{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church Is Messy: Answering Your Questions","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3378,"description":"During the month of December Rick and Svea turn the microphone around and answer your questions on the podcast. Do you have a questions you'd like them to address? Email your questions to podcast@autumnridge.church.\nTopics discussed in this episode:\n00:00 Intro\n01:55 Send your questions for the podcast to podcast@autumnridge.church\n03:18 QUESTION 1: What advice or insight would you give on silencing or at least quieting the questions of \"Is God real?\" or \"Did Jesus really die for us?\"\n06:10 An unexpected answer: lean in to those doubts and questions. Jude 22: Be merciful to those who doubt.\n09:52 It's not my responsibility to convince you. It's my responsibility to share with you what convinced me.\n11:55 Hold on to profound moments and experiences with Jesus - they can be powerful motivational tools to keep on keeping on.\n13:04 Resources: Podcasts - Undeceptions with John Dixon; Theology in the Raw with Preston Sprinkle; books on topics like the resurrection by N.T. Wright.\n14:59 QUESTION 2: How do we reconcile once saved always saved and losing salvation? Individuals use scripture for both approaches.\n15:33 Those two positions can't be reconciles. They are mutually exclusive. Looking at the whole of Scripture, what Jesus said, and the Epistles point to security.\n17:50 If we could lose our salvation, we would.\n18:05 Two passages people look at about losing salvation: Galatians 5 and Hebrews 6.\n23:24 Passages that convinced Rick about security in Christ: John 10, Romans 8, Ephesians 1.\n27:44 QUESTIONS 3: Can you comment on spiritual circumcision? Is this a requirement and specifically who does the circumcising of the heart?\n29:17 Used as a symbol like a wedding ring or baptism. It's a profound symbol of something that has been done.\n36:48 It is a synergy. We can't circumcise our hearts on our own and God won't circumcise our heart on his own even though he could; he wants a relationship.\n38:05 QUESTION 4: How do we reconcile that we are all made in the image of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}