Edgar Andrews' podcast

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How many covenants did God make with mankind? Just three. The Covenant with Abraham, the Covenant of Sinai, and the New Covenant in the blood of Christ (which includes the eternal covenant of Isaiah 55:3). We show that there are two kinds of covenant, a covenant of promise in which gifts are made without requiring anything in return (like a will) and a covenant of works which is broken if either party fails to perform its duties under the covenant (like a contract). See which kind are God's covenants and what this means to us .…

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Episode 136: AUDIO; UNDERSTANDING THE COVENANTS OF GOD 37:48

5 days ago37:48

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Episode 135: THE PARADOX OF A FREE GOSPEL 44:41

26 days ago44:41

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When is a free gospel also an obligation (to both preacher and hearer?) We reflect on the Apostle Paul's joy in preaching a gospel that is without charge (1 Corinthians 9:18-27). He emphasizes the concept of 'gospel liberty' - the freedom found in spreading the good news without charge, which allows him to distance himself from false apostles and highlights the grace of God. But he proceeds to highlight the paradox that his free gospel puts him under an urgent obligation to all men.…

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Episode 134: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SERVANT OF CHRIST 30:19

5 weeks ago30:19

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Are you a servant of Christ? Comparing the servant who would not leave his master (Exodus 21:1-6) with Christ's obedience to the Father in going to the cross (John 12:23-33) Phil Watson demonstrates what it really means, both in its cost and its reward, to take Christ's yoke and follow Him.

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Episode 134: WHAT THE BIBLE MEANS BY AMAZING GRACE 44:41

5 weeks ago44:41

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Some Christians call their leaders "Your grace" when neither they nor those so addressed have the slightest idea what the Bible means by grace. The apostle Paul puts the record straight in the first nine verses of 1 Corinthians, revealing its necessity, power and glory for us today.

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Episode 133: THE HOLY SPIRIT HEALS BROKEN LIVES 34:05

23 weeks ago34:05

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Today's passage (Acts 9:32-43) contains two examples of a general principle. The principle is that the Holy Spirit, working through His servants and the Word of God, is uniquely able to restore human beings to fellowship with God. The first example is an unsaved young man and the second is a faithful and generous believer, so the principle applies to any needy person today as then.…

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Episode 132: THE GOSPEL TO EVERY NATION REACHES AFRICA 29:34

26 weeks ago29:34

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Sharing your faith with individuals bears much fruit. Tearing Philip from the crowds to which he preached in Samaria, the Holy Spirit sends him to evangelise a single traveller, the Eunuch from Ethiopia. A waste of Philip's talents? By no means, for this black African became a missionary to his own people, helping to fulfil Christ's promise that every nation would hear the gospel.…

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Episode 131: THE BELIEVER'S RESURRECTION BODY 37:27

28 weeks ago37:27

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If the dead rise, in what form do they do so? Paul recognises this seemingly harmless question as a new attack on his doctrine. Replying, he shows that creation itself is hugely diverse so by analogy humans have not only physical bodies but also spiritual bodies. He unveils the nature and fate of both.…

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Episode 130: SAUL TRIES TO DESTROY THE CHURCH WHILE PHILIP BUILDS IT UP 35:39

29 weeks ago35:39

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While Saul of Tarsus tried to destroy the infant church in Jerusalem, it was growing rapidly in Samaria where Philip had gone to preach the gospel. Lesson? Suppress God's work in one place and it will prosper somewhere else.

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Episode 129: DEBATING DAWKINS 29:00

32 weeks ago29:00

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This is the speech delivered by scientist and creationist Professor Edgar Andrews when he went head-to-head with Oxford Professor and atheist Richard Dawkins at the 1986 Oxford Union debate on the motion "The doctrine of creation is more valid than the theory of evolution".

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Episode 128: EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN THE EARLY CHURCH 31:42

33 weeks ago31:42

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The martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7) was a turning point for the early church. Chris Boraston identifies the changes that it brought about including the dispersion of the gospel beyond Judea, the redundancy of Temple worship and the universal presence of God, the explosive growth of the church, the intensification of persecution, and its impact on the future Apostle Paul.…

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Episode 127: THE OT LAW AND TEMPLE POINT US TO CHRIST 27:07

34 weeks ago27:07

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Stephen (Acts 7) was accused of blasphemy against the Mosaic law and the Temple but his accusers could not grasp that these institutions were only "shadows of the true", pictures of the Christ who had now come. We must avoid two errors; dismissing the OT as irrelevant and putting new-covenant believers under its demands.…

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Episode 126: HOW WE KNOW ADAM AND EVE WERE OUR FIRST ANCESTORS 22:14

34 weeks ago22:14

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Did Adam and Eve really exist or were they just mythological, as Darwinian "common descent" asserts? We examine the arguments advanced by evolutionists that the genetic diversity of modern man makes it impossible for us to have descended from a single couple. Here we refute these claims on both scientific and biblical grounds, showing them to be based on unjustified assumptions and circular reasoning.…

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Episode 125: STEPHEN'S DEATH GIVES NEW LIFE TO THE CHURCH 33:04

38 weeks ago33:04

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A gifted servant of Christ is falsely accused and tragically martyred for telling the truth. Yet this exemplifies in a special way that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church". Not only did the growth of the church accelerate after this event but it was the first step in the spiritual journey that turned Saul of Tarsus into Paul the Apostle.…

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Episode 124: Threats to church growth and how to deal with them 35:52

39 weeks ago35:52