Podcast Episodes

Emotional Fortitude

Years in the Comfort Culture made us emotionally soft.

If we don’t feel like doing something, we don’t do it.

If we don’t feel like believing something, we don’t believe it.

Folks like to call this auth…

Published on 8 months ago

Doubt Is Not a Virtue

One last thought as we sweep away some of the clutter about holiness.

I don’t remember the issue my friend and I were talking about — it had something to do with Christianity — but I do remember my fr…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Shaping Our Character

How does God shape our character? We hate the answer but we know it to be true: affliction. 

If you say that God does not intend to use affliction, then what in your mind does he then use? Joy does w…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

King

Picture in your mind’s eye an image of a great warrior, a renowned champion, returning home from far-off lands. His fame has long preceded him, and now the reports of his feats are confirmed by the s…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Including the Animal Kingdom

The child-heart wants to know, “Will there be animals in heaven?” and the calloused grown-up heart dismisses the question as theologically unworthy. May I point out that the whole debate ends when yo…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Few Ever Really LIVE

The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. "All men die; few men ever really live." Sure, you can create a safe life for yourself ... and end your days in a rest …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

You Have Been Ransomed by Christ

Jesus of Nazareth was sentenced to death by a vain puppet of the Roman government acting as district governor of Jerusalem. He was nailed to a cross by a handful of Roman soldiers who happened to be …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Cling to Jesus

Your suffering is neither pointless nor isolated. Somehow, Jesus’ sufferings overflow into our lives; somehow ours are linked to his. This is a great honor. It grants our sorrows an incredible dignit…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Seeds of Joy

Ignoring reality does not breed joy. Pretending that what is true does not exist is not holy defiance. The seeds of joy can only be firmly planted in the pungent soil of the here and now while at the…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

There Is No Escaping This War

Remember, when Jesus boiled his whole mission down to healing the brokenhearted and setting prisoners free from darkness, he was referring to all of us. Our modern, scientific, Enlightenment worldvie…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago