Reckless Grace

When we lose our love we lose our backbone. The Gospel is not a bad time share presentation. It’s an invitation to the wonder of the One who has chosen you to be in him from before the foundation of the world. If that sounds dangerous, or too good to be true, and you want to learn more, then keep listening to this episode.   Order Unveiled Horizon: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Horizon-Reflections-Nature-God/dp/B0BC63LLQV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1662729092&sr=8-1   Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   New Covenant Study: https://hebrewsstudy.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

We’ve started up Tuesday night Communion gatherings again and this is a recording from one of those nights. You can join us live by zoom as well. Simply request a link by sending an email to tracivanderbush@gmail.com and Traci will send you a link every week. This week we unpacked a brand new theological term and over the next weeks we will be walking through some understanding of what it means to live and love like Jesus.   Order Unveiled Horizon: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Horizon-Reflections-Nature-God/dp/B0BC63LLQV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1662729092&sr=8-1   Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   New Covenant Study: https://hebrewsstudy.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

“I hear you’re a universalist.” I get this alot. Some people would rather speculate about someone than have a conversation with someone. And I understand. Conversations require courage. When your dogma is so fragile that all it takes to topple your belief is a different opinion, then avoiding conversations is the only way to keep your dogma on a leash. Hang on for this one. My tone is intentionally low key, because the gravity of the content is weighty.   Taken from my new release, Unveiled Horizon – Reflections on the Nature of God, these three reflections read from the book address my perspective on grace, universalism, predestination, and the sovereignty of God.   Unveiled Horizon is available in Paperback, Hardcover, and Kindle format.   Order Unveiled Horizon: https://www.amazon.com/Unveiled-Horizon-Reflections-Nature-God/dp/B0BC63LLQV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1662729092&sr=8-1   Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   New Covenant Study: https://hebrewsstudy.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

The revelation of your authentic identity imparts a supernatural peace that displaces darkness, dissolves stress, and dispels the lies and labels that have defined you for so long. It is a gift of grace apart from your works. The only thing you have to do is let go of who you are not. Even the grace to let go is tied to the faith that comes from the Holy Spirit of God. This is why we can’t take credit for any of it. How much credit do you get for surrendering? May you see with new eyes and discover, perhaps for the first time, who you are in Christ and who Christ is in you.   Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   New Covenant Bible Study: https://hebrewsstudy.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

We live in story. The shortest distance between the head and the heart is a story. Jesus taught in parables (stories). Mark’s gospel says that he didn’t teach without a story. We write and tell stories, likely because we’re made in the image and likeness of the ultimate storyteller. God has immersed us all in a story called life, and understanding the Bible can bring clarity, awareness, and meaning to this amazing story. Take a journey with me through the story of the Bible as we discover the point of it all.    Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

Discover some amazing truths about the prophetic power that’s available in Christ through the New Covenant by the power of the Holy Spirit. There is more power within you than you have ever realized and learning to listen to the voice of God and be moved by his Holy Spirit will uncork it like a bottle of wine that’s ready to be poured. You are more qualified than you think. Hang on for this life altering study.    Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   New Covenant Study: https://hebrewsstudy.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

The story of king Uzziah is a tragic tale that gives one of the most stark contrasts between life under the old covenant vs life under the new covenant. Why could unrighteous David come before the presence of the Lord but righteous Uzziah couldn’t? What is it about the New Covenant that makes it possible for us to have freely what Uzziah couldn’t achieve in a lifetime of good works? This is a Bible story we can’t afford to ignore. Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

Teenagers are brutal. Being a youth minister was one of the greatest joys and hardest assignments I’ve ever had. Just when you think that you’ve got everything about a life of faith together, a student comes in and asks an honest question and dismantles it all. Like a house of cards in a hurricane, it can all unravel into something even more beautiful if you just know the right questions to ask. Once, during a prayer time, a student interrupted my loquatious eloquence and asked, “Who are you talking to?” It might as well have been Jesus asking the question. So, Christian, I ask you now…   Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush [...]

Ahh, glorious mutilation. Today we look at the verses that deal with hacking, slashing, chopping, and cutting off of the flesh for religious glory. If you have fasted yourself into a health crisis, you probably weren’t listening to God. Nice effort, but your kids would probably rather have a live dad rather than a dead disciple. If you’ve put a porn filter on your computer, good job. Doesn’t help your imagination (or your cell phone) though, does it? The law of freedom from the sin of separation is the new covenant which is the Spirit of life in Christ, so here we go again with part 6. You’re a three second scroller you say? You don’t do series you say? You don’t have time you say? I say, slow down. Spend some time soaking in this series…….more than once. It could change your life, refresh your union with Christ, and put a smile of genuine joy back on your face, to stay. Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]

This incredible conversation about the new covenant, with Jim Baker and Charlie Coker, was one for the books. The river of revelation gems was flowing faster than many of us could keep up with. This one is worth more than one listen. Website Link: https://billvanderbush.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/billvanderbush/   Instagram: @billosopher59 and @biblestudywithbill   Twitter: @billvanderbush   Featured music  Michael Giffone: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/michael-giffone/1410403490 [...]