The Receptive Life: Learning How to Receive All of the Gifts That Only the Triune God Can Give

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By: Paul W. Arndt

“We are beggars; this is true!” Those final written words of Martin Luther describe the life of the Christian as “receptive”. Like beggars, we have nothing to offer. However, in and through faith, we open our hands and receive all good and gracious gifts from the pierced hands of Jesus. In a world ravaged by sin, death and the Devil, “The Receptive Life” podcast teaches us where to find and how to receive all of the gifts that only the Triune God can give.

Revelation 2-3: Letter to Loadicea (part 2)
12/21/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Laodicea (part 1)
12/19/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Philadelphia (part 2)
12/16/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Philadelphia (part 1)
12/14/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Sardis (part 3)
12/12/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Sardis (part 2)
12/09/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Sardis (part 1)
12/07/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Thyatira (part 2)
12/05/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Thyatira (part 1)
12/02/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...


Revelation 2-3: Letter to Pergamum (part 2)
11/30/2022

The Book of Revelation can be a difficult portion of Scripture to understand. It’s filled with strange visions, coded numbers, cryptic symbols, a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, beasts from the sea and the land, four horsemen, dire warnings, plagues, wars, apocalyptic events, a fiery lake of burning sulfur and the promise of a new heaven and a new earth.

Daunting? Yes!

But when the last book of the Bible is read through the lens of the Old and New Testament Scriptures and our eyes are focused on Jesus, the Lamb of...