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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Austin Gravley https://storage.buzzsprout.com/2hc7k23yz1ye6ltlt9w0n2074elm?.jpg Redeemer Youth Since We Are Redeemed by Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone, Where Does This Faith Come From? (Q35) Since We Are Redeemed by Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone, Where Does This Faith Come From? (Q35)
  • Since We Are Redeemed by Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone, Where Does This Faith Come From? All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith itself.
  • “If we believe the gospel, we should praise God for giving us the grace to believe it, for he is the only One who made the difference for us. Therefore, the Christian life must be marked by gratitude and humility. In and of ourselves, we are no better than our non-Christian neighbors. The only difference is that something (or, rather, someone) absolutely wonderful has come into our lives and changed everything.” - Mika Edmondson

    • Recommended Resources

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “If salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone—if we are saved and forgiven and accepted based not on our good works, not on our deserving, but on what Jesus has done for us—is there still a place for good works and obedience in the Christian life? The Bible gives an emphatic answer: yes.”
    • Don’t Be Like Moses the Pragmatist (9Marks): “ In his worst moments, Moses was a pragmatist. He had a performance-based approach to the prophetic ministry. He assumed that it was up to the prophet to get the results. If people listened to him, then he was doing his job; if not, he should find some other line of work. This explains why Moses was always worrying about whether people would listen to him.”
    • A Whole World Hangs on a Word (Desiring God): So when Paul says, “By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you, it is the gift of God,” part of his meaning is that our faith is a gift of God. It is a divine creation. It is the work of grace when we were dead. 


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  • Since We Are Redeemed by Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone, Where Does This Faith Come From? All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith itself.
  • “If we believe the gospel, we should praise God for giving us the grace to believe it, for he is the only One who made the difference for us. Therefore, the Christian life must be marked by gratitude and humility. In and of ourselves, we are no better than our non-Christian neighbors. The only difference is that something (or, rather, someone) absolutely wonderful has come into our lives and changed everything.” - Mika Edmondson

    • Recommended Resources

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “If salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone—if we are saved and forgiven and accepted based not on our good works, not on our deserving, but on what Jesus has done for us—is there still a place for good works and obedience in the Christian life? The Bible gives an emphatic answer: yes.”
    • Don’t Be Like Moses the Pragmatist (9Marks): “ In his worst moments, Moses was a pragmatist. He had a performance-based approach to the prophetic ministry. He assumed that it was up to the prophet to get the results. If people listened to him, then he was doing his job; if not, he should find some other line of work. This explains why Moses was always worrying about whether people would listen to him.”
    • A Whole World Hangs on a Word (Desiring God): So when Paul says, “By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you, it is the gift of God,” part of his meaning is that our faith is a gift of God. It is a divine creation. It is the work of grace when we were dead. 


    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-19141861 Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1081 full false     Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word? Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?
  • Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word? Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Spirit; so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; so that we may be assured of our faith by the fruits; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.
  • “So, though we’re saved by grace, we’re saved to a life of joyful good works and obedience. Not to get God to love us, but because God does love us, and we want to be like his Son, who said, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me” - Ligon Duncan

    • Recommended Resources:

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “If salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone—if we are saved and forgiven and accepted based not on our good works, not on our deserving, but on what Jesus has done for us—is there still a place for good works and obedience in the Christian life? The Bible gives an emphatic answer: yes.”
    • Good Works and the Christian Life (Ligonier): “Obedience, however frail and feeble, is evidence of our love for Christ. Far from undermining the gospel of grace, good works are the perfect complement to the gospel.”
    • The Gospel Is Good News Before It’s Good Advice (Christianity Today, gift link): “There is a risk, that is, in emphasizing the utility of Christianity. We might lose sight of a very simple truth about the Christian faith: The gospel is good news before it is good advice.”
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  • Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word? Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Spirit; so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; so that we may be assured of our faith by the fruits; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.
  • “So, though we’re saved by grace, we’re saved to a life of joyful good works and obedience. Not to get God to love us, but because God does love us, and we want to be like his Son, who said, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me” - Ligon Duncan

    • Recommended Resources:

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “If salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone—if we are saved and forgiven and accepted based not on our good works, not on our deserving, but on what Jesus has done for us—is there still a place for good works and obedience in the Christian life? The Bible gives an emphatic answer: yes.”
    • Good Works and the Christian Life (Ligonier): “Obedience, however frail and feeble, is evidence of our love for Christ. Far from undermining the gospel of grace, good works are the perfect complement to the gospel.”
    • The Gospel Is Good News Before It’s Good Advice (Christianity Today, gift link): “There is a risk, that is, in emphasizing the utility of Christianity. We might lose sight of a very simple truth about the Christian faith: The gospel is good news before it is good advice.”
    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-19104048 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 856 full false     What do justification and sanctification mean? (NCC Q32) What do justification and sanctification mean? (NCC Q32) • What do justification and sanctification mean? Justification means our declared
    righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit’s work in us.
    • The Bible uses big words that are sometimes to understand, but when we understand the words the Bible uses to explain how God works in our lives, it helps us marvel at how good, gracious, and powerful our God is.


    Recommended Resources
    • New City Catechism Commentary: “The whole world gets it all backward. Other religions get it all backward, where our works and our efforts to overcome imperfections might make us pleasing to God. You never can get there that way. God reckons us as acceptable, makes us his children, counts us as righteous; and because of that righteousness we then spend a lifetime becoming what we already are.”
    • What Is the Difference between Justification and Sanctification? (The Gospel Coalition): “Justification happens outside of you, you are declared righteous. Sanctification happens inside of you, you are made righteous.”
    • What role does sanctification play in salvation? (9Marks): The experience of salvation begins with regeneration and justification, continues with sanctification, and is fulfilled in glorification. All who are regenerated and justified are being sanctified. All who are being sanctified will eventually be glorified.

    ]]>     • What do justification and sanctification mean? Justification means our declared
    righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit’s work in us.
    • The Bible uses big words that are sometimes to understand, but when we understand the words the Bible uses to explain how God works in our lives, it helps us marvel at how good, gracious, and powerful our God is.


    Recommended Resources
    • New City Catechism Commentary: “The whole world gets it all backward. Other religions get it all backward, where our works and our efforts to overcome imperfections might make us pleasing to God. You never can get there that way. God reckons us as acceptable, makes us his children, counts us as righteous; and because of that righteousness we then spend a lifetime becoming what we already are.”
    • What Is the Difference between Justification and Sanctification? (The Gospel Coalition): “Justification happens outside of you, you are declared righteous. Sanctification happens inside of you, you are made righteous.”
    • What role does sanctification play in salvation? (9Marks): The experience of salvation begins with regeneration and justification, continues with sanctification, and is fulfilled in glorification. All who are regenerated and justified are being sanctified. All who are being sanctified will eventually be glorified.

    ]]>     Marc Arteus Buzzsprout-19061913 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400 1240 full false     What Do We Believe by True Faith? What Do We Believe by True Faith? ● What Do We Believe by True Faith? Everything taught to us in the gospel. The Apostles’ Creed expresses what we believe in these words: We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
    He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.


    Recommended Resources

    New City Catechism Commentary: “The only thing I can contribute to my salvation is my own sinful nature. It’s about coming to God with an awareness of our humble need—coming in faith, repenting of my sins, and laying out before God my sense that I need him. That’s the beginning of salvation.”
    There is No Faith So Little That it Is Not Saving (The Gospel Coalition): “There is no faith so little that it can’t be saving. Faith does not have to be strong to be saving, it just has to be real. The smallest faith, if it is real, receives the same strength of Christ in salvation as the strongest faith.”
    What Saving Faith Sees in Christ (DesiringGod): “Saving faith glorifies Christ by looking away from self to Christ alone — to his all-sufficiency, including his blood and righteousness, without which we could have no right standing with God. To which I say, with all my heart, Amen! Let us be willing to die for this. As many have.”

    ]]>     ● What Do We Believe by True Faith? Everything taught to us in the gospel. The Apostles’ Creed expresses what we believe in these words: We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
    He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.


    Recommended Resources

    New City Catechism Commentary: “The only thing I can contribute to my salvation is my own sinful nature. It’s about coming to God with an awareness of our humble need—coming in faith, repenting of my sins, and laying out before God my sense that I need him. That’s the beginning of salvation.”
    There is No Faith So Little That it Is Not Saving (The Gospel Coalition): “There is no faith so little that it can’t be saving. Faith does not have to be strong to be saving, it just has to be real. The smallest faith, if it is real, receives the same strength of Christ in salvation as the strongest faith.”
    What Saving Faith Sees in Christ (DesiringGod): “Saving faith glorifies Christ by looking away from self to Christ alone — to his all-sufficiency, including his blood and righteousness, without which we could have no right standing with God. To which I say, with all my heart, Amen! Let us be willing to die for this. As many have.”

    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18990274 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0400 1098 full false     What is Faith in Jesus Christ? (NCC Q30) What is Faith in Jesus Christ? (NCC Q30)
  • What is Faith in Jesus Christ? Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.
  • It is not the strength of our faith that saves us; it is the object of our faith that saves us. We do not put our confidence in how strong or smart our faith is, but on what Jesus has done for us by his life, death, resurrection, and ascension.

    • Recommended Resources

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “The only thing I can contribute to my salvation is my own sinful nature. It’s about coming to God with an awareness of our humble need—coming in faith, repenting of my sins, and laying out before God my sense that I need him. That’s the beginning of salvation.”
    • There is No Faith So Little That it Is Not Saving (The Gospel Coalition): “There is no faith so little that it can’t be saving. Faith does not have to be strong to be saving, it just has to be real. The smallest faith, if it is real, receives the same strength of Christ in salvation as the strongest faith.”
    • What Saving Faith Sees in Christ (DesiringGod): “Saving faith glorifies Christ by looking away from self to Christ alone — to his all-sufficiency, including his blood and righteousness, without which we could have no right standing with God. To which I say, with all my heart, Amen! Let us be willing to die for this. As many have.”


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  • What is Faith in Jesus Christ? Faith in Jesus Christ is acknowledging the truth of everything that God has revealed in his Word, trusting in him, and also receiving and resting on him alone for salvation as he is offered to us in the gospel.
  • It is not the strength of our faith that saves us; it is the object of our faith that saves us. We do not put our confidence in how strong or smart our faith is, but on what Jesus has done for us by his life, death, resurrection, and ascension.

    • Recommended Resources

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “The only thing I can contribute to my salvation is my own sinful nature. It’s about coming to God with an awareness of our humble need—coming in faith, repenting of my sins, and laying out before God my sense that I need him. That’s the beginning of salvation.”
    • There is No Faith So Little That it Is Not Saving (The Gospel Coalition): “There is no faith so little that it can’t be saving. Faith does not have to be strong to be saving, it just has to be real. The smallest faith, if it is real, receives the same strength of Christ in salvation as the strongest faith.”
    • What Saving Faith Sees in Christ (DesiringGod): “Saving faith glorifies Christ by looking away from self to Christ alone — to his all-sufficiency, including his blood and righteousness, without which we could have no right standing with God. To which I say, with all my heart, Amen! Let us be willing to die for this. As many have.”


    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18951438 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 1441 full false     How Can We Be Saved? (NCC Q29) How Can We Be Saved? (NCC Q29)
  • How Can We Be Saved? Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteous- ness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.
  • “My hope does not live because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith does not rest upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me.” - Charles Spurgeon

    • Recommended Resources

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “My hope does not live because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith does not rest upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me.”
    • Dressed in His Righteousness Alone (Desiring God): “In justification, Christ’s righteousness does not become ours as some sort of personal possession. It is counted or reckoned as ours. Why? Because we do not perform the acts of justifying righteousness. Christ, as our substitute, lived the perfect life we couldn’t and died the death we deserved. The righteousness of Christ must therefore primarily and exclusively belong to him.”
    • The Greatest Issue We Face (Ligonier): “How can an unforgiven person become forgiven? How can an unjust person be justified or be considered just in the sight of God? There are not many issues in theology more serious than that.”
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  • How Can We Be Saved? Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteous- ness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.
  • “My hope does not live because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith does not rest upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me.” - Charles Spurgeon

    • Recommended Resources

    • New City Catechism Commentary: “My hope does not live because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness. My faith does not rest upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is now doing for me.”
    • Dressed in His Righteousness Alone (Desiring God): “In justification, Christ’s righteousness does not become ours as some sort of personal possession. It is counted or reckoned as ours. Why? Because we do not perform the acts of justifying righteousness. Christ, as our substitute, lived the perfect life we couldn’t and died the death we deserved. The righteousness of Christ must therefore primarily and exclusively belong to him.”
    • The Greatest Issue We Face (Ligonier): “How can an unforgiven person become forgiven? How can an unjust person be justified or be considered just in the sight of God? There are not many issues in theology more serious than that.”
    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18913367 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1372 full false     What Happens After Death to Those Not United to Christ by Faith? (NCC Q28) What Happens After Death to Those Not United to Christ by Faith? (NCC Q28)
  • What Happens After Death to Those Not United to Christ by Faith? At the day of judgment they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They will be cast out from the favorable presence of God, into hell, to be justly and grievously punished, forever.
  • “The real issue is not how a loving God would allow there to be a hell. The issue is, if Jesus Christ would experience hell for me, then, truly, he must be a loving God. It’s not “Why would God allow hell?” It’s “Why would God experience hell for me?” And yet he did.” - John Lin

    • Recommended Resources

    • The New City Catechism Commentary: “The real issue is not how a loving God would allow there to be a hell. The issue is, if Jesus Christ would experience hell for me, then, truly, he must be a loving God. It’s not “Why would God allow hell?” It’s “Why would God experience hell for me?” And yet he did.” - John Lin
    • 5 Things You Should Know About Hell (Ligonier): "...the Bible’s many descriptions of hell are intended to magnify the grace of Christ who has saved us from it, and to fuel a zeal in us to warn others to flee from the pains of hell by turning to Christ in true faith and repentance."
    • The Uncomfortable Subject Jesus Addressed More than Anyone Else (The Gospel Coalition): "Some months ago, R. C. Sproul was asked which doctrine he struggles with most. He replied: 'Hell.' It’s comforting to know a theological giant like Sproul still wrestles with something I’ve struggled with my whole Christian life."
    • Will Hell Really Last Forever? (Desiring God): "Christ Jesus our Savior is worthy of eternal praise because he endured, for us, the righteous judgment that would have been ours for eternity."


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  • What Happens After Death to Those Not United to Christ by Faith? At the day of judgment they will receive the fearful but just sentence of condemnation pronounced against them. They will be cast out from the favorable presence of God, into hell, to be justly and grievously punished, forever.
  • “The real issue is not how a loving God would allow there to be a hell. The issue is, if Jesus Christ would experience hell for me, then, truly, he must be a loving God. It’s not “Why would God allow hell?” It’s “Why would God experience hell for me?” And yet he did.” - John Lin

    • Recommended Resources

    • The New City Catechism Commentary: “The real issue is not how a loving God would allow there to be a hell. The issue is, if Jesus Christ would experience hell for me, then, truly, he must be a loving God. It’s not “Why would God allow hell?” It’s “Why would God experience hell for me?” And yet he did.” - John Lin
    • 5 Things You Should Know About Hell (Ligonier): "...the Bible’s many descriptions of hell are intended to magnify the grace of Christ who has saved us from it, and to fuel a zeal in us to warn others to flee from the pains of hell by turning to Christ in true faith and repentance."
    • The Uncomfortable Subject Jesus Addressed More than Anyone Else (The Gospel Coalition): "Some months ago, R. C. Sproul was asked which doctrine he struggles with most. He replied: 'Hell.' It’s comforting to know a theological giant like Sproul still wrestles with something I’ve struggled with my whole Christian life."
    • Will Hell Really Last Forever? (Desiring God): "Christ Jesus our Savior is worthy of eternal praise because he endured, for us, the righteous judgment that would have been ours for eternity."


    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18840717 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1188 full false     Are All People, Just as They Were Lost Through Adam, Saved Through Christ? (NCC Q27) Are All People, Just as They Were Lost Through Adam, Saved Through Christ? (NCC Q27) Guest teacher: Marc Arteus

    • Are All People, Just as They Were Lost Through Adam, Saved Through Christ? No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. Nevertheless God in his mercy demonstrates common grace even to those who are not elect, by restraining the effects of sin and enabling works of culture for human well-being.
    • If anything is good, it comes from God. From eternal goods, namely faith and salvation in Jesus Christ, to earthly goods like human art, science, government, and wisdom, there is nothing good that we have that we can say we produced ourselves. It all comes from God because God is gracious.

    Additional Resources:

    • The New City Catechism Commentary: "Though not all people are going to be saved, God still gives his gifts of wisdom and insight across the face of the whole human race. Through art and through science and through good government and in other ways, God is making this world a far better place than it would be if only Christians had those gifts.
    • Common Grace Is Special Too (The Gospel Coalition): "The twin realities of common and saving grace share a dynamic relationship. For the believer, the joy we experience in common with the lost during a feast gives way to fullness of joy when that earthly meal redirects our hearts to the salvation feast believers share in Christ."
    • Providence And Common Grace (Ligonier): "That human beings made in His image ignore and reject Him even after being shown common grace shows us just how desperate our condition is apart from His special grace."
    • Four Biblical Foundations for Contextualization (9Marks): "Contextualization is both unavoidable and good. The gospel can―and should―be at home in every culture. We must identify with those we are trying to reach and adapt to their culture, no matter what discomfort it causes us. However, the gospel also challenges and condemns every culture at some points (including our own). "
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    • Are All People, Just as They Were Lost Through Adam, Saved Through Christ? No, only those who are elected by God and united to Christ by faith. Nevertheless God in his mercy demonstrates common grace even to those who are not elect, by restraining the effects of sin and enabling works of culture for human well-being.
    • If anything is good, it comes from God. From eternal goods, namely faith and salvation in Jesus Christ, to earthly goods like human art, science, government, and wisdom, there is nothing good that we have that we can say we produced ourselves. It all comes from God because God is gracious.

    Additional Resources:

    • The New City Catechism Commentary: "Though not all people are going to be saved, God still gives his gifts of wisdom and insight across the face of the whole human race. Through art and through science and through good government and in other ways, God is making this world a far better place than it would be if only Christians had those gifts.
    • Common Grace Is Special Too (The Gospel Coalition): "The twin realities of common and saving grace share a dynamic relationship. For the believer, the joy we experience in common with the lost during a feast gives way to fullness of joy when that earthly meal redirects our hearts to the salvation feast believers share in Christ."
    • Providence And Common Grace (Ligonier): "That human beings made in His image ignore and reject Him even after being shown common grace shows us just how desperate our condition is apart from His special grace."
    • Four Biblical Foundations for Contextualization (9Marks): "Contextualization is both unavoidable and good. The gospel can―and should―be at home in every culture. We must identify with those we are trying to reach and adapt to their culture, no matter what discomfort it causes us. However, the gospel also challenges and condemns every culture at some points (including our own). "
    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18799051 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:00:00 -0500 1294 full false     What else does Christ’s death redeem? (NCC Q26) What else does Christ’s death redeem? (NCC Q26)
  • What Else Does Christ’s Death Redeem? Christ’s death is the beginning of the redemption and renewal of every part of fallen creation, as he powerfully directs all things for his own glory and creation’s good.
  • Jesus came to make all things new, and the salvation of individual souls is just the first step of that process.

    • Guest teacher: Rodney Donahue

    Additional resources

    • The New City Catechism Commentary: "The saving of sinners is at the heart of the gospel. It is the fountainhead. And from this fountainhead flows a mighty river, one full of redemptive, healing power for every square inch of the cosmos."
    • The Other Christ-Centered Joys of Heaven: An All-Things Vision of the Christian Afterlife (9Marks): "If all things are to be made new, can we dare to imagine what chocolate and coffee will taste like? What flowers might smell like? What it will be like to live in perfect harmony with the rest of the creation—animals, weather, and everything else?"
    • The Bravest and Newest World (Ligonier): "Christians, however, have been called by God to an infinitely higher future reality, a hope better than any dream—the new heavens and new earth—coupled with a bravery that acknowledges the journey to that perfect world will be bloody and terrifying."
    • What a World Ours Will Be (DesiringGod): "God did not create the material universe, including our physical bodies, to be thrown away at the end of this age. That is not what we see in the Bible."


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  • What Else Does Christ’s Death Redeem? Christ’s death is the beginning of the redemption and renewal of every part of fallen creation, as he powerfully directs all things for his own glory and creation’s good.
  • Jesus came to make all things new, and the salvation of individual souls is just the first step of that process.

    • Guest teacher: Rodney Donahue

    Additional resources

    • The New City Catechism Commentary: "The saving of sinners is at the heart of the gospel. It is the fountainhead. And from this fountainhead flows a mighty river, one full of redemptive, healing power for every square inch of the cosmos."
    • The Other Christ-Centered Joys of Heaven: An All-Things Vision of the Christian Afterlife (9Marks): "If all things are to be made new, can we dare to imagine what chocolate and coffee will taste like? What flowers might smell like? What it will be like to live in perfect harmony with the rest of the creation—animals, weather, and everything else?"
    • The Bravest and Newest World (Ligonier): "Christians, however, have been called by God to an infinitely higher future reality, a hope better than any dream—the new heavens and new earth—coupled with a bravery that acknowledges the journey to that perfect world will be bloody and terrifying."
    • What a World Ours Will Be (DesiringGod): "God did not create the material universe, including our physical bodies, to be thrown away at the end of this age. That is not what we see in the Bible."


    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18769773 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0500 882 full false     Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Does Christ's death mean all our sins can be forgiven? (NCC Q24-25) Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Does Christ's death mean all our sins can be forgiven? (NCC Q24-25)
  • Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life.
  • Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ’s righteousness to us as if it were our own and will remember our sins no more.
  • You can receive this forgiveness today if you've never received it. Christ died for you, and this offer of forgiveness is available to anyone.


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  • Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life.
  • Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ’s righteousness to us as if it were our own and will remember our sins no more.
  • You can receive this forgiveness today if you've never received it. Christ died for you, and this offer of forgiveness is available to anyone.


    • ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18669497 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 1163 full false     Why must the Redeemer be truly God? (NCC Q23) Why must the Redeemer be truly God? (NCC Q23) Why must the Redeemer be truly God? Because of his divine nature, his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of God against sin and yet overcome death.

    Jesus is only able to save us because he is fully God. Because he is God, he is able to give us the same eternal and everlasting life that he has as God. Do you believe this?

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    ]]>     Why must the Redeemer be truly God? Because of his divine nature, his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of God against sin and yet overcome death.

    Jesus is only able to save us because he is fully God. Because he is God, he is able to give us the same eternal and everlasting life that he has as God. Do you believe this?

    Additional Resources:

    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18629558 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 1201 full false     Why must the Redeemer be truly human? (NCC Q22) Why must the Redeemer be truly human? (NCC Q22) Why must the Redeemer be truly human? That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.

    Christ became a human to save humans. He is what it means to be truly human. And because he died as a human, on the day you die, his humanly resurrection will be your humanly resurrection.

    ]]>     Why must the Redeemer be truly human? That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.

    Christ became a human to save humans. He is what it means to be truly human. And because he died as a human, on the day you die, his humanly resurrection will be your humanly resurrection.

    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18623808 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0500 1183 full false     Who is the Redeemer, and what sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? (NCC 20-21) Who is the Redeemer, and what sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? (NCC 20-21) Who is the Redeemer? The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.

    What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? One who is truly human and also trulyGod.

    Jesus is either nothing, and saves nobody - or he is everything, and the only Savior of the world.

    (Originally recorded 1/21/26)

    ]]>     Who is the Redeemer? The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself.

    What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? One who is truly human and also trulyGod.

    Jesus is either nothing, and saves nobody - or he is everything, and the only Savior of the world.

    (Originally recorded 1/21/26)

    ]]>     Austin Gravley Buzzsprout-18567128 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0500 1270 full false     What is the Difference Between the Law and the Gospel? What is the Difference Between the Law and the Gospel? We are not saved by our ability to perfectly keep the Ten Commandments. We are saved by faith in Jesus Christ who perfectly kept the Ten Commandments and gives us his record of perfect obedience.

    The Ten Commandments show us how to live God-glorifying and honoring lives. We show gratitude to Christ for his gracious salvation by living lives of obedience to Christ and his commandments out of love for him and what he has done for us.

    (Originally recorded 12/3/25)


    ]]>     We are not saved by our ability to perfectly keep the Ten Commandments. We are saved by faith in Jesus Christ who perfectly kept the Ten Commandments and gives us his record of perfect obedience.

    The Ten Commandments show us how to live God-glorifying and honoring lives. We show gratitude to Christ for his gracious salvation by living lives of obedience to Christ and his commandments out of love for him and what he has done for us.

    (Originally recorded 12/3/25)


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