Adventures in GraceAdventures in Grace https://adventuresingrace.com Exploring the Depths of God's Unconditional Love Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:28:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Adventures in Grace false Adventures in Grace podcast Adventures in Grace http://traffic.libsyn.com/firstthingsproductivity/AIG_Main.jpg https://adventuresingrace.com #070 – The Shack (Chp. 8 – A Breakfast of Champions) – Pt 6 [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/breakfast-of-champions/ https://adventuresingrace.com/breakfast-of-champions/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:07:17 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=546 Over breakfast, Mack discusses with Jesus, Sarayu and Papa the hierarchy of the Trinity, only to learn there isn’t one. They are in a circle of relationship and choose to serve each other above themselves. In perfect unity there is no need for authority. This transitions to a discussion about how God works in the […]

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]]> Over breakfast, Mack discusses with Jesus, Sarayu and Papa the hierarchy of the Trinity, only to learn there isn’t one. They are in a circle of relationship and choose to serve each other above themselves. In perfect unity there is no need for authority. This transitions to a discussion about how God works in the […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/breakfast-of-champions/feed/ 1 Adventures in Grace full 28:33 #067 – The Shack (Pt 3: Chps. 1-5) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/shack-chps-1-5/ https://adventuresingrace.com/shack-chps-1-5/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2015 19:43:30 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=530 We pick up our study of the Shack this week.  In previous weeks, we discussed our purpose in studying the book, as well as how the story is a metaphor for what happened in the author’s life. This week, we discuss the backdrop of the story … the introduction of Mack, as well as how […]

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]]> We pick up our study of the Shack this week.  In previous weeks, we discussed our purpose in studying the book, as well as how the story is a metaphor for what happened in the author’s life. This week, we discuss the backdrop of the story … the introduction of Mack, as well as how […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/shack-chps-1-5/feed/ 1 Adventures in Grace full 29:36 #065 – The Real Story: The Shack (Pt 2) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/real-story/ https://adventuresingrace.com/real-story/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 04:31:21 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=520 We’ve talked in general about The Shack and why we are studying the fictional book. In this episode, I want to get the author’s perspective of his side of the story. Knowing why an author wrote the book is a huge benefit to understanding the book.  Once we understand this, we have a better grasp […]

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]]> We’ve talked in general about The Shack and why we are studying the fictional book. In this episode, I want to get the author’s perspective of his side of the story. Knowing why an author wrote the book is a huge benefit to understanding the book.  Once we understand this, we have a better grasp […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/real-story/feed/ 3 Adventures in Grace full 1:15:56 #064 – The Shack (Pt 1) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/the-shack-intro/ https://adventuresingrace.com/the-shack-intro/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:11:08 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=514 I’ve wanted to talk about The Shack for quite some time. The first time I read this book, it healed me of so many wounds in my life. We start up a study of the book, followed by Baxter Kruger’s book on the theology of The Shack But before we begin, I want to talk […]

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]]> I’ve wanted to talk about The Shack for quite some time. The first time I read this book, it healed me of so many wounds in my life. We start up a study of the book, followed by Baxter Kruger’s book on the theology of The Shack But before we begin, I want to talk […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/the-shack-intro/feed/ 2 Adventures in Grace full 24:40 #062 – Flesh: The Whacky Computer Analogy [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/whacky-computer-analogy/ https://adventuresingrace.com/whacky-computer-analogy/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:57:01 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=499 I’ve always struggled with why I struggled after salvation. And I’ve equally struggled with a good analogy for how I saw truth now. In this episode, I share one of my own whacky analogies … a whacky computer analogy … of who we are in Christ and what our flesh is. I have posted the […]

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]]> I’ve always struggled with why I struggled after salvation. And I’ve equally struggled with a good analogy for how I saw truth now. In this episode, I share one of my own whacky analogies … a whacky computer analogy … of who we are in Christ and what our flesh is. I have posted the […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/whacky-computer-analogy/feed/ 1 Adventures in Grace full 39:27 #052 – Father God vs Daddy God [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/daddy-god/ https://adventuresingrace.com/daddy-god/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:14:37 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=430 Father God? Or Daddy God?  A listener recently wrote me and mentioned how they had their “father’s shadow” looming over their lives as they dealt with their self-worth. I can relate. Being raised without a dad, and even having some disturbing encounters with him at an early age, I struggled with seeing God as my […]

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]]> Father God? Or Daddy God?  A listener recently wrote me and mentioned how they had their “father’s shadow” looming over their lives as they dealt with their self-worth. I can relate. Being raised without a dad, and even having some disturbing encounters with him at an early age, I struggled with seeing God as my […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/daddy-god/feed/ 1 Adventures in Grace full 54:03 The Wrath of God – Part I (Orge) https://adventuresingrace.com/wrath/ https://adventuresingrace.com/wrath/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:39:22 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=398 One thing that trips a lot of people up, especially those who really see the revelation that God is love, is the idea of wrath.  What are we to make of the wrath of God? Again and again, our English language fails us.  The pictures of an angry God who seems to take great delight […]

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]]> One thing that trips a lot of people up, especially those who really see the revelation that God is love, is the idea of wrath.  What are we to make of the wrath of God? Again and again, our English language fails us.  The pictures of an angry God who seems to take great delight […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/wrath/feed/ 1 #027 – Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright (Pt 2 – Puzzled About Paradise) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/puzzled-about-paradise/ https://adventuresingrace.com/puzzled-about-paradise/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 23:05:31 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=228 Not only is the world at large confused about death, but most in the Christian world as well.  There are many people “puzzled about Paradise.”  What is “heaven” and isn’t the “kingdom of heaven” just another way of saying the same thing?  What is this thing called “Paradise” and how has the Church so radically […]

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]]> Not only is the world at large confused about death, but most in the Christian world as well.  There are many people “puzzled about Paradise.”  What is “heaven” and isn’t the “kingdom of heaven” just another way of saying the same thing?  What is this thing called “Paradise” and how has the Church so radically […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/puzzled-about-paradise/feed/ 2 Adventures in Grace full 52:53 #024 – People of the Spirit (Blood Covenant Pt 17) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/people-of-the-spirit/ https://adventuresingrace.com/people-of-the-spirit/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2014 03:41:15 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=205 The New Testament knows nothing of an isolated believer living in a private relationship to God. Each individual believer is joined to Christ and therefore to His body, the people of God. The covenant is not with us as individuals but with the “people” who are in Christ, with whom the covenant is made. We […]

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]]> The New Testament knows nothing of an isolated believer living in a private relationship to God. Each individual believer is joined to Christ and therefore to His body, the people of God. The covenant is not with us as individuals but with the “people” who are in Christ, with whom the covenant is made. We […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/people-of-the-spirit/feed/ 2 Adventures in Grace full 45:02 #023 – How to Walk in the Spirit (Blood Covenant Pt 16) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/walk-in-the-spirit/ https://adventuresingrace.com/walk-in-the-spirit/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:35:18 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=196 But how does this actually work out in life? How do we live from Christ our lives day by day? We have seen that the believer stepping out of the baptismal waters is in a new world in Christ, with new potential that he or she has never known before. Limitations known in the old […]

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]]> But how does this actually work out in life? How do we live from Christ our lives day by day? We have seen that the believer stepping out of the baptismal waters is in a new world in Christ, with new potential that he or she has never known before. Limitations known in the old […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/walk-in-the-spirit/feed/ 1 Adventures in Grace full 36:38 #021 – Breath of God (Blood Covenant Pt 14) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/breath-of-god/ https://adventuresingrace.com/breath-of-god/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:29:04 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=183 In understanding the covenant, there are two phrases that are of supreme importance. The first is the expression “in Christ”; it is a phrase that indicates that we are vitally in and part of the historical events that took place, and it is a phrase that indicates that by the Holy Spirit, we have actually […]

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]]> In understanding the covenant, there are two phrases that are of supreme importance. The first is the expression “in Christ”; it is a phrase that indicates that we are vitally in and part of the historical events that took place, and it is a phrase that indicates that by the Holy Spirit, we have actually […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/breath-of-god/feed/ 2 Adventures in Grace full 33:46 #019 – Covenant Meal (Blood Covenant Pt 12) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/covenant-meal/ https://adventuresingrace.com/covenant-meal/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2014 02:50:47 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=171 We gather with our people—this company of lost prodigals now found, forgiven, made new, and crazy with joy at the thought of His love—to worship and give Him thanks. In our gathering and encouraging one another, the Spirit is present, establishing us in the reality and causing the unreality to increasingly be seen for what […]

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]]> We gather with our people—this company of lost prodigals now found, forgiven, made new, and crazy with joy at the thought of His love—to worship and give Him thanks. In our gathering and encouraging one another, the Spirit is present, establishing us in the reality and causing the unreality to increasingly be seen for what […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/covenant-meal/feed/ 2 Adventures in Grace full 32:15 #016 – SPECIAL – Jesus and the Pharisees (Blood Covenant Pt 9) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/jesus-and-the-pharisees/ https://adventuresingrace.com/jesus-and-the-pharisees/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:44:49 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=157 I have a special treat for you this week. While I was researching Chp 9 of Malcolm Smith’s Power of the Blood Covenant, I came across a RARE message Malcolm gave nearly 25 years ago! This is not available anywhere! This is a very long message though. Just over one hour! Malcolm loves to talk!! But […]

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]]> I have a special treat for you this week. While I was researching Chp 9 of Malcolm Smith’s Power of the Blood Covenant, I came across a RARE message Malcolm gave nearly 25 years ago! This is not available anywhere! This is a very long message though. Just over one hour! Malcolm loves to talk!! But […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/jesus-and-the-pharisees/feed/ 7 Adventures in Grace full 1:11:10 #014 – The Story of Mephibosheth (Blood Covenant Pt 7) [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/mephibosheth/ https://adventuresingrace.com/mephibosheth/#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:02:50 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=142 The making of the new covenant is foreshadowed in many of the Old Testament stories. We must remember that they are records of actual events that took place in the lives of real people in Israel. They are helpful signposts that anticipate and point the way to what Jesus would do. They are not meant […]

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]]> The making of the new covenant is foreshadowed in many of the Old Testament stories. We must remember that they are records of actual events that took place in the lives of real people in Israel. They are helpful signposts that anticipate and point the way to what Jesus would do. They are not meant […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/mephibosheth/feed/ 3 Adventures in Grace full 40:58 #005 – Search for Self-Worth [Podcast] https://adventuresingrace.com/search-self-worth/ https://adventuresingrace.com/search-self-worth/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:49:19 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=58 We return to the issue of our value and worth.  Man’s need to find significance and purpose can lead to continual failure. In this episode, we look at the idea of our search for significance.  This is based on a talk I recently gave on the topic. Click to Listen “Search for Self-Worth” Show Notes […]

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]]> We return to the issue of our value and worth.  Man’s need to find significance and purpose can lead to continual failure. In this episode, we look at the idea of our search for significance.  This is based on a talk I recently gave on the topic. Click to Listen “Search for Self-Worth” Show Notes […]

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]]> https://adventuresingrace.com/search-self-worth/feed/ 1 Adventures in Grace full 47:46 #001 – Introduction to Adventures in Grace https://adventuresingrace.com/001-introduction-adventures-grace/ https://adventuresingrace.com/001-introduction-adventures-grace/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2013 02:54:58 +0000 bbvaughn@bellsouth.net http://adventuresingrace.com/?p=9 In this episode of Adventures in Grace, I introduce the purpose and passion behind the Podcast. In this episode, I share about the purpose of this podcast as well as my story.  There is a brief teaching on knowing God as Papa or Daddy near the end. Click to Listen Your Feedback If you have […]

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]]> In this episode of Adventures in Grace, I introduce the purpose and passion behind the Podcast. In this episode, I share about the purpose of this podcast as well as my story.  There is a brief teaching on knowing God as Papa or Daddy near the end. Click to Listen Your Feedback If you have […]

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