web01.fireside.fm Sun, 24 May 2026 22:14:45 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://www.pleadingthecase.org/tags/christians Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:00:00 -0500 If a tune-up can’t fix a car engine because what it really needs is for the entire engine to be rebuilt, then why would we, in the Christian faith, perform tune-ups on the form and function of our churches when what they may really need is to be completely overhauled? Join the host of Pleading The Case, Andy Mendonsa, where in each episode, he will peal back the culture and traditions that have come to define much of the Church in America today in order to accurately assess whether all that is needed is just a good tune-up, or as he has become convinced, a compete overhaul. en-us episodic "Stand Before The Mountains, Let The Hills Hear What You Have To Say" Andy Mendonsa If a tune-up can’t fix a car engine because what it really needs is for the entire engine to be rebuilt, then why would we, in the Christian faith, perform tune-ups on the form and function of our churches when what they may really need is to be completely overhauled? Join the host of Pleading The Case, Andy Mendonsa, where in each episode, he will peal back the culture and traditions that have come to define much of the Church in America today in order to accurately assess whether all that is needed is just a good tune-up, or as he has become convinced, a compete overhaul. no Andy Mendonsa andy@widows.org http://www.pleadingthecase.org/15 fd2ab7b5-aa44-43e7-b034-61352dab6b38 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:00:00 -0500 Andy Mendonsa full Andy Mendonsa Did all sacrifices cease after Jesus offered up his own life as a one time atonement for our sins, or are there any sacrifices still relevant today in the Christian faith? Based on Hebrews 13:15-16 not only are they relevant, but they have been prescribed for us to continue to offer up, and according to verse 16, "God is well pleased by them." 57:50 no <p>There is a lot of confusion in the Christian faith about the idea of "sacrifice" still being relevant today. There is even a misunderstanding for what the word "sacrifice" actually means in the New Testament, both with Christ's own one time "sacrifice", offering up his life in order to atone for our sins, as well as the way "sacrifice" is most often understood by us today. Most of the time when the word "sacrifice" is used it is usually in the context of something we give up, did without and even suffered for in order to help someone else. It is not uncommon to hear a parent say that they sacrificed so much in order to give their child or children a better life, but then felt disappointed or resentful that the child or children didn't appreciate them for it. Or, it is equally as common to hear someone say that they monetarily gave sacrificially to support a Christian cause. In both of these instances "sacrifice" is being used to mean things that we have given up and suffered for, but neither of these examples is Biblically correct according to the actual meaning of the original Greek word for sacrifice, "thysia." This Episode addresses where the cause of this confusion has most likely come from and why, as well as why it is critically important for us to have a correct understanding of "sacrifice" and the need for us to "offer up" the up today. </p> sacrifice, worship, love, Jesus, offerings, deeds, works, pleased, thankful, thanksgiving, sacrifice of praise, sharing, multiply, bless, sanctify, atonement, on earth as it is in heaven, Lord's prayer, prayer, denial of self, citizenship in heaven, Grace There is a lot of confusion in the Christian faith about the idea of "sacrifice" still being relevant today. There is even a misunderstanding for what the word "sacrifice" actually means in the New Testament, both with Christ's own one time "sacrifice", offering up his life in order to atone for our sins, as well as the way "sacrifice" is most often understood by us today. Most of the time when the word "sacrifice" is used it is usually in the context of something we give up, did without and even suffered for in order to help someone else. It is not uncommon to hear a parent say that they sacrificed so much in order to give their child or children a better life, but then felt disappointed or resentful that the child or children didn't appreciate them for it. Or, it is equally as common to hear someone say that they monetarily gave sacrificially to support a Christian cause. In both of these instances "sacrifice" is being used to mean things that we have given up and suffered for, but neither of these examples is Biblically correct according to the actual meaning of the original Greek word for sacrifice, "thysia." This Episode addresses where the cause of this confusion has most likely come from and why, as well as why it is critically important for us to have a correct understanding of "sacrifice" and the need for us to "offer up" the up today.

]]> There is a lot of confusion in the Christian faith about the idea of "sacrifice" still being relevant today. There is even a misunderstanding for what the word "sacrifice" actually means in the New Testament, both with Christ's own one time "sacrifice", offering up his life in order to atone for our sins, as well as the way "sacrifice" is most often understood by us today. Most of the time when the word "sacrifice" is used it is usually in the context of something we give up, did without and even suffered for in order to help someone else. It is not uncommon to hear a parent say that they sacrificed so much in order to give their child or children a better life, but then felt disappointed or resentful that the child or children didn't appreciate them for it. Or, it is equally as common to hear someone say that they monetarily gave sacrificially to support a Christian cause. In both of these instances "sacrifice" is being used to mean things that we have given up and suffered for, but neither of these examples is Biblically correct according to the actual meaning of the original Greek word for sacrifice, "thysia." This Episode addresses where the cause of this confusion has most likely come from and why, as well as why it is critically important for us to have a correct understanding of "sacrifice" and the need for us to "offer up" the up today.

]]> http://www.pleadingthecase.org/14 9d9aee7d-d01f-40eb-ab9b-42097e74f22b Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:00:00 -0400 Andy Mendonsa full Andy Mendonsa Episode 14: "The Tower of Babel, Pentecost & Forgiveness" As many of you already know that in the last four days (beginning on Tuesday, October 23rd, of this week) 14 pipe bombs delivered to 11 political targets were discovered. This Episode intentionally comes on the heels of the assassination attempts of high ranking political figures, both past and present, including two former Presidents of the United States. Even though the guilty person(s) who committed these detestable acts will have no one else to blame but themselves, does that excuse all others who have contributed to creating a climate of hatred and division in this country from culpability. Especially those who claim Jesus as saviour? 1:12:25 no <p>As many of you already know that in the last four days (beginning on Tuesday, October 23rd, of this week) 14 pipe bombs delivered to 11 political targets were discovered. This Episode intentionally comes on the heels of the assassination attempts of high ranking political figures, both past and present, including two former Presidents of the United States. Even though the guilty person(s) who committed these detestable acts will have no one else to blame but themselves, does that excuse all others who have contributed to creating a climate of hatred and division in this country from culpability. Especially those who claim Jesus as saviour? </p> forgiveness, tower of babel, pentecost, division, fear, love, Jesus, God, repentance, citizens of heaven, yeast of the pharisees, bride, saviour, bombings, assassination attempts, political unrest, christian culpability As many of you already know that in the last four days (beginning on Tuesday, October 23rd, of this week) 14 pipe bombs delivered to 11 political targets were discovered. This Episode intentionally comes on the heels of the assassination attempts of high ranking political figures, both past and present, including two former Presidents of the United States. Even though the guilty person(s) who committed these detestable acts will have no one else to blame but themselves, does that excuse all others who have contributed to creating a climate of hatred and division in this country from culpability. Especially those who claim Jesus as saviour?

]]> As many of you already know that in the last four days (beginning on Tuesday, October 23rd, of this week) 14 pipe bombs delivered to 11 political targets were discovered. This Episode intentionally comes on the heels of the assassination attempts of high ranking political figures, both past and present, including two former Presidents of the United States. Even though the guilty person(s) who committed these detestable acts will have no one else to blame but themselves, does that excuse all others who have contributed to creating a climate of hatred and division in this country from culpability. Especially those who claim Jesus as saviour?

]]> http://www.pleadingthecase.org/13 e0bd6e6b-8901-46d2-92b7-5e45020ca441 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:00:00 -0400 Andy Mendonsa full Andy Mendonsa Under a Covenant of Grace are we still bound by a 10% tithe or did that become obsolete with the fading away of the first Covenant under the Law? And what about church buildings? Are they really to be considered as being the same for us under a Covenant of Grace as the "store house" in Malachi 10 that the tithes, under the first Covenant, were to be brought into? 1:27:59 no <p>If you listened to the previous episode, "Law Vs Grace," you know that the first Covenant under the Law does not apply to us in any way once we have come under a Covenant of Grace. The 10% tithe, required under the first Covanant, as with all things required by the law under the first Covenant is no longer mandated under Grace. Neither are church buildings. There is no mandate for either of them anywhere in the New Testament post resurrection and ascension of Jesus. Then why is the 10% tithe being taught as though it is scripturally mandated and, thus, a still a requirement? And equally so, why do church buildings continue to be so central to our faith? Can a correlation be made between maintaining the practice of a 10% tithe and the necessity for building churches? If a 10% tithe is not a scripturally mandated requirement, nor is the necessity for constructing church buildings, does that mean that we are off the hook for giving anything at all? No, of course not. Giving, though, just like acts of love, is a matter of the heart and cannot be legislated. When we give freely and completely of ourselves in the ways we serve others, then all other areas of our lives will be a reflection of that as well, including financial giving and not the other way around. </p> Grace, the law, church buildings, faith, worship, tithing, giving, the poor, leadership, the saints, church, Christian faith, Covenant of Grace, store house, robbing God, oppression, freedom, yoke of slavery, If you listened to the previous episode, "Law Vs Grace," you know that the first Covenant under the Law does not apply to us in any way once we have come under a Covenant of Grace. The 10% tithe, required under the first Covanant, as with all things required by the law under the first Covenant is no longer mandated under Grace. Neither are church buildings. There is no mandate for either of them anywhere in the New Testament post resurrection and ascension of Jesus. Then why is the 10% tithe being taught as though it is scripturally mandated and, thus, a still a requirement? And equally so, why do church buildings continue to be so central to our faith? Can a correlation be made between maintaining the practice of a 10% tithe and the necessity for building churches? If a 10% tithe is not a scripturally mandated requirement, nor is the necessity for constructing church buildings, does that mean that we are off the hook for giving anything at all? No, of course not. Giving, though, just like acts of love, is a matter of the heart and cannot be legislated. When we give freely and completely of ourselves in the ways we serve others, then all other areas of our lives will be a reflection of that as well, including financial giving and not the other way around.

]]> If you listened to the previous episode, "Law Vs Grace," you know that the first Covenant under the Law does not apply to us in any way once we have come under a Covenant of Grace. The 10% tithe, required under the first Covanant, as with all things required by the law under the first Covenant is no longer mandated under Grace. Neither are church buildings. There is no mandate for either of them anywhere in the New Testament post resurrection and ascension of Jesus. Then why is the 10% tithe being taught as though it is scripturally mandated and, thus, a still a requirement? And equally so, why do church buildings continue to be so central to our faith? Can a correlation be made between maintaining the practice of a 10% tithe and the necessity for building churches? If a 10% tithe is not a scripturally mandated requirement, nor is the necessity for constructing church buildings, does that mean that we are off the hook for giving anything at all? No, of course not. Giving, though, just like acts of love, is a matter of the heart and cannot be legislated. When we give freely and completely of ourselves in the ways we serve others, then all other areas of our lives will be a reflection of that as well, including financial giving and not the other way around.

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