Podcast Episodes

Let Him In

Maybe the most devastating limit is simply the idea that “Jesus doesn’t act like that anymore.” (Or, “Jesus doesn’t act like that with me.”) Sure —he was amazing in the Gospels. But that was then and…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Our Situation

Let me say this again: the story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it. I hope you are beginning to see that more …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The REAL You

You are not your sin; sin is no longer the truest thing about the man who has come into union with Jesus. Your heart is good. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you" (Ezek. 36:26). …

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks ago