Back to the Bible Canada with Dr. John Neufeld - The Heart of the Gospel: Why We Need a Saviour
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Back to the Bible Canada with Dr. John Neufeld - The Heart of the Gospel: Why We Need a Saviour

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 21, 202624 min
  • Interview
  • Religion

Can a God of love also be angry? From Romans 1:18–23, Dr. John Neufeld explains why real love can never be separated from righteousness and how God’s wrath is already being revealed in the world. Why do we need a Saviour? The good news of the Cross only makes sense after the bad news that comes from humanity's ungodliness, broken moral law, and suppression of the truth. The Heart of the Gospel: This 25-message series on Romans 1–4 presents us with Christianity 101. It is the basics of our faith, teaching us how we can know for certain that sins ar...

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Hi, this is Ben Lowell and this is Back to the Bible Canada with Dr. John Neufeld. We're continuing our series today, The Heart of the Gospel. So let's turn in our Bibles to Romans chapter 1, verses 18 to 23, as Dr. Neufeld brings us a message titled, Why We Need a Savior.

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I wonder if you've ever seen an individual go through chemotherapy. It's a harsh treatment indeed and in some it causes the hair on the head to fall out and the gums to bleed and leads people with nausea and feeling weak as their body is traumatized by the poisons that are being fed to it.

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It is tough stuff and why would anyone, I mean anyone, possibly go through that. And you know the answer is the cancer that has been discovered in them will continue to grow and it will kill them. Either the cancer will die or they will.

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