Podcast Episodes

Aligning and Enforcing

Think of consecration as “aligning” and “enforcing” — aligning yourself, or the subject in question, with Jesus and all the laws of his kingdom, then…

3 months, 1 week ago

A Pilgrim of the Heart

First, our lives are not a random series of events; they tell a Story that has meaning. We aren’t in a movie we’ve arrived at twenty minutes late; we…

3 months, 1 week ago

Panting

Compare the shriveled life held up as a model of Christian maturity with the life revealed in the book of Psalms:

You have made known to me the path o…

3 months, 1 week ago

You Are Forgiven

You have been ransomed by Christ. Your treachery is forgiven. You are entirely pardoned for every wrong thought and desire and deed. This is what the…

3 months, 1 week ago

Defiantly Joyful

We can have joy, because we can know God’s strength in our weakness. Because God’s mercies are new every morning. Because as we walk through this val…

3 months, 1 week ago

The Partial

You are going to have to come to terms with the partial nature of this life. Have you come to terms yet with the partial?

Are you able to hold on to y…

3 months, 1 week ago

The Assault on Our Desire

The battle of desire is not something that just takes place within us or even between us. It is also taking place against us, all the time. Our desir…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Find God Where He Lives

Now — to find God, I have to look where God is. This might help folks who report that God “seems distant,” or as a friend recently commented (with a …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Numbed

The way to render a man happy, is to engage him with an object that will make him forget his private troubles. — Pascal

Don't be fooled by the apparen…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Religious Spirit

I was reading the prophet Jeremiah a few weeks ago when I ran across a passage that referred to God as "the Lord Almighty." To be honest, it didn't r…

3 months, 2 weeks ago