Podcast Episodes

Famished Craving

Something is happening to the human heart. You need to understand what it is if you would make sense of any of this. 

Human beings are by nature ravenous creatures; a famished craving haunts every on…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

A Place Prepared for You

There is the joy of having someone save a place for us. We walk into a crowded room at church or at a dinner party and someone across the way waves us over, pointing to a chair he's held on to especi…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

What Is Your Role in the Story?

Now — what is your part? What is your role in the Story? In truth, the only one who can tell you that is the Author. To find our lives, we must turn to Jesus. We must yield our all to him and ask him…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Your Heart Matters

The devil has more temptations than an actor has costumes for the stage. And one of his all-time favorite disguises is that of a lying spirit, to abuse your tender heart with the worst news he can de…

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Echoes from the Past

Aren't there times in your life that if you could, you would love to return to? I grew up in Los Angeles but spent my boyhood summers in Oregon where both my mother and father's parents lived. There …

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Three Interwoven Parts

We human beings are made up of three interwoven parts. As Paul says, “May God himself ... sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our…

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Know Yourself

The book “Killing Lions” is a conversation between John and Sam Eldredge about the trials young men face.

[John]   The more you know yourself, the more this will prove an immensely helpful category.…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Embracing Recovery

Athletes will tell you that working out is not the most important part of training. Recovery is. The number one cause of athletic injuries is the lack of recovery time between training sessions.

Let m…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bursting With Longing

Oh! Ephraim is my dear, dear son, 

my child in whom I take pleasure!

Every time I mention his name,

my heart bursts with longing for him!

Everything in me cries out for him.

Softly and tenderly I wait for…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

A Heart for People

But far and above the most revealing aspect of anyone’s character is how he handles people. Friends, I hope you understand this — the way a person handles others is the acid test of his true nature. …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago