Predestination Q&A – Romans 8:28-30
Greg Blosser
Wrapping up the last couple of messages on the issues of predestination and foreknowledge, we unpack Romans 8 and 9 a little further and answer related questions from the congregation raised in the last few weeks.
Listen now. (63m 11s – 14.5MB mp3)
What’s Important to God? What’s Important to Grace Central? – Acts 14
Greg Blosser
Here we make a brief departure from our series in Romans to get back to a couple of basic questions: as a church, who are we and why are we here? Why does this city need yet another church? We look at Acts 14 and see that the local church is the hope of the world (and by necessity, of the city).
Listen now. (47m 34s – 10.9MB mp3)
But What About “Free Will”? – Romans 9:1-5
Greg Blosser
The question of predestination inevitably brings up the question “but what about ‘free will’”. The answer is this: “yes, God does have free will.”
We examine Romans 9 this week and see that God does not abuse his free will, but that he is sovereign, merciful, and free in exercising his will upon all of creation.
Listen now. (49m 53s – 11.5 MB)
There Is No “Plan B” – Romans 8:28-30
Greg Blosser – March 5, 2006
“Predestination.”
The word by itself is enough to evoke strongly negative and positive reactions from an equal number of people. But what is predestination? What does the Bible have to say about it, and what does it mean for the Christian and the Church? Can the idea of predestination actually be of comfort?
This week, we take a look at Romans 8:28-30, where Paul delivers the comforting news to the Roman church that they are among God’s chosen and secure people in Christ.
Listen now. (43m 52s – 10 MB mp3)
