Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchClosing Encouragements (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series Conclusion)
Episode 222
Our long series on personal spiritual disciplines has finally come to a close. In this conclusion, I offer encouragement to busy people to try not to…
8 months, 1 week ago
Learning a Broad Array of Things (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 221
Learning is like a muscle; the more you do it, the easier learning becomes, and the stronger/smarter you become. I believe that a strong and nimble m…
8 months, 1 week ago
Learning as a Spiritual Discipline (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 220
Too often, Christians treat "learning" as something that scholars do. Average everyday Christians don't need to read, or study, or learn, or grow. Th…
8 months, 1 week ago
Journaling (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 219
Of all the personal spiritual disciplines mentioned in this series, the discipline of keeping a journal is the least persuasive. The Bible does not c…
8 months, 1 week ago
Silence & Solitude (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 218
There are many adjectives that can be used to describe what it is like to be an American, or an American Christian. One of those adjectives: loud. Ou…
8 months, 1 week ago
Fasting (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 217
When Jesus talks about fasting, He says, "When you fast..." The assumption is that you will fast. But of the spiritual disciplines, this is perhaps t…
8 months, 1 week ago
Stewardship of Your Resources (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 216
This is not the televangelist fundraising seminar. I purposely avoided speaking of the grave need that you fork over your money for this or that mini…
8 months, 1 week ago
Stewardship of Your Time, part 2 (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 215
Every single one of the personal spiritual disciplines that we have covered in this series require time, and that means that you have to discipline y…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Stewardship of Your Time, part 1: Avoiding "Time Vampires" (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 214
What are the things in life that waste away your time? These things are like time vampires that destroy the extremely limited resource you have. Ofte…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Service (Personal Spiritual Disciplines Series)
Episode 213
The Holy Spirit grants spiritual gifts, and your Creator has given you certain skills, and you have refined and honed certain talents. You can use th…
8 months, 2 weeks ago