Steve Brown - the old white guy

A quote from A Scandalous Freedom by Steve Brown

"If you are reading this because you count yourself a good person and good people read religious books, let me give you a warning; You are dancing on the edge of a cliff. One day, maybe soon, you’re going to fall off. Not only that, but when you fall off, its going to hurt really bad. I just wanted you to know, and I didn’t want you to say that nobody ever told you. I just told you - Feeling ashamed and knowing Christ far surpasses being good and never thirsting for mercy and forgiveness.”

Steve Brown has been a great influence on my understanding of grace, and this is a series of videos where he talks about grace.

http://www.keylife.org/video-4.html

Tim Keller - Preaching the Gospel

Tim Keller has been a profound influence on my understanding of the gospel, specifically the difference between religion/moralism and the gospel, in a way that really clarifies things for me personally. This is a lecture on preaching, not exactly a sermon, but much of his sermon content is spread throughout this talk.

Tim Keller - Preaching the Gospel from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.

Broken by the Church

This sermon by Rod Rosenbladt, a Lutheran, illustrates what to me is at the core of misunderstanding about Christianity...and that is the difference between religion/moralism and the gospel. Once in the circle of fellow Christians there is a culture of 'I am living a life that gives me membership to this club' instead of 'I am living a life of gratitude that my membership has been given to me as an undeserved gift'. When Christ is no longer the center of faith and teaching, we tend to fill that gap with ourselves and our performance/record...something I am greatly turned off by but need constant reminding of so that I don't do the same thing.