm Invitation to Church

This blog has been permanently relocated to https://www.removingbarriers.net Redirecting in seconds... Matthew 4:19 (And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.) “I do not care if you ever darken the doors of my church.” I would often say this to folks I am sharing the gospel with. My wife Jay did not like the tone of that statement and asked me to stop saying it. Tone aside, however, I mean it. I first said it to a person who accused me of evangelizing because I want more people to come to my church so offerings can increase. Our youth pastor lamented in a recent sermon, “We invite folks to a location rather than to the Person of Jesus Christ. That captures perfectly what I have felt all along. Too often, Bible believing Christians make it a habit to invite folks to a location. I decided years ago that I will never invite anyone to church without first tryin

Black Lives Matter - An Introduction to the Movement

This blog has been permanently relocated to https://www.removingbarriers.net Redirecting in seconds... Episode: 3   Series: BLM - 1 In this episode we touch a little bit on the history of Black Lives Matter (BLM), we then distinguish between Black Lives Matter the phrase and Black Lives Matter the Movement.  We then dive into the BLM mission statement and compare and contrast their mission with the Bible.  Further, we looked at BLM ultimate mission of black supremacy and called out BLM for their racist agenda.  We concluded by showing how different people groups (commonly called races) came about as the Bible teaches in Genesis -- then ended with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection from the dead for the salvation of all people groups -- All lives matter to Jesus -- and all can be saved if they trust in him.   To leave us a message or support the podcast: The

Systemic Racism, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor

This blog has been permanently relocated to https://www.removingbarriers.net Redirecting in seconds... Episode 2 In this episode we address the barrier of Systemic Racism, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, though each of these subjects are full discussions and podcasts in their own right. We discuss the meanings of racism and systemic racism, and address the unique barriers faced by Blacks in America today. We then discuss George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and give our take on these developments. We ended the discussion with a presentation of the Gospel as the only means to remove barriers for today's issues. To leave us a message or support the podcast: The Removing Barriers Podcast Listen to the Removing Barriers Podcast here: Spotify Apple Podcast Google Podcast YouTube Breaker Castbox Overcast Pocket Casts Radio Public Anchor Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your gre

Why Remove Barriers

This blog has been permanently relocated to https://www.removingbarriers.net Redirecting in seconds... This is the first episode of the Removing Barriers Podcast. We decided to use the Simon Sinek model of "Starting With Why." In this episode we discuss why we are attempting to remove barriers and mentioned topics we would like to tackle.   We ended the episode the way we would like to end all episodes: with a presentation of the gospel.  To leave us a message or support the podcast: The Removing Barriers Podcast Listen to the Removing Barriers Podcast here: Spotify Apple Podcast Google Podcast YouTube Breaker Castbox Overcast Pocket Casts Radio Public Anchor Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content.

Introduction to the Removing Barriers Podcast

This blog has been permanently relocated to https://www.removingbarriers.net Redirecting in seconds... With the civil unrest,  heightened political climate, changing American culture, and the inability to act ually go door-to-door witnessing due to COVID-19, my wife and I decided to start a podcast with the sole purpose of sharing the gospel by addressing the many obstacles preventing others from seeing the cross of Jesus clearly. In Acts 2, Peter preached to the Jews and presented to them Jesus Christ the Messiah. This was because the Jews already knew about God the creator, sin, and sin's consequences. The barrier that needed to be removed was whether Jesus was the Messiah. Contrast that with Acts 17, where Paul preached to the Athenians and defended the faith by proving that the unknown God they ignorantly worshiped was the creator of the world. Notice that while the message of the