Pastor Jim Kirkland is Executive Director of Christian Chaplains and Coaching. He joins us to discuss overcoming serious sin. He begins by drawing a distinction between God forgiving us and yet allowing the earthly consequences of sin to unfold in our lives.
So often after abortion we may believe any subsequent adversity in our lives is God’s judgement for that abortion. But the sacrifice of Christ on the cross has paid the penalty for every sin. Jim points to the Thief on the Cross as an example of unearned and unmerited grace from God on the sole basis of faith and belief in Jesus.
He exhorts pastors to engage their people according to Ephesians 4, “The pastor or teacher who equips the saints for ministry.” This equipping may include pastors and church leaders to listen to the needs, hurts and repentance of church members.
We also discussed the importance of
- The indwelling of the Holy Spirit
- Living with Jesus as Lord vs simply believing Jesus is Lord
- The mandate to love
- Defining repentance as the act of turning from false belief to truth
The heart of faith and the work of discipleship is addressing the impact of sin in the life of every believer.
From his bio:
PASTOR JIM KIRKLAND MTS BCC CPES, spent more than 25 years as an executive and CEO of a financial services and business consulting firm. Feeling called to ministry later in life, Jim attended Moody Theological Seminary and graduated with a Masters in Biblical Theology. He was ordained to pastoral ministry in 2007 and has been a senior teaching chaplain since 2010. Jim is a Board Certified Chaplain, dual registered with both the Association of Certified Christian Chaplains and the Spiritual Care Association. He is a Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor for the ICPT.EDU. Jim is happily married to his wife Virginia of 40 years. They have four children and four wonderful grandchildren.
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