Podcast Episodes

My Faith Is Personal But It Isn’t Private

Day 131

Today’s Reading: Romans 14

Romans 14 is about personal convictions not a private faith. Nowhere does the Bible give anyone the right to a pri…

7 hours ago

Replacing Consequence with Motivation

Day 130

Today’s Reading: Romans 13

In No Bad Dogs, British dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse claims that dogs understand love better than we do. She writ…

1 day, 7 hours ago

The Twenty-Seven-Question Exhortation Test

Day 129

Today’s Reading: Romans 12

Romans 12:9-21 is some of the most powerful exhortations of the New Testament. I use the word exhort because it’s …

2 days, 7 hours ago

High Jumping or Pole Vaulting

Day 128

Today’s Reading: Romans 11

There is a fundamental difference between a pole vaulter and a high jumper. A high jumper runs as fast as he can a…

3 days, 7 hours ago

Don’t Change the Price of the Tickets— That’s Ticket Scalping

Day 127

Today’s Reading: Romans 10

Today’s chapter contains one of the most well-known passages that brings people to salvation.

Recently I was rerea…

6 days, 7 hours ago

It’s Not Supposed to Happen Like That

Day 126

Today's Reading: Romans 9

We now enter three of the most difficult chapters of the entire New Testament, Romans 9–11. We are venturing into, …

1 week ago

Bad News, Good News

Day 125

Today’s Reading: Romans 8

Has anybody ever said to you, “I have good news and I have bad news, which do you want to hear first?” I always say…

1 week, 1 day ago

The Infection in All of Us

Day 124

Today’s Reading: Romans 7

The Nuremberg war-crime trials were trials of some of the most wicked men who ever lived. They were responsible for…

1 week, 2 days ago

There’s a New King on the Throne

Day 123

Today’s Reading: Romans 6

There is probably not a better chapter in the New Testament that deals with the relationship between Christians and…

1 week, 3 days ago

A Praise That Doesn’t Happen in Church

Day 122

Today’s Reading: Romans 5

In today’s reading, we land on Romans 5 and see a different kind of praise. Praise that I don’t think is done in th…

1 week, 6 days ago