Podcast Episodes

We Can Move Mountains

Prayer sets up a terrible dilemma for us. We want to pray; it’s in our nature. We desperately want to believe that God will come through for us. But then ... he doesn’t seem to, and where does that l…

Published on 17 hours ago

This Is Not My Heart

Twice, in the famous chapter of Romans 7, where Paul presents a first-person angst about our battle against sin, he says, "But this is not my true nature. This is not my heart."

As it is, it is no lon…

Published on 1 day, 17 hours ago

The Bull in the China Shop

Jesus is a fierce, intentional man to be sure. But his passions are neither reckless nor momentary.

Could a small, unintimidating figure accomplish such a sustained riot? To pull off driving “all of t…

Published on 2 days, 17 hours ago

You Must Not Go Alone

When Neo is set free from the Matrix, he joins the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar — the little hovercraft that is the headquarters and ship of the small fellowship called to set the captives free. There …

Published on 3 days, 17 hours ago

On Behalf of Others

“Love your neighbor as yourself,” Jesus taught (Mark 12:31), implying a direct link between one and the other. Loving our neighbor is clearly an essential to Christian faith; I think we all get that …

Published on 4 days, 17 hours ago

Remembering Our Glory

Every woman is in some way searching for or running from her beauty and every man is looking for or avoiding his strength. Why? In some deep place within, we remember what we were made to be, we carr…

Published on 5 days, 17 hours ago

The Primal Drive for Life

The longing for things to be good again is one of the deepest yearnings of the human heart. It has slumbered in the depths of our souls ever since we lost our true home. For our hearts remember Eden.…

Published on 6 days, 17 hours ago

Make a Difference

The constant push in Western Christianity to “make it practical” betrays our favorite apostasy—it exposes how utterly fixated on the present moment we really are.

Yes, we need to embody God’s love in…

Published on 1 week ago

Absorbing His Goodness

Human beings need oxygen in order to live. Lots of it. So our loving God provided us a world completely engulfed in oxygen; we swim in life-giving air like fish swim in water. Put your arm out — it’s…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Joy is Meant to Be Ours

In this world where we find ourselves living, having joy often feels both crazy and out of reach. 

To have joy in the midst of sorrow — or the current news feed — can seem impossible. And all on our o…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago