https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange Enjoy the newest sermons from Encounter Recovery Ministries in Bothell, Washington via our podcast feed. Religion & Spirituality Encounter Recovery Ministries http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/sources/podcast/1440/1440/cbrforchange.1663457790.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange en Mon, 11 May 2026 05:15:19 +0000 30 Rick Peterson no Enjoy the newest sermons from Encounter Recovery Ministries in Bothell, Washington via our podcast feed. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/312262324554429 We need not wonder, as if some strange thing has happened, as to why the churches in the West are in the present woeful state. The New Testament is crystal clear that the ministry of the Spirit belongs to each one of the members of the body of Christ. But that ministry has been usurped by a false system of clerics who substitute themselves for the ministry of the Spirit. Here is more on what you must do in your lifetime to recover the New Tesament model for the church. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/312262324554429 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:30 no Rick Peterson https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/311262357593352 It is time to hear and obey the voice of the Spirit regarding the nature, character and function of the body of Christ, the church. It is not as if the Spirit inspired text is not clear on this issue, and the implications for disobedience are grave. For 1700 years, human tradition has quenched the Spirit and it is time we repent, for judgment truly begins in the house of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/311262357593352 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:18 no Rick Peterson https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/36261958202766 This is a follow up to the recent talk entitled, "The Worst Condition of All." In this lesson we learn how authentic, Spirit-birthed union with Christ is the BEST condition of all. We learn that condition is evidenced by our desire to grow in his likeness and thus purifying ourselves from anything that is opposed to his life in our character and conduct. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/36261958202766 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:35:13 no Rick Peterson https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/322623151630 What is the very worst condition any human being can be in? It is to think you are something you are not. The absolute worse condition one can be in is to be missing something that is essential for life in the now and in the hereafter, and yet, think you possess it. In this brief exhortation we discover the nature of this condition and the horrific state it brings, and what must be done to remedy it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/322623151630 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:20:08 no Rick Peterson https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/22262234166489 The tragic fact of the spirituality prescribed within Twelve Step programs and treatment centers today is it is powerless. It can bring about genuine recovery let alone regenration and union with Christ. Equally true, is the lack of gospel in the churches today as well. These are perious times. You must be prepared to to pray and pursue others like yourself who want to call upon the Lord and recover and support each other in becoming like Jesus. Meet in your homes, meet anywhere you can, but find fellowship with those who are not ashamed of the gospel. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/22262234166489 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:24:14 no Rick Peterson - To the Alcoholic /Addict https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/2226231677615 As if addiction recovery does not have enough pitfalls along the path, trying to find genuine fellowship is yet another. Still, we need each other. In this talk, we learn about what a healthy fellowship looks like and what a sick, powerless fellowship also looks like so we can avoid it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/2226231677615 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:15:37 no Rick Peterson - To the Alcoholic /Addict https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/129261915351133 The path out of the dark forest of addiction begins with two crtiical truths: 1) A genuine acceptance of the precise nature of the problem, and 2) the precise nature of the solution. In this talk we are reminded of both. And we are also reminded, that any deviance from one or the other or both only perpretuate the self-delusion of addiction and the human condition. So where do we turn? Not man-made, man-centered religiosity. Not churchianity. Instead, we turn to the power of God as revealed in the Person and finished work of Jesus and the continuing ministry of the Spirit within the fellowship of likeminded believers. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/129261915351133 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:26:27 no Rick Peterson - To the Alcoholic /Addict https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/126262328461877 This is an introduction to a new series of talks intended to bring real answers to real alcoholic and addicts. In this first talk, we learn that life is hellish in active addiction and even worse when we are not using--something radical is necessary or only jail, insanity or death awaits. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/126262328461877 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:11:32 no Rick Peterson - To the Alcoholic /Addict https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12312503119289 Tradition is a yoke that is hard to break. It takes courage to open your Bible, read it in context, employ the cross references, and then follow the text where it leads you, even if that means you realize your church tradition is in error. In this brief exhortation, you will find affirmation and support for such courage. Afterall, it is the Lord Jesus Christ whom we serve, not our church tradition. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12312503119289 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:17:21 no Rick Peterson - Tradition Addiction https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12132504519246 This is an audible review of the study notes from our recent "Acts 2:42" gathering. We discovered that our new personal narrative is derived from Christ's incarnation narrative: A fitting study during the Christmas season! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12132504519246 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:14:23 no Rick Peterson - A New Narrative https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1018251559205404 Do you know that you are living out a narrative, a story, a framework by which you make choices regarding God, yourself, and those around you? In this new series we are going to examine how the gospel moves us from the old to the new narrative and transforms us into the image of Jesus. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1018251559205404 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:25 no Rick Peterson - A New Narrative https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/929252231132980 This is a summary of the series, "The Whole Counsel of God." Here we discover the simplicity and purity of the gospel and are reminded of the scope of God's gracious provision in His Son. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/929252231132980 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:14:18 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/925252245561971 There is value in social connection. We all need to feel we belong. But when we stay in a corrupt church "because our friends are there" we are placing felt needs above your devotion to Christ, and created an idol. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/925252245561971 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:10:08 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/91025192940896 In part three of the series "Recovering the Whole Counsel of God" we continue to define and apply what is meant by this term: The whole counsel of God, and why it is so very important to your spiritual, mental, and relational health. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/91025192940896 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:18:53 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/99251634176643 This is part two of a vital series on recovering the whole counsel of God, meaning the work of Christ and the ministry of the Spirit in appropriating that work in you. In this lesson we learn about renewing our fellowship with and relying upon the Holy Spirit, alone. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/99251634176643 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:17:08 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/98252340547833 This lesson is a reminder that the finished work of Christ, and the work of the Spirit in appropriating that work, are inseparable. Now, this is important because most modern preaching does not include the good news of how the Spirit appropriates Christ into your life, and is therefore not gospel preaching. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/98252340547833 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:10:36 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/819251832112842 Do you realize you are under a divine imperative to minister to your brothers and sisters in Christ? Christ has graced each member of His body with at least one spiritual gift. And this He has done so that you are a now vital contributor to the life and edification of the body of Christ. Don't let the clergy-driven system rob you of this high calling. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/819251832112842 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:38 no Rick Peterson - Thoughts from Ephesians https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/819251922487361 It goes without saying that the health of our church fellowship effects or own spiritual and mental health. On the other hand, most Christians are sick and spiritually anemic but refuse to recognize it is because of the sick church they attend. In order to recover, they must come out of that church, and churches like it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/819251922487361 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:23:21 no Rick Peterson - Tradition Addiction https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/815252343534617 This sermon is a plea to view Christian wholeness and maturity as an imperative. The redemption that God has accomplished for us in Christ is to be worked out in our fellowship so that we become more and more like Jesus and walk as children of light. But we must first escape the traditions and doctrines of men that would keep us broken, confused, and immature. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/815252343534617 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:19:40 no Rick Peterson - Thoughts from Ephesians https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/81625016437627 The sermon emphasizes cultivating a prayer life modeled after Jesus, moving beyond lofty words to a genuine relationship with God as Father. It highlights the importance of communal prayer, recognizing that our connection with the divine is inextricably linked to our interpersonal relationships and mutual edification within the body of Christ. The Lord's Prayer serves as a guide, urging believers to prioritize God's name, kingdom, and will above personal requests, while also underscoring the necessity of forgiveness and release from resentment as essential components of a mature and intimate prayer life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/81625016437627 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:14:03 no Rick Peterson - Lessons on Prayer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/814251729891 The sermon emphasizes that a life defined by love for God manifests as joyful obedience to His will, mirroring the example of Jesus who delighted in fulfilling the Father's purpose. Drawing from passages like Psalm 40 and Hebrews, it highlights Jesus' sacrifice as the ultimate fulfillment of God's will and calls believers to align their lives with this model, seeking to know and pray for the power to fulfill God's desires. Ultimately, the message underscores that true Christian living involves a continual pursuit of God's will, motivated by love and resulting in a life dedicated to His glory, reflecting the intimate relationship between the Father and the Son. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/814251729891 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:13:48 no Rick Peterson - Lessons on Prayer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/811252156454180 Do you attend church weekly and yet find yourself struggling with addiction, broken relationships, spriitually immaturity, and confusion as to your church life? You are not alone, and in this brief exhortation we tell you why this is the case for you. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/811252156454180 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:15:18 no Rick Peterson - Tradition Addiction https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/8625173272389 We continue now to examine how to pray like Jesus. In this lesson we consider praying for our enemies as foundational to Christlike prayer. We also consider Christ's model of how we are to pray for one another as found in John 17. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/8625173272389 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:15:52 no Rick Peterson - Lessons on Prayer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/72925183567461 There is a lot of religious shame tied to prayer. People are told they do not pray long enough, often enough, or hard enough. In this exhortation, we seek to free you from this by reminding you that under the new covenant, you are the temple of God, and you are always in the presence of God; prayer therefore is a way of life and a constant state not an act or duty. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/72925183567461 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:10:00 no Rick Peterson - Lessons on Prayer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/7242517448859 The worst spiritual condition is to no longer care to hear the voice of the Spirit. To be so entrenched in religious activities one becomes more devoted to those activities than to Christ Himself. In this brief exhortation, we consider the prevelance of this condition and call you to set aside anything, especially present religious practices that dull your hearing and rob you of spiritual maturity and discernment. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/7242517448859 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:31:13 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/716251810443608 If you are in Christ you are most certainly in the Church, for you ARE the Church; but it is also entirely possible for you to be in what is called the Church and NOT be in Christ. How do you know you are "in Christ"? This is the vital question we answer in this brief series. Please, I beg you, join me. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/716251810443608 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:29:37 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/715251750565401 Many a tender conscience has been tormented by the thought that those who "fall away" cannot be renewed and restored, based largely on a misinterpretation of Hebrews 6:4-6. In this lesson we examine the greater context of that passage and both set at liberty those so tormented, and also discover the true warning intended by that text. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/715251750565401 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:44:10 no Rick Peterson - New Covenant Studies https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/71425193943427 This is a six-week series on learrning to pray like Jesus by hearing and embracing His teaching AND His example. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/71425193943427 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:14:58 no Rick Peterson - Lessons on Prayer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/714251958226265 This part two of a six-week series on learning to pray like Jesus. Jesus taught us by word and by His living example how to pray, and it is the great privilege of every Christian to walk in his footsteps, and in His prayer life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/714251958226265 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:06:56 no Rick Peterson - Lessons on Prayer https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/7122518342198 There is a gospel principle which is so vital that without it we have only half the gospel, and half a gospel does not create half a Christian, but no Christian at all. In this brief exhortation you are reminded of this vital principle. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/7122518342198 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:11:12 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/77251656361053 The Christian disciple is a follower of a hated, rejected, and crucified Christ. We must therefore give up thinking that we can make the world like Jesus enough to avoid the world's hostility. Attempts to do so only result in creating a false Jesus. Let us instead walk in the Spirit and more closely follow the revelation of Jesus preserved for us in Scripture-- the crucified Messiah. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/77251656361053 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:30:32 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/624251855172689 There is but one true Christ, the revelation of whom is preserved for us within Scripture alone and made real by the Holy Spirit, alone. But much of what calls itself Christianity preaches another Jesus, a different spirit, and gospel. Here is the infallible test to ensure you are actually following Jesus Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/624251855172689 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:07:01 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/62325174193340 In this teaching we are reminded of the propensity to forsake the living God --the fountain of living water--in favor of man-made, dead religiosity that only appears to be true. The remedy is also offered and questions from you are welcome. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/62325174193340 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:49:18 no Rick Peterson - Tradition Addiction https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/65251727402800 For you to grow in Christ by putting off the old self and puting on the new self, we need to grow in our sensitivity to the voice of Christ in the text of Scripture. It is not just hearing "ABOUT" Jesus, as some translation read, but hearing Jesus and being taught by Him that causes our growth in Him. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/65251727402800 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:15:01 no Rick Peterson - Thoughts from Ephesians https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/65251938282179 Everyone has a past. Before becoming a disciple of Christ, each of us was living in ways he or she now regrets. This is why it is important understand one's present life is conditioned not by the past, but the future age being lived out in the present day. You are now, a new creation, and you no longer belong to the old creation and its ways, including your past. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/65251938282179 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:06:48 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/521252351413920 The disciple is one under the yoke of Christ, and that is evident by the disciple becoming more like his Master. As we learn from Him we discover He is gentle and humble in heart and this progressively defines the character of the disciple as well. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/521252351413920 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:06:57 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/55251949313762 The disciple's greatest longing is to be more like Jesus, and he/she knows this does not happen in isolation. We need to gather, but for the reasons the Bible tells us, and not merely to be a cog in the insitutional church. No, we gather for the express purpose of mutual edification and growth, that is, to be better disciples for having come together than before we gathered. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/55251949313762 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 05 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:05:45 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/42725215604797 Religious tradition addiction effects most Christians. It is more deadly than fentanyl and cocaine and more socially acceptable than alcohol. It is a system with leaders who are vested in keeping you dependent upon it and not upon Jesus Christ. Though it operates in his name, it keeps you spiritually immature, and ignorant of who you are in Christ and your place as a Spirit-gifted member of the body of Christ. One must discern it, leave it, and find true fellowship that helps you mature in Christ's image. This series is designed to help you do that. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/42725215604797 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:16:27 no Rick Peterson - Tradition Addiction https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/41825174362449 Please listen carefully to this plea for repentance and renewal into the New Testament vision for the church as the body of Christ. Throughout the history of the people of God, there has occurred horrible and appaling seasons. We are in such a season today. The institutional church system which began 1700 years ago, has remade the church in its own image and for the benefit and personal interests of false prophets and priests. And most Christians are okay with it!! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/41825174362449 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:31:14 no Rick Peterson - Following Jesus Out! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/416251757291881 As disciples of Jesus Christ, we want to respond to all things in accord with our Lord's word and example.This includes how we respond to human evil. Here are a few thoughts on how to do this. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/416251757291881 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:05:08 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/414251542276411 What is the ground of our assurance as disciples? what will be our confidence on the day of judgment? Throughout the history of institutional Christianity, assurance has been tied to externals like church attendance, sacraments, using Christian termonoligies and symbols. In this episode, we are reminded what it is that brings the disciple great assurance. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/414251542276411 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:05:45 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/411252359102639 From the lips of Jesus to the preaching and pens of the apostles, wealth is presented as a major obstacle to spiritual health. This is contrary to most ancient cultures and certainly contrary to the American culture, even contrary to American religion. How is the disciple to respond? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/411252359102639 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:06:04 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/48252327155403 Fallen humanity remains very religious, and the disciple of Jesus must not be taken in by the hypocrisy and lies of false religion tradition. Rather, we must discern and expose the religious traditions of men for what they are, and instead, listen to Jesus alone. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/48252327155403 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:05:49 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/42251529354786 The disciple of Jesus must share in his Master's definition of the church as being His Body. The ministry therefore belongs to Christ and is realized by the mediating work of the Spirit through the entire Body. The clergy-laity distinction is a man-made institution from which the disciple must therefore come out. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/42251529354786 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:05:29 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/329251721117472 With the coming of our Lord came the radical teaching that to love is one commandment with two parts: Love of God and love of neighbor. This is how Jesus loved and this is how his disciples are to love as well. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/329251721117472 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:04:26 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/326251841146564 It is foundational that disciples not demand to be served but to serve one another, just as Jesus did. Wealth, status, and power are not the way of Jesus nor of his disciples. This is very important in our day in which most pastors believe they have authority they do not truly possess. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/326251841146564 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:04:47 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/3242518146465 When Jesus called his first disciples, he issued a command to follow him. It was not a suggestion, but a command. In other words, to be a disciple means to be a follower of Jesus, and not merely a believer, as important as that is. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/3242518146465 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:04:14 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/32025162484499 We are all born into a family culture that defines who we are and creates our personal identity. When we come to Christ, we are tempted to integrate Christ into our existing narrative and identity, which is just the opposite of what Christ calls His disciples to do. The disciple is to instead walk away from other defining narratives and make Jesus Himself our new identity. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/32025162484499 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:04:20 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/32025162726504 Discipleship begins with Jesus at his preaching repentance for the kingdom of heaven is now here! Now, not just future, but now. If you are a disciple of Christ, you belong not to this present evil age but to the kingdom age. Jesus Himself inagurated this new age by His life, death, and resurrection, and it was this new kingdom age that was empowerd by the Spirit at Pentecost. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/32025162726504 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:05:07 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/319251743537933 This is part two of this message of recovering the Body of Christ, and helping you to undrestand yourself as a Spirit-gifted, vital part of Christ's body. In this lesson, we discuss how we got where we are with clergy and laity and the institutional mindset which is opposed to New Testament vision for the Body of Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/319251743537933 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:34:40 no Rick Peterson - Thoughts from Ephesians https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/319251819405562 The first pricniple of discipleship is loving Jesus beyond any person, place, or thing. This means family, self, and possessions must take their proper place. The good news is once we have committed to love Jesus supremely, these others thing also find there true place and meaning. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/319251819405562 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:04:49 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/315251810547085 In this introduction we share the purpose and goals of this series on discipleship. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/315251810547085 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 15 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:03:52 no Rick Peterson - Essentials of Discipleship https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/311252110295165 America is entering a time of economic uncertainty, says the media. So then, how are we as Christian to respond to such times as these? In this brief exhortation, you will learn to resist the temptation to fear, hoarding, and anger, and instead learn to trust the living God. It is godliness with contentment that is the true wealth, no matter what the state of Wall Street. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/311252110295165 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:27:02 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/37251811302289 Do you realize that because the Holy Spirit dwells in you that this makes you a Spirit-gifted, vital minister in the Body of Christ? It is true. The ministry belongs to Christ, and He ministers in and through and among the entire Body and this includes you. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/37251811302289 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:20:28 no Rick Peterson - Thoughts from Ephesians https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/3325185941307 In the fourth century, what was the body of Christ became under the institutional church system in service to The Holy Roman Empire. Not all complied. Many escaped to the mountains and desert places. But in the new system, only was the gospel lost, so also was the New Testament pattern and purpose for the church. For you to grow in Christ you too must escape this system and find fellowship that supports God's purpose to conform you into the image of His Son. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/3325185941307 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:25:35 no Rick Peterson - People to Avoid https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/222251929542216 It is often thought that a Christian owes fellowship with anyone who claims to be a follower of Christ. But this is simply not true. We are to be discerning as to with whom we fellowship. And we must be content to know that genuine fellowship is always found among the few and not the many. Here is some biblical guidance to help you put this into practice and find the true fellowship you crave. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/222251929542216 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:27:07 no Rick Peterson - People to Avoid https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/282511522360 This is part two of the two-part series: One Thing is Necessary. Here we take a closer look at what it means to live and love like Jesus: the one thing necessary for the Christian life. We examine Christ's character on three essential points: 1) Single-mindedness, 2) Purity of Heart, and 3) Purity of devotion. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/282511522360 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:06:31 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/2725142423138 To follow Jesus is to follow his way of life. And it is a joyous way of life. Nothing brings greater purpose and meaning to your life than to realize you are in fact becoming more like Jesus in very practical, and always. relational ways. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/2725142423138 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:18:15 no Rick Peterson - Thoughts from Ephesians https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/128251639266439 There is a way of following Jesus that Jesus himself commands; it is a way of life that he models for us. This way involves focusing on the one thing necessary. Ony one thing. In this brief exhortation, we examine how to adopt this way of life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/128251639266439 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:11:41 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/112251530132545 In this brief exhortation, we encourage you to rejoice and take comfort that you have found your way out of the institutional church system and discovered the body of Christ in your small gatherings in homes or other spaces. Rejoice! You are Christ's little flock. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/112251530132545 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:14:13 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/17251921512194 Many Christians struggle with issues related to their mental and relational health, and while there can be many causes, the one they seldom consider is their church affiliation. In this talk, we address the institutional church system as being the underlying cause for much of the suffering and burnout for today's believer, and what to do about it. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/17251921512194 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:33:15 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1225223012981 This is an introduction to a new YouTube channel that will soon be active. On this channel, we will work to help you recover a biblical understanding of the Body of Christ and your vital role in it, and thus escape the clutches of the institutional church system. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1225223012981 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:18:12 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1230242119435156 In this introductory episode, we turn to First John to guide us out of any religious system that is destructive even though it calls itself a Christian Church. And American airwaves and buildings are filled with such false churches. In this new series, we will discover that John sets the standards for what it means to be in fellowship with the apostilc proclamation and to know the complete joy that fellowship brings to those who embrace it. You need not suffer in silence in these church systems any longer. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1230242119435156 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:17:54 no Rick Peterson - Gleanings From First John https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1230242235414061 Do you realize the nature and purpose of the body of Christ and your vital role in it? The apostle John tells us the apostlic proclamation is that the Word of Life was manifested within humanity, and that this incarnate love of the Father in the Son remains with us in our fellowship even today! https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1230242235414061 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:27:19 no Rick Peterson - Gleanings From First John https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1227242136412 God has designed the body of Christ so as to be the continued presence of the ascended Christ on earth; by the ministry of the Spirit to one another and then to the world. We must avoid the pastor centered, sermon focused, sing-along "worship services" which fail to afford the time and format to engage one another for mutual edification and equipping to proclaim the gospel to the world. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1227242136412 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:15:03 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1223242216241999 Do you know the purpose of the Christian life? The Christian can become a very busy person with church life, church friends, church duties, etc, etc, and lose touch with the central purpose for the Christian life; the purpose that brings true peace. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1223242216241999 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:10:54 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1223242341222524 What do we do when church attendance becomes toxic? What happens when years of attendance has failed to produce spiritual maturity and meaning in your life? It takes a lot of courage to ask these questions, and that courage is necessary if we are going to recover the truth that the church is the people and not the business or institution. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1223242341222524 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:18:10 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12202419032811 This is a brief but important reminder of the riches of the glory that are your inheritance in Christ. Tragically, most professing Christians possess a very impoverished view of what it means to be in Christ. They have little or no grounding in who they are in him, and they are therefore unequipped to fulfill that which God has called them to contribute to the body of Christ. This can end, beginning now . . . https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12202419032811 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:24 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1219241915126288 It is very common for believers to believe they possess dualing natures: sin and grace; flesh and Spirit, et al. This is almost correct. In this episode we expose this very subtle but destructive error. The truth is this: if you are in Christ you have one nature, that of the Spirit; the nature of sin which resides in your unredeemed body however, has not changed, and must be "put to death" by walking in the Spirit. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1219241915126288 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:13 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/121724205586506 This is the first of a new on-going series of short exhortations designed to call you aside and build you up and refresh you. In this episode, we examine the our Lord's command to come to him and to him alone for rest. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/121724205586506 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:11:58 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12182404026880 You may find it surprising to know that the express purpose for Christians gathering is for mutual edification. It is not to stand in rows and join a sing-along and listen to monologue sermons. No, we have pastors and teachers but they are to teach in ways that allow interaction, to build each other up, and to equip for ministry. There is no legitimate hierarchy in the church. Vertical leadership is foreign to the New Testament. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/12182404026880 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:10:45 no Rick Peterson - Serenity Break https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1211241859336160 Do you ever leave a church "worship service" feeling as isolated as when you went? There is a diffirence between "alone" and "solitude." Solitude is a healthy spiritual discipline, isolation is destructive. Here we expose and discuss one of the major causes of isolation: The traditional "worship service." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1211241859336160 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:17 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/112624192225235 Are you getting worn out by the church routine? It is okay to admit it. The Christian life is not defined by church attendance, but becoming like Jesus. In this brief episode, we are reminded that our joy in Christ is discovered in becoming like him, and not in merely going through the church routine. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/112624192225235 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:48 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/111824181442537 The world does not offer you good news. Cable news should have health disclaimers. You cannot ground yourself in it. Rather, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, we are people of the THE good news! Christ has called us, filled us with the Spirit, and sent us into the world precisely because the world is fallen and in darkness. We are called to bring good news and the very presence of the living Christ into the world. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/111824181442537 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:27:38 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1116241841493893 What is the primary purpose of God in your life? To conform you into the image of his Son. By this we mean to work out in your character and conduct the very righteousness of Jesus Christ. In this brief exhortation, we hear how Christ continues to reveal himself to the world in and through the believer. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/1116241841493893 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:10:06 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/102224182497771 This is a revision and improved recording, including the PDF. In this episode we examine the need to recover the Christ of the gospels in our thinking and ministry to one another, and into the world, and to reject the silly, sentimental, and destructive images of Christ presented by the media, by politicians, and by false teachers. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/102224182497771 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:28:17 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/101824192353612 In a previous episode, I told you that the ministry of Christ belongs to you, the body of Christ, the people, the average believer. The role of pastor and teacher and evangelist is to equip you for that ministry, not to rob you of that high calling. In this episode, we consider the nature of the ministry to which every believer is called as being the ministry of reconciliation. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/101824192353612 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:27:00 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/108241734513781 To think of the ministry is to think of the pastors and evangelists. But the New Testament places the ministry with the people of God, and the pastors and leaders as those gifted for one purpose: to equip the people for that ministry. If you are being so equipped and encouraged then you are being pastored well; if you are not being equipped to do the ministry, then you are being robbed and you must insist upon a return of biblical principles. The ministry belongs to you--the people of God. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/108241734513781 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:15:26 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/10224215353394 For too long the ministry of the church has been pastor-focused and the gatherings music focused (in the name of "worship"). There is a desperate need to return the ministry to the people of God, the Body of Christ, where it belongs and the place where Christ encounters the church and the world around us. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/10224215353394 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:20:47 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/91224224165835 The tradition of the elders stood opposed to the ministry of Jesus, and it stands opposed to his power today as well. We have different traditions but they often serve not the mind of the Lord, but the forces of darkness and are the cause of much suffering. We need to look at these traditions of our day, and when necessary, be done with them in favor of the power of Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/91224224165835 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:37:05 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/9124231962995 In this final episode in this series, we discover that Christlike character is defined as living and loving as Jesus did. This is the high call of the Christian life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/9124231962995 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:19:19 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/82124165420353 In this sermon we continue to follow the thread of texts affirming the great need of our time, namely, Christ formed in the believer. Here we learn that dying to self and conformity to Christ is the essence of the Christian life, and the chief labor of all Christian ministry. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/82124165420353 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:30:11 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/820241643512119 In this episode, we begin to examine the witness of the New Testament regarding Christ being formed in the believer. We discover that while we will not reach perfection in this conformity in this lifetime, we are to pursue that high calling as if that perfection were possible. If Christ is not everything to us then he is nothing. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/820241643512119 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:24:49 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/819241729155041 This is part one of a brief series in which we consider Christ formed in the believer as the great need of our time. In our day, in which Christian character in both the church and society are all but lost, we need reminding that anything less than progress in Christlike character is not genuine Christ faith. The good news is conforming believers to His Son remains God's eternal purpose. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/819241729155041 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:13:52 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/81224193186880 This is a study presented at a men's monthly breakfast meeting on the topic of how Christ fulfills the Law for us AND in us. In it we address the need to move beyong imputation of Christ's righteousness, as important as that is, to the equally important principle of Christ's righteousness displayed in our character as a matter of nature. This is a biblical principle seldom talked about in protestant/evangelical circles. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/81224193186880 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:40:52 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/72924192437350 The world is filled with false "gospels," all of which tell you God needs your help to save you. So this is a biblical reminder of the truth that we are in Christ because it was God who first loved us, and not we that first loved God. This is the gospel! And yet, it is hard to believe because the natural mind insists upon making some contribution to your salvation without which not even God can save you. But the gospel is good news precisely because it tells us God has done for us what we could not ever have done for ourselves. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/72924192437350 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:30:13 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/716241528118142 Here is a source of great encouragement and hope as you encounter various trials: In this present moment, God is working out his eternal purpose for you. To connect the points forward from eternity past to this very moment means nothing can rob you of your future outcome: the perfection of Christ's image in you when at last you see him, face to face. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/716241528118142 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:14 no Rick Peterson - New Story, Identity, Family https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/710242159132430 In this episode, we challenge the popular teaching that Christians are "only sinners saved by grace." The New Testament truth is that grace is a transforming power that brings freedom from sin and practical holiness. If you are in Christ, you once were a sinner, but now being saved by grace, you are free from the power of sin and a child of God in Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/710242159132430 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:57 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/629241916575322 Are you ready? Election "24 is underway. Some of you are anxious, many of you are already angry or panicked. But what is the Christian response to this election? What if my guy does not win? In this brief lesson we look at what is to be the Christian's response to the governing authorities--whether it is my guy, or the other guy. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/629241916575322 Religion & Spirituality Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:32:14 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/67242333492083 Ask yourself: What is the worst condition, to be unconverted or to think you are converted when you are not? The Bible says it is the latter: to think you are converted when you are not is the worst condition for any soul. The good news is you can know you are truly converted and be assured of your eternal destiny. In this brief exhortation, we tell you how you can enjoy this assurance. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/67242333492083 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:09 no Rick Peterson - One Gospel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/523241546513134 This is an open and frank appeal to people seeking recovery from developmental trauma, codependence and addiction. In this talk, I address the need to renew our minds by embracing the biblical revelation of the triune God and what the Bible says about mankind by creation and design, in the fall, and in redemption. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/523241546513134 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 23 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:32:44 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/522242031138148 It is not only God's desire that you share in His holiness, He commands you to be holy like He is holy. The good news is that God has not only imputed Christ's holiness to us, God has also imparted genuine Christlike holiness in you and now, by the power of the Spirit you can walk in true holiness, which is the pathway to genuine human happiness. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/522242031138148 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 22 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:30:50 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/5824433377171 In this last lesson, we do a brief recap and then develop the biblical principle that "We must first be what we teach before we can teach others." While we cannot expect perfection in this life, we are called to work out the indwelling life of Christ within our own character, and then help others to the same. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/5824433377171 Religion & Spirituality Tue, 07 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:17:33 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/56242314371879 What is the Christian ambition is this present age? What does it really mean that the "just shall live by faith"? It means we are to live out the certain hope of a complete deliverance that is already at work in us because of the finished work of Christ and the outpouring of the Spirit. We are to live out by faith the life that is yet unseen, that is to say, the life of the future age, the new heaven and new earth wherein dwells only righteousness. In short, we are to live like Jesus lived even in this present age in the certain hope of a fully realized redemption that is nearer than we think. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/56242314371879 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 06 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:21:08 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/53241341577729 Many Christians are told they suffer because they need more faith. In this lesson we discover that not only is faith the gift of God, this gift is effectual because it is of a quality only God can provide. It is not our need for more faith that is at issue, but the need for genuine faith which comes to us not based on merit but as a gift of grace. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/53241341577729 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 03 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:53 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/53241523544689 Do you understand grace to be a transforming power? This is the sixth point of eight things you need to know: Grace transforms us into the image of Christ. Grace is necessary and sufficient as well as effectual, and therefore, transformational. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/53241523544689 Religion & Spirituality Fri, 03 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:54 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/5224201955787 This is number four of eight things you need to know in order to become spiritually mature and enjoy a fruitful Christian life. And this fourth truth is: Regeneration precedes saving faith. Faith and repentance are the result of God's prior action by the Spirit through the gospel, and not in any way our contribution to salvation. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/5224201955787 Religion & Spirituality Thu, 02 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:12:07 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/5124213384010 This is point three of eight things you need to know in order to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ: Regeneration is a sovereign work of the Spirit. This series is in response to the deprivation of teaching occuring in the churches today on these essential aspects of the Christian life. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/5124213384010 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 01 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:22:06 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/429241341448015 As I look back over my Christian life, I realize there are many points of truth I wish I had been taught. Had I been taught these things I could have avoided a lot of bad choices and needless pain of erroneous thinking. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/429241341448015 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:07:08 no Rick Peterson - Theology and Mental Health https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/429241616312192 How do you know you have a proper relationship to the Bible? In this lesson we discuss three principles that will confirm you have a proper relationship with the inspired text. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/cbrforchange/sermons/429241616312192 Religion & Spirituality Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Rick Peterson 0:21:06 no Rick Peterson - Eight Things You Must Know